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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 456 368
Rank change year-on-year -85 -88 +27
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 45 70 241
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.22% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.96% 1.56% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 156
10th Percentile £126 £156 £138
25th Percentile £134 £220 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £230
90th Percentile £600 £523 £338
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 £263 £210
% change year-on-year -34.86% +25.00% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 31
10th Percentile £15.13 £18.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.04 £22.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +24.62% +2.32%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £23.81
90th Percentile - - £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.86
% change year-on-year -20.01% +25.08% +4.14%

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 4,689 4,494 6,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.73% 13.95% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 2,799 4,329
10th Percentile £175 £200 £180
25th Percentile £263 £317 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £412 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 172 311
10th Percentile £15.07 £16.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £63.31 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.39 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -10.18% +1.82% +22.22%

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 5 January 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 13 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 5 January 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 -58 43 £188 -23.47% 13
UK excluding London -81 39 £171 -34.86% 12
South East -32 12 £600 +128.57% 2
East of England - 10 £127 - 4
Work from Home -3 9 £127 -27.71% 1
London -6 6 £275 +13.40% 2
North West -28 6 £595 +266.15% 3
North of England -52 6 £595 +266.15% 4
Midlands -33 5 £188 -58.33% 1
South West -7 4 - -
East Midlands -21 4 £167 - 1
Wales -3 2 - -
West Midlands -39 1 £188 -58.33%

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 (17.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.11%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) Firewall
2 7 (15.56%) DHCP
2 7 (15.56%) DNS
3 6 (13.33%) LAN
3 6 (13.33%) WAN
4 5 (11.11%) Skype
4 5 (11.11%) VLAN
4 5 (11.11%) VPN
4 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.67%) PuTTY
5 3 (6.67%) SSH
5 3 (6.67%) Telnet
6 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Banking
2 4 (8.89%) French Language
2 4 (8.89%) Investment Banking
3 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Technical Support
2 13 (28.89%) Architect
3 10 (22.22%) Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) IT Support
6 5 (11.11%) IT Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) IT Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Technical Architect
9 2 (4.44%) Break Fix Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) Field Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) Field Service Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Fat Client
1 10 (22.22%) PKI
1 10 (22.22%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (22.22%) AIX
4 10 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (11.11%) Linux
5 5 (11.11%) Windows 8
6 2 (4.44%) Unix
7 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
7 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Agile
1 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
1 10 (22.22%) Open Source
1 10 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
1 10 (22.22%) Prototyping
2 9 (20.00%) Break/Fix
3 6 (13.33%) ITSM
4 5 (11.11%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (11.11%) Service Management
5 4 (8.89%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.67%) Asset Management
6 3 (6.67%) Customer Experience
6 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.44%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.44%) Line Management
8 1 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (2.22%) Logistics
8 1 (2.22%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.22%) Ticket Management
8 1 (2.22%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) Python
2 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.11%) VB
2 5 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) Azure Certification
4 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (37.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.78%) BitLocker
3 3 (6.67%) Firmware
4 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (26.67%) SCCM
2 10 (22.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (26.67%) VMware
3 10 (22.22%) Citrix
3 10 (22.22%) Oracle
4 6 (13.33%) IBM
5 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.89%) Dell
7 3 (6.67%) Cisco
7 3 (6.67%) Draytek
7 3 (6.67%) McAfee
8 2 (4.44%) HP
9 1 (2.22%) Bomgar
9 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds