Microsoft Windows 7
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Windows 7 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 7 over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 469 | 406 | 409 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -63 | +3 | -17 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 7 | 82 | 191 | 282 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.44% | 0.50% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.90% | 3.23% | 3.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 102 | 211 |
| 10th Percentile | £148 | £133 | £134 |
| 25th Percentile | £169 | £160 | £159 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £228 | £210 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £448 | £239 | £280 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | £359 | £500 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £211 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.33% | +5.63% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 32 | 44 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £12.75 | £13.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £14.27 | £17.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.00 | £18.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.00% | -9.16% | +18.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £22.00 | £48.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24.17 | £49.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.00 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.00% | -8.11% | +17.53% |
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 | 4,324 | 5,921 | 8,936 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.68% | 13.63% | 15.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,799 | 3,884 | 6,187 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £190 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £340 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.21% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £719 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | - | +8.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 222 | 433 | 407 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £12.75 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.25 | £18.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.53 | £24.86 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.35% | -41.52% | +88.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.98 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £19.27 | £31.13 | £33.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.09% | -7.09% | +67.50% |
Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.
Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.
Windows 7
Top 16 Contract 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 4 July 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 | -26 | 75 | £233 | +10.71% | 104 |
| UK excluding London | -25 | 60 | £200 | -5.33% | 81 |
| South West | +56 | 26 | £130 | -10.34% | 10 |
| London | -10 | 21 | £250 | +38.89% | 35 |
| South East | +5 | 10 | £250 | +16.28% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 7 | £363 | +20.83% | 25 |
| North of England | +8 | 7 | £288 | +13.86% | 25 |
| Midlands | -22 | 7 | £200 | +25.00% | 5 |
| North West | +8 | 6 | £465 | +165.71% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -22 | 4 | £200 | +33.33% | 2 |
| East of England | +21 | 3 | £171 | +55.45% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 3 | £512 | +127.56% | 3 |
| Wales | +6 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | -13 | 3 | £201 | -5.29% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | -10 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | £110 | - | 1 |
Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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