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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 492 470
Rank change year-on-year -127 -22 -34
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 55 70 87
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.03% 1.58% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 24 41
10th Percentile £150 £157 £140
25th Percentile £261 £170 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £201 £230
Median % change year-on-year +70.93% -12.50% +9.52%
75th Percentile £492 £276 £255
90th Percentile £519 £539 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate £354 £171 £240
% change year-on-year +107.13% -28.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 33 15
10th Percentile - £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile - £18.51 £13.31
Median hourly rate - £18.87 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year - +16.55% -8.63%
75th Percentile - - £24.17
90th Percentile - - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £18.87 £14.27
% change year-on-year - +32.24% -19.47%

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 5,359 4,434 5,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.82% 13.48% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,367 2,835 3,479
10th Percentile £190 £188 £200
25th Percentile £313 £300 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £673 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 284 268
10th Percentile £14.21 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £20.45
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -49.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67.25 £58.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.90 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -54.27% +19.88%

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 20 September 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 12 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 20 September 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 -138 46 £360 +78.68% 14
UK excluding London -116 44 £354 +107.13% 4
North of England -45 24 £480 +174.29% 1
North West -27 23 £484 +176.43% 1
London -85 11 £275 +4.76% 11
Scotland -16 8 £150 -25.47%
South East -65 7 £575 +109.09% 1
West Midlands -46 3 £250 +33.33%
Midlands -52 3 £250 +55.52%
South West -59 1 £331 +154.62%
Yorkshire - 1 £160 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £175 -

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 29 (52.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (30.91%) Skype for Business
3 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.64%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (41.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.91%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.91%) Skype
2 13 (23.64%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (21.82%) DNS
3 12 (21.82%) LAN
4 8 (14.55%) DHCP
5 6 (10.91%) VLAN
5 6 (10.91%) VPN
5 6 (10.91%) WAN
6 3 (5.45%) Wireless
7 1 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
General
1 12 (21.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.45%) Banking
4 3 (5.45%) French Language
4 3 (5.45%) Front Office
4 3 (5.45%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Support Engineer
2 16 (29.09%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 5 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) IT Support
5 3 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.45%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (3.64%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Field Support Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.82%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Smartphone
2 6 (10.91%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.27%) Fat Client
3 4 (7.27%) Thin Client
3 4 (7.27%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.64%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.64%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.82%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 55 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (76.36%) Windows 10
3 8 (14.55%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (7.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (7.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.45%) Android
6 3 (5.45%) Windows XP
7 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.64%) Linux
7 2 (3.64%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.64%) OpenVMS
7 2 (3.64%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.64%) VMS
8 1 (1.82%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (36.36%) Service Management
2 17 (30.91%) Disk Encryption
3 16 (29.09%) ITSM
4 11 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 10 (18.18%) Customer Service
6 9 (16.36%) Application Packaging
6 9 (16.36%) User Experience
7 8 (14.55%) Asset Management
8 7 (12.73%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (12.73%) Cost Optimisation
8 7 (12.73%) Service Catalogue
8 7 (12.73%) Task Automation
8 7 (12.73%) Validation
9 6 (10.91%) Customer Experience
10 5 (9.09%) Problem Management
10 5 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.09%) Test Automation
11 3 (5.45%) Change Management
11 3 (5.45%) ITIL
11 3 (5.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (41.82%) PowerShell
2 17 (30.91%) VBScript
3 16 (29.09%) VB
4 2 (3.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (47.27%) Security Cleared
2 18 (32.73%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.91%) Degree
4 4 (7.27%) A+ Certification
4 4 (7.27%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.45%) DBS Check
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.82%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (56.36%) Active Directory
2 17 (30.91%) BitLocker
3 8 (14.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (12.73%) Firmware
5 6 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (41.82%) SCCM
2 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.45%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.64%) NetBackup
4 2 (3.64%) SCOM
4 2 (3.64%) WSUS
5 1 (1.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (76.36%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.09%) ServiceNow
3 10 (18.18%) VMware
4 6 (10.91%) CyberArk
4 6 (10.91%) Ivanti
5 5 (9.09%) Meraki
6 4 (7.27%) Google
7 3 (5.45%) Apple
8 2 (3.64%) Citrix
8 2 (3.64%) Juniper
8 2 (3.64%) Oracle
8 2 (3.64%) Veeam
8 2 (3.64%) Veritas
9 1 (1.82%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (1.82%) Cisco