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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 450 375
Rank change year-on-year -145 -75 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 50 66 232
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.23% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.06% 1.62% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 32 143
10th Percentile £150 £148 £126
25th Percentile £161 £161 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £210
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £275 £481 £233
90th Percentile £627 £514 £368
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £211
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 48
10th Percentile £20.95 £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.22 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% +4.46% -4.22%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.34 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.05 £24.18 £22.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.72
% change year-on-year +21.56% +4.46% -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 4,701 4,073 5,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.96% 13.94% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,064 2,686 3,913
10th Percentile £185 £200 £183
25th Percentile £313 £319 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -7.33%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £663 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 177 397
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.13 £18.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.22 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.61% +9.91% -44.02%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +106.52% +4.55% -29.60%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -111 47 £212 +5.98% 13
UK excluding London -115 40 £200 -0.25% 12
North of England -74 12 £613 +276.92% 6
North West -37 10 £626 +270.96% 6
London -51 10 £275 +10.00% 1
East of England - 10 £173 - 5
South East -49 9 - - 1
Midlands -70 6 £200 -0.25%
East Midlands -28 4 £200 -0.25%
Work from Home -41 4 £313 -3.62% 1
West Midlands -60 2 £250 -51.17%
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Scotland -4 1 - -
Northern Ireland -4 1 £175 +18.24%
Wales -13 1 £150 -

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 18 (36.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.00%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (36.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (24.00%) LAN
3 11 (22.00%) DHCP
3 11 (22.00%) DNS
4 9 (18.00%) Skype
4 9 (18.00%) VLAN
4 9 (18.00%) VPN
4 9 (18.00%) WAN
5 5 (10.00%) Firewall
6 3 (6.00%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.00%) Wireless
7 2 (4.00%) RS-232
7 2 (4.00%) X.400
8 1 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.00%) IPv4
8 1 (2.00%) VoIP
8 1 (2.00%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Banking
2 6 (12.00%) French Language
2 6 (12.00%) Investment Banking
3 4 (8.00%) Front Office
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) Technical Support
2 13 (26.00%) Support Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) Architect
4 11 (22.00%) Analyst
5 10 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
6 8 (16.00%) IT Support
6 8 (16.00%) Support Analyst
6 8 (16.00%) Technical Support Analyst
7 7 (14.00%) Desktop Support
7 7 (14.00%) Technical Architect
8 6 (12.00%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (12.00%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (12.00%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (8.00%) Deskside Support
10 2 (4.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Field Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Field Service Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Help Desk Support
10 2 (4.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Fat Client
1 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 5 (10.00%) PKI
1 5 (10.00%) Thin Client
2 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.00%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.00%) CCTV
3 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (74.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (16.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (10.00%) AIX
6 4 (8.00%) Mac OS X
6 4 (8.00%) Windows 8
7 2 (4.00%) Android
7 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.00%) Linux
8 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (2.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 11 (22.00%) Service Management
2 10 (20.00%) ITSM
3 9 (18.00%) Disk Encryption
4 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.00%) Agile
5 6 (12.00%) Incident Management
6 5 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 5 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 5 (10.00%) Open Source
6 5 (10.00%) Prototyping
7 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.00%) Customer Experience
7 4 (8.00%) Logistics
7 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (4.00%) ITIL
8 2 (4.00%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (4.00%) Migration
8 2 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (18.00%) VB
2 9 (18.00%) VBScript
3 5 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 7 (14.00%) MCSE
5 6 (12.00%) Azure Certification
5 6 (12.00%) Degree
5 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) HNC
6 2 (4.00%) HND
7 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (54.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (28.00%) SCCM
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.00%) WMI
4 2 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 43 (86.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.00%) Citrix
3 6 (12.00%) VMware
4 5 (10.00%) Oracle
5 4 (8.00%) HP
5 4 (8.00%) Meraki
6 3 (6.00%) IBM
7 2 (4.00%) Apple
8 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.00%) Cisco
8 1 (2.00%) MobileIron