Windows 7 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 463 377
Rank change year-on-year -68 -86 +25
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 63 84 236
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.23% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.31% 1.65% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 46 155
10th Percentile £126 £156 £138
25th Percentile £140 £226 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £326 £210
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +55.36% +5.00%
75th Percentile £447 £500 £235
90th Percentile £600 £544 £359
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 £328 £210
% change year-on-year -47.79% +55.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 26
10th Percentile £18.14 £15.22 £14.22
25th Percentile - £20.68 £17.07
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +28.73% -0.95%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £23.84
90th Percentile - - £24.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.01% +33.13% -4.22%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 7 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,801 5,084 6,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.17% 14.13% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,108 3,116 4,640
10th Percentile £180 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £478
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.52% -6.83%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £608
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £440 £440
% change year-on-year -9.04% -0.06% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 206 345
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.13 £14.66
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +66.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £52.58 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% +94.44% +20.00%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 7 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK over the 6 months to 6 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -13 60 £175 -32.37% 14
UK excluding London -67 50 £171 -47.79% 15
South East -13 14 £600 +88.24% 5
London 0 13 £263 +6.06% 1
East of England -1 11 £127 -63.86% 3
South West +4 10 - - 1
Work from Home +4 10 £127 -27.71% 3
North West -24 8 £595 +266.15%
North of England -47 8 £595 +266.15% 3
Midlands -38 4 £161 -64.28% 1
East Midlands -16 3 £134 -
Wales -5 2 - - 2
Scotland -8 1 £163 -67.50%
West Midlands -27 1 £188 -58.33% 1

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.94%) Skype for Business
3 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.75%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
3 2 (3.17%) AWS
3 2 (3.17%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.59%) IaaS
4 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.46%) DHCP
1 11 (17.46%) DNS
2 9 (14.29%) Firewall
2 9 (14.29%) VLAN
3 6 (9.52%) LAN
3 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 6 (9.52%) VPN
3 6 (9.52%) WAN
3 6 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (7.94%) Skype
5 4 (6.35%) IP Telephony
6 3 (4.76%) PuTTY
6 3 (4.76%) SSH
6 3 (4.76%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.05%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (11.11%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.17%) Banking
3 2 (3.17%) Finance
3 2 (3.17%) French Language
3 2 (3.17%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (25.40%) Analyst
2 15 (23.81%) Support Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Technical Support
4 12 (19.05%) Architect
4 12 (19.05%) IT Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Technical Analyst
5 11 (17.46%) Technical Support Analyst
6 8 (12.70%) IT Support
7 7 (11.11%) Support Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) IT Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) IT Support Analyst
9 3 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) Technical Architect
10 2 (3.17%) Applications Support
10 2 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Break Fix Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Field Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Field Service Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Service Desk Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Fat Client
1 9 (14.29%) PKI
1 9 (14.29%) Thin Client
2 5 (7.94%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (6.35%) iPad
3 4 (6.35%) iPhone
4 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) BYOD
5 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (65.08%) Windows 10
3 13 (20.63%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (19.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (17.46%) AIX
6 6 (9.52%) Linux
7 5 (7.94%) Mac OS
8 4 (6.35%) Android
8 4 (6.35%) Windows 8
8 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (4.76%) Windows Server
10 2 (3.17%) Unix
10 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.59%) VMS
11 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.22%) Break/Fix
2 11 (17.46%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (15.87%) Agile
4 9 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 9 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (14.29%) Open Source
4 9 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 9 (14.29%) Ticket Management
5 6 (9.52%) ITSM
5 6 (9.52%) Service Management
6 5 (7.94%) Customer Service
6 5 (7.94%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (6.35%) Customer Experience
7 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (3.17%) Incident Management
8 2 (3.17%) ITIL
8 2 (3.17%) Line Management
8 2 (3.17%) Risk Management
9 1 (1.59%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.29%) Python
2 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.94%) VB
2 5 (7.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.81%) DV Cleared
3 12 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.76%) SLA
3 1 (1.59%) RMADS
System Software
1 20 (31.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.70%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.76%) Firmware
4 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (19.05%) SCCM
2 9 (14.29%) WMI
3 1 (1.59%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 44 (69.84%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.05%) Oracle
2 12 (19.05%) VMware
3 11 (17.46%) Citrix
4 6 (9.52%) IBM
5 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.35%) Dell
7 3 (4.76%) Cisco
7 3 (4.76%) Draytek
7 3 (4.76%) McAfee
8 1 (1.59%) Bomgar
8 1 (1.59%) HP
8 1 (1.59%) Nexthink
8 1 (1.59%) SolarWinds