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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 464 347
Rank change year-on-year -67 -117 +35
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 53 65 244
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.11% 1.46% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 158
10th Percentile £126 £156 £132
25th Percentile £161 £220 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £229
90th Percentile £625 £527 £315
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £295 £210
% change year-on-year -32.37% +40.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 33
10th Percentile £16.31 - £14.62
25th Percentile £17.96 £22.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +27.73% +2.32%
75th Percentile £20.22 - £23.88
90th Percentile £22.64 - £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +20.90% +8.11%

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 4,787 4,463 6,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.08% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,175 2,784 4,248
10th Percentile £173 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £313 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.77%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £695 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 165 350
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.69 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.60 £72.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £35.75 £25.25
% change year-on-year -34.27% +41.58% +6.14%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -39 51 £206 -17.71% 44
UK excluding London -69 46 £200 -32.37% 45
East of England - 13 £149 - 9
South East -32 12 £600 +128.57% 10
Work from Home 0 9 £127 -27.71% 1
North West -27 9 £626 +285.23% 4
North of England -53 9 £626 +285.23% 9
Midlands -41 8 £200 - 7
London -29 7 £275 +13.40% 3
East Midlands -22 6 £200 - 6
South West -8 2 - - 6
West Midlands - 2 £188 - 1
Scotland -4 1 - - 2
Wales -5 1 - - 2

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 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.98%) Skype for Business
3 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (30.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (15.09%) Azure
3 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.89%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) Firewall
2 10 (18.87%) DHCP
2 10 (18.87%) DNS
2 10 (18.87%) LAN
2 10 (18.87%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (16.98%) Skype
3 9 (16.98%) VLAN
3 9 (16.98%) VPN
3 9 (16.98%) WAN
4 3 (5.66%) PuTTY
4 3 (5.66%) SSH
4 3 (5.66%) Telnet
5 2 (3.77%) Wireless
6 1 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.89%) RS-232
6 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.89%) WAAS
6 1 (1.89%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (13.21%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Banking
2 5 (9.43%) French Language
2 5 (9.43%) Investment Banking
3 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.77%) Finance
5 1 (1.89%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Architect
2 17 (32.08%) Technical Support
3 13 (24.53%) Analyst
3 13 (24.53%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) Support Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) Technical Support Analyst
5 10 (18.87%) Support Engineer
6 8 (15.09%) IT Support
7 7 (13.21%) Technical Architect
8 5 (9.43%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Desktop Support
8 5 (9.43%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Deskside Support
10 2 (3.77%) Break Fix Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) IT Analyst
10 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) SCCM Architect
10 2 (3.77%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.89%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Fat Client
1 11 (20.75%) PKI
1 11 (20.75%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.89%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.89%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 53 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (71.70%) Windows 10
3 14 (26.42%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (22.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (18.87%) AIX
6 6 (11.32%) Windows 8
7 4 (7.55%) Linux
8 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
8 2 (3.77%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.89%) Android
9 1 (1.89%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.89%) Unix
9 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
9 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.89%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Proactive Monitoring
2 12 (22.64%) Agile
3 11 (20.75%) Collaborative Working
3 11 (20.75%) Open Source
3 11 (20.75%) Prototyping
4 10 (18.87%) ITSM
4 10 (18.87%) Service Management
5 9 (16.98%) Disk Encryption
6 6 (11.32%) Break/Fix
7 5 (9.43%) Incident Management
7 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.55%) Asset Management
9 3 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.66%) Customer Experience
9 3 (5.66%) Logistics
9 3 (5.66%) Project Delivery
10 2 (3.77%) Customer Service
10 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 2 (3.77%) Line Management
10 2 (3.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) Python
2 10 (18.87%) PowerShell
3 9 (16.98%) VB
3 9 (16.98%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (41.51%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.96%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.43%) Azure Certification
5 4 (7.55%) MCP
5 4 (7.55%) MCSE
5 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.66%) Degree
7 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.89%) HNC
7 1 (1.89%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (41.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (24.53%) BitLocker
3 3 (5.66%) Firmware
4 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (33.96%) SCCM
2 11 (20.75%) WMI
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.77%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.89%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 45 (84.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.53%) VMware
3 10 (18.87%) Citrix
3 10 (18.87%) Oracle
4 9 (16.98%) ServiceNow
5 7 (13.21%) IBM
6 4 (7.55%) Dell
7 3 (5.66%) Cisco
7 3 (5.66%) Draytek
7 3 (5.66%) HP
7 3 (5.66%) McAfee
8 1 (1.89%) Apple
8 1 (1.89%) Bomgar
8 1 (1.89%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.89%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds