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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 457 445
Rank change year-on-year -171 -12 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 43 90 126
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.27% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.83% 2.04% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 30 68
10th Percentile £150 £139 £140
25th Percentile £161 £171 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £208 £210
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -1.19% -
75th Percentile £349 £353 £240
90th Percentile £423 £515 £423
UK excluding London median daily rate £318 £173 £215
% change year-on-year +83.53% -19.53% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 37 31
10th Percentile - £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.51 £13.87
Median hourly rate £21.50 £18.87 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% +16.12% -12.16%
75th Percentile £22.25 - £22.00
90th Percentile - - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.87 £16.19
% change year-on-year +13.94% +16.55% -10.60%

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 5,202 4,403 5,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 13.29% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,287 2,818 3,615
10th Percentile £193 £200 £200
25th Percentile £320 £313 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.28% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 260 335
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 £12.45
25th Percentile £17.60 £18.13 £17.69
Median hourly rate £25.92 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -12.73% -35.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.05 £67.10 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £22.56 £42.50
% change year-on-year +18.17% -46.92% +45.05%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -168 34 £318 +53.01% 18
UK excluding London -130 30 £318 +83.53% 16
London -95 13 £269 +7.50% 2
North of England -64 10 £344 +96.57% 12
North West -44 9 £344 +7.50% 12
Scotland -4 8 £150 -25.47% 1
South East -71 6 £575 +119.05% 1
West Midlands -50 3 £250 -51.17%
Midlands -57 3 £250 +25.00%
Northern Ireland +6 1 £175 -
East of England -25 1 - - 2
South West -71 1 £331 +154.62%
Yorkshire - 1 £160 -

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 21 (48.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (20.93%) Skype for Business
3 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.65%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.95%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) Skype
2 8 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (16.28%) DNS
4 6 (13.95%) LAN
5 3 (6.98%) DHCP
5 3 (6.98%) Wireless
6 1 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.33%) RS-232
6 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.33%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.98%) Banking
3 3 (6.98%) French Language
3 3 (6.98%) Front Office
3 3 (6.98%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Support Engineer
2 13 (30.23%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (11.63%) Desktop Support
3 5 (11.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) IT Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) IT Support
4 4 (9.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Technical Support
5 3 (6.98%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Junior IT Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Junior IT Support
6 2 (4.65%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Smartphone
2 6 (13.95%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.98%) Fat Client
3 3 (6.98%) Thin Client
3 3 (6.98%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.65%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (2.33%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (67.44%) Windows 10
3 8 (18.60%) Windows Server
4 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (9.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (6.98%) Android
7 3 (6.98%) Windows XP
8 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
8 2 (4.65%) Linux
8 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
8 2 (4.65%) Mac OS X
8 2 (4.65%) OpenVMS
8 2 (4.65%) Ubuntu
8 2 (4.65%) VMS
9 1 (2.33%) AIX
9 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Service Management
2 10 (23.26%) Customer Service
2 10 (23.26%) Incident Management
3 9 (20.93%) Disk Encryption
3 9 (20.93%) ITSM
3 9 (20.93%) User Experience
4 7 (16.28%) Asset Management
5 6 (13.95%) Capacity Planning
5 6 (13.95%) Cost Optimisation
5 6 (13.95%) Customer Experience
5 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.95%) Service Catalogue
5 6 (13.95%) Validation
6 5 (11.63%) Problem Management
7 4 (9.30%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (6.98%) Application Packaging
8 3 (6.98%) Migration
8 3 (6.98%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (6.98%) Proactive Maintenance
8 3 (6.98%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) PowerShell
1 9 (20.93%) VBScript
2 8 (18.60%) VB
3 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.95%) Degree
4 4 (9.30%) A+ Certification
4 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared
4 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.98%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (2.33%) HNC
7 1 (2.33%) HND
7 1 (2.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (25.58%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (60.47%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.93%) BitLocker
3 6 (13.95%) Firmware
3 6 (13.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) SCCM
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.98%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (4.65%) NetBackup
4 2 (4.65%) SCOM
4 2 (4.65%) WSUS
5 1 (2.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (76.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.93%) ServiceNow
3 5 (11.63%) Meraki
4 4 (9.30%) Citrix
4 4 (9.30%) VMware
5 3 (6.98%) Apple
5 3 (6.98%) Google
5 3 (6.98%) Oracle
6 2 (4.65%) Juniper
6 2 (4.65%) Veeam
6 2 (4.65%) Veritas
7 1 (2.33%) Cisco