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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 457 408
Rank change year-on-year -48 -49 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 71 86 222
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.24% 0.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.49% 1.68% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 144
10th Percentile £126 £171 £135
25th Percentile £145 £226 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £313 £210
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +48.81% -
75th Percentile £394 £500 £244
90th Percentile £600 £544 £373
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 £326 £210
% change year-on-year -47.59% +55.36% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 25
10th Percentile £17.33 £15.22 £14.21
25th Percentile - £17.46 £16.85
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% -
75th Percentile - - £24.00
90th Percentile - - £28.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% -

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 4,770 5,110 7,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.56% 14.10% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,064 3,137 4,810
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £270 £325 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -4.95%
75th Percentile £574 £583 £613
90th Percentile £659 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -8.89% +2.27% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 213 358
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.96
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £35.92
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +39.20% +48.12%
75th Percentile £41.94 £68.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.53 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -57.09% +90.91% +23.37%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025. 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 -18 68 £181 -27.50% 28
UK excluding London -48 55 £171 -47.59% 22
London +10 16 £250 +4.17% 13
South West +14 15 - - 5
East of England -2 13 £127 -63.86% 3
South East -5 12 £600 +93.55% 9
Work from Home +11 11 £127 -65.10% 3
North West -18 8 £595 +266.15% 1
North of England -41 8 £595 +266.15% 1
Midlands -34 4 £161 -64.28% 1
East Midlands -14 3 £134 - 1
Wales -6 2 - -
Scotland -11 1 £163 -67.50% 3
West Midlands -31 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 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.04%) Skype for Business
3 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.04%) Azure
3 2 (2.82%) AWS
3 2 (2.82%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.41%) IaaS
4 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.31%) DHCP
1 13 (18.31%) DNS
2 10 (14.08%) VLAN
3 8 (11.27%) TCP/IP
4 7 (9.86%) Firewall
4 7 (9.86%) LAN
4 7 (9.86%) WAN
4 7 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (8.45%) IP Telephony
5 6 (8.45%) VPN
6 5 (7.04%) Skype
7 3 (4.23%) PuTTY
7 3 (4.23%) SSH
7 3 (4.23%) Telnet
8 1 (1.41%) Internet
8 1 (1.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.90%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (9.86%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.82%) Banking
3 2 (2.82%) Finance
3 2 (2.82%) French Language
3 2 (2.82%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Analyst
2 16 (22.54%) Support Analyst
3 15 (21.13%) IT Engineer
4 13 (18.31%) Technical Support
5 11 (15.49%) Technical Analyst
5 11 (15.49%) Technical Support Analyst
6 10 (14.08%) Architect
6 10 (14.08%) IT Support
6 10 (14.08%) Support Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) IT Analyst
7 5 (7.04%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Field Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Technical Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Applications Support
9 2 (2.82%) Desktop Support
9 2 (2.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Fat Client
1 7 (9.86%) PKI
1 7 (9.86%) Thin Client
1 7 (9.86%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (7.04%) iPad
2 5 (7.04%) iPhone
3 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.41%) BYOD
4 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (63.38%) Windows 10
3 13 (18.31%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (16.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (15.49%) AIX
6 6 (8.45%) Linux
6 6 (8.45%) Mac OS
7 5 (7.04%) Android
7 5 (7.04%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (5.63%) Windows 8
9 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
10 2 (2.82%) Unix
10 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.41%) Mac OS X
11 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.41%) VMS
11 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) Break/Fix
2 12 (16.90%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (14.08%) Asset Management
4 9 (12.68%) Ticket Management
5 8 (11.27%) Agile
5 8 (11.27%) Customer Service
6 7 (9.86%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (9.86%) Open Source
6 7 (9.86%) Prototyping
7 6 (8.45%) ITSM
7 6 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.45%) Service Management
8 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.04%) Disk Encryption
9 4 (5.63%) Customer Experience
10 3 (4.23%) ITIL
11 2 (2.82%) Incident Management
11 2 (2.82%) Line Management
11 2 (2.82%) Risk Management
12 1 (1.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) Python
2 5 (7.04%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.04%) VB
2 5 (7.04%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.31%) DV Cleared
3 12 (16.90%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.41%) Degree
5 1 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.41%) MCSA
5 1 (1.41%) MCSE
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.41%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (30.99%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.27%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.23%) Firmware
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (18.31%) SCCM
2 7 (9.86%) WMI
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 50 (70.42%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.31%) Citrix
3 12 (16.90%) Oracle
4 10 (14.08%) VMware
5 6 (8.45%) IBM
6 5 (7.04%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.63%) Dell
8 3 (4.23%) Cisco
8 3 (4.23%) Draytek
8 3 (4.23%) McAfee
9 1 (1.41%) Apple
9 1 (1.41%) Avaya
9 1 (1.41%) Bomgar
9 1 (1.41%) HP
9 1 (1.41%) Nexthink
9 1 (1.41%) Polycom
9 1 (1.41%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.41%) Wyse