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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 456 330
Rank change year-on-year -112 -126 +46
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 51 71 278
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.24% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.06% 1.66% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 177
10th Percentile £126 £156 £129
25th Percentile £161 £200 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £339 £210
Median % change year-on-year -41.11% +61.31% +5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £228
90th Percentile £627 £523 £358
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £328 £210
% change year-on-year -39.08% +55.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 47
10th Percentile £16.68 £18.51 £14.40
25th Percentile - £20.51 £16.68
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.96% +27.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £22.25 £24.18 £22.51
90th Percentile £23.45 - £24.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -17.96% +15.00% +8.11%

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 4,806 4,285 6,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.34% 14.25% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,160 2,755 4,071
10th Percentile £180 £200 £180
25th Percentile £275 £316 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +5.56% -12.20%
75th Percentile £565 £594 £588
90th Percentile £663 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £438 £425
% change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 156 414
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.38 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.76 £19.63 £15.54
Median hourly rate £22.91 £28.71 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% +27.58% -15.03%
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.54 £24.83 £22.50
% change year-on-year -9.23% +10.36% -13.46%

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 8 March 2026.

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 15 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 8 March 2026. 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 -81 48 £200 -24.00% 10
UK excluding London -100 43 £200 -39.08% 8
East of England - 14 £150 - 5
North of England -60 10 £619 +281.08% 1
Work from Home -29 9 £127 -61.08% 3
North West -34 9 £626 +285.23% 1
South East -49 9 £600 +65.52% 2
London -47 8 £275 -12.00% 2
Midlands -70 5 £200 -0.25%
East Midlands -30 4 £200 -0.25%
Wales -7 2 £150 -36.84%
South West -18 2 - -
Scotland -4 1 - -
West Midlands -58 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £213 -

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 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (17.65%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.73%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (21.57%) DHCP
2 11 (21.57%) DNS
2 11 (21.57%) LAN
3 9 (17.65%) Firewall
3 9 (17.65%) Skype
3 9 (17.65%) VLAN
3 9 (17.65%) VPN
3 9 (17.65%) WAN
4 3 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.88%) Wireless
5 2 (3.92%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (3.92%) RS-232
5 2 (3.92%) X.400
6 1 (1.96%) IPv4
6 1 (1.96%) VoIP
6 1 (1.96%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) Oracle Database
1 7 (13.73%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Banking
3 4 (7.84%) French Language
3 4 (7.84%) Investment Banking
3 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.96%) Front Office
4 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Architect
1 16 (31.37%) Technical Support
2 15 (29.41%) Analyst
3 14 (27.45%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (23.53%) Support Analyst
4 12 (23.53%) Technical Support Analyst
5 7 (13.73%) IT Support
5 7 (13.73%) Support Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Technical Architect
6 6 (11.76%) Desktop Support
7 4 (7.84%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Deskside Support
7 4 (7.84%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Field Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) IT Support Technician
8 2 (3.92%) IT Technician
8 2 (3.92%) SCCM Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Fat Client
1 9 (17.65%) PKI
1 9 (17.65%) Thin Client
2 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.96%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 51 (100.00%) Windows
2 36 (70.59%) Windows 10
3 15 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (17.65%) AIX
6 4 (7.84%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.92%) Mac OS X
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.96%) Android
8 1 (1.96%) Linux
8 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.96%) Unix
8 1 (1.96%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (21.57%) Service Management
3 10 (19.61%) Agile
3 10 (19.61%) ITSM
4 9 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (17.65%) Disk Encryption
4 9 (17.65%) Open Source
4 9 (17.65%) Prototyping
5 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.84%) Asset Management
6 4 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (7.84%) Incident Management
6 4 (7.84%) Logistics
6 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.88%) Break/Fix
7 3 (5.88%) Customer Service
8 2 (3.92%) Application Packaging
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (3.92%) ITIL
8 2 (3.92%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
2 9 (17.65%) Python
2 9 (17.65%) VB
2 9 (17.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (39.22%) Security Cleared
2 16 (31.37%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.73%) MCSE
3 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) Degree
5 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.92%) HNC
6 2 (3.92%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (19.61%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (29.41%) SCCM
2 9 (17.65%) WMI
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.96%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 45 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.57%) VMware
3 10 (19.61%) Citrix
4 9 (17.65%) Oracle
4 9 (17.65%) ServiceNow
5 7 (13.73%) IBM
6 4 (7.84%) HP
7 1 (1.96%) Apple
7 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.96%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds