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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 461 452
Rank change year-on-year -149 -9 -19
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 56 89 117
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.07% 2.03% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 29 59
10th Percentile £150 £139 £140
25th Percentile £255 £171 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £215 £210
Median % change year-on-year +57.91% +2.38% -
75th Percentile £492 £375 £240
90th Percentile £519 £516 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate £349 £171 £214
% change year-on-year +104.15% -20.00% +1.79%
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% -8.30%
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 5,231 4,381 5,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.74% 13.24% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,309 2,796 3,612
10th Percentile £193 £190 £200
25th Percentile £319 £308 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 264 336
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 £12.46
25th Percentile £17.53 £18.13 £17.52
Median hourly rate £25.92 £24.58 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -10.62% -31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.45 £67.70 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £23.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +15.91% -40.26% +40.00%

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 16 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 16 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 -154 47 £349 +62.37% 7
UK excluding London -120 43 £349 +104.15% 5
North of England -60 23 £428 +144.29% 1
North West -26 22 £480 +50.00% 1
London -80 13 £269 +7.50% 2
Scotland -6 8 £150 -25.47%
South East -77 6 £575 +119.05% 1
Midlands -50 3 £250 -28.67% 1
West Midlands -51 3 £250 -51.17% 1
Northern Ireland +5 1 £175 -
East of England -28 1 - - 1
South West -77 1 £331 +154.62% 1
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 29 (51.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (30.36%) Skype for Business
3 5 (8.93%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (41.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.71%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.36%) Skype
2 14 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (23.21%) DNS
4 12 (21.43%) LAN
5 9 (16.07%) DHCP
6 6 (10.71%) VLAN
6 6 (10.71%) VPN
6 6 (10.71%) WAN
7 3 (5.36%) Wireless
8 1 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.79%) RS-232
8 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.79%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.36%) Banking
3 3 (5.36%) French Language
3 3 (5.36%) Front Office
3 3 (5.36%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (35.71%) Support Engineer
2 15 (26.79%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (8.93%) Desktop Support
3 5 (8.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) IT Support
4 4 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (5.36%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (3.57%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.07%) Smartphone
2 6 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Fat Client
3 3 (5.36%) Thin Client
3 3 (5.36%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.79%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 7 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (8.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (5.36%) Android
8 3 (5.36%) Windows XP
9 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
9 2 (3.57%) Linux
9 2 (3.57%) Mac OS
9 2 (3.57%) Mac OS X
9 2 (3.57%) OpenVMS
9 2 (3.57%) Ubuntu
9 2 (3.57%) VMS
10 1 (1.79%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.71%) Service Management
2 17 (30.36%) Disk Encryption
3 16 (28.57%) ITSM
4 10 (17.86%) Customer Service
4 10 (17.86%) Incident Management
4 10 (17.86%) User Experience
5 8 (14.29%) Application Packaging
6 7 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 6 (10.71%) Capacity Planning
7 6 (10.71%) Cost Optimisation
7 6 (10.71%) Customer Experience
7 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.71%) Service Catalogue
7 6 (10.71%) Task Automation
7 6 (10.71%) Validation
8 5 (8.93%) Problem Management
8 5 (8.93%) Test Automation
9 4 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
10 3 (5.36%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (5.36%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 22 (39.29%) PowerShell
2 17 (30.36%) VBScript
3 16 (28.57%) VB
4 2 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (46.43%) Security Cleared
2 18 (32.14%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) Degree
4 4 (7.14%) A+ Certification
4 4 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.79%) HNC
7 1 (1.79%) HND
7 1 (1.79%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.64%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (55.36%) Active Directory
2 17 (30.36%) BitLocker
3 7 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (10.71%) Firmware
4 6 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (39.29%) SCCM
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.36%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.57%) NetBackup
4 2 (3.57%) SCOM
4 2 (3.57%) WSUS
5 1 (1.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (73.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 10 (17.86%) VMware
4 6 (10.71%) CyberArk
5 5 (8.93%) Ivanti
5 5 (8.93%) Meraki
6 4 (7.14%) Citrix
7 3 (5.36%) Apple
7 3 (5.36%) Google
7 3 (5.36%) Oracle
8 2 (3.57%) Juniper
8 2 (3.57%) Veeam
8 2 (3.57%) Veritas
9 1 (1.79%) Cisco