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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 452 359
Rank change year-on-year -116 -93 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 50 76 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.26% 0.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.04% 1.84% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 154
10th Percentile £126 £156 £122
25th Percentile £153 £181 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £339 £210
Median % change year-on-year -41.11% +61.31% +5.00%
75th Percentile £444 £500 £225
90th Percentile £626 £523 £367
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £350 £210
% change year-on-year -43.00% +66.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 52
10th Percentile £16.32 £18.13 £13.85
25th Percentile £17.98 - £14.48
Median hourly rate £21.50 £18.51 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% +2.83% -2.70%
75th Percentile £23.25 £23.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £23.85 £24.18 £24.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.51 £18.00
% change year-on-year +16.15% +2.83% -2.70%

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 4,816 4,124 5,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.56% 14.09% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,154 2,755 3,984
10th Percentile £181 £200 £181
25th Percentile £300 £325 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £653 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.36% -7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 168 407
10th Percentile £15.30 £16.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +12.09% -32.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.05 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £24.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +2.38% +22.10% -30.31%

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 7 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 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 7 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 -108 47 £200 -24.00% 7
UK excluding London -131 40 £200 -43.00% 3
East of England - 14 £150 - 2
London -63 10 £275 +29.41% 4
North of England -71 10 £619 +281.08%
Work from Home -29 9 £127 -61.08% 2
North West -34 9 £626 +270.96%
South East -61 8 - - 1
Midlands -72 5 £200 -0.25%
East Midlands -33 4 £200 -0.25%
Wales -9 2 £150 -
Scotland -6 1 - -
West Midlands -62 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 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.00%) Skype for Business
3 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (32.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.00%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (22.00%) DHCP
2 11 (22.00%) DNS
2 11 (22.00%) LAN
3 9 (18.00%) Skype
3 9 (18.00%) VLAN
3 9 (18.00%) VPN
3 9 (18.00%) WAN
4 7 (14.00%) Firewall
5 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.00%) Wireless
6 2 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.00%) RS-232
6 2 (4.00%) X.400
7 1 (2.00%) IPv4
7 1 (2.00%) VoIP
7 1 (2.00%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) Oracle Database
1 7 (14.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.00%) Banking
3 5 (10.00%) French Language
3 5 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (6.00%) Front Office
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (34.00%) Technical Support
2 15 (30.00%) Analyst
3 14 (28.00%) Architect
3 14 (28.00%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (24.00%) Support Analyst
4 12 (24.00%) Technical Support Analyst
5 8 (16.00%) Support Engineer
6 7 (14.00%) IT Support
6 7 (14.00%) Technical Architect
7 6 (12.00%) Desktop Support
8 5 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Deskside Support
10 2 (4.00%) Field Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) IT Support Technician
10 2 (4.00%) IT Technician
10 2 (4.00%) SCCM Architect
10 2 (4.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Fat Client
1 7 (14.00%) PKI
1 7 (14.00%) Thin Client
2 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.00%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
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 38 (76.00%) Windows 10
3 15 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (24.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (18.00%) AIX
6 4 (8.00%) Windows 8
7 3 (6.00%) Mac OS X
8 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.00%) Android
9 1 (2.00%) Linux
9 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
9 1 (2.00%) Unix
9 1 (2.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (22.00%) Service Management
3 10 (20.00%) ITSM
4 9 (18.00%) Disk Encryption
5 8 (16.00%) Agile
6 7 (14.00%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (14.00%) Open Source
6 7 (14.00%) Prototyping
7 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.00%) Incident Management
9 4 (8.00%) Asset Management
9 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
9 4 (8.00%) Logistics
9 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
10 3 (6.00%) Customer Experience
11 2 (4.00%) Application Packaging
11 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 2 (4.00%) ITIL
11 2 (4.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (18.00%) VB
2 9 (18.00%) VBScript
3 7 (14.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (14.00%) MCSE
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.00%) Azure Certification
5 5 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (4.00%) HNC
6 2 (4.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (46.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.00%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (30.00%) SCCM
2 7 (14.00%) WMI
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 43 (86.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (20.00%) Citrix
3 9 (18.00%) Oracle
3 9 (18.00%) ServiceNow
3 9 (18.00%) VMware
4 7 (14.00%) IBM
5 4 (8.00%) HP
6 1 (2.00%) Apple
6 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.00%) Meraki
6 1 (2.00%) MobileIron
6 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds