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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 453 | 375 | 375 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -78 | 0 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 7 | 66 | 232 | 376 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.23% | 0.53% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.62% | 3.99% | 3.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 32 | 143 | 262 |
| 10th Percentile | £148 | £126 | £136 |
| 25th Percentile | £161 | £150 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £220 | £210 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £481 | £233 | £259 |
| 90th Percentile | £514 | £368 | £499 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £211 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.33% | +5.63% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 48 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £12.75 | £16.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.22 | £14.27 | £16.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £17.72 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.46% | -4.22% | +12.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.34 | £20.00 | £19.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.18 | £22.93 | £41.03 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.51 | £17.72 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.46% | -4.22% | +12.12% |
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 | 4,075 | 5,812 | 9,696 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.94% | 13.33% | 16.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,687 | 3,913 | 6,831 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £183 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £319 | £300 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £468 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.50% | -7.33% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £699 | £700 | £719 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 177 | 397 | 416 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | £12.75 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £15.50 | £17.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £22.00 | £39.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.91% | -44.02% | +74.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £22.00 | £31.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -29.60% | +56.25% |
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 30 April 2025.
Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.
Windows 7
Top 15 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 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | -36 | 54 | £200 | -5.33% | 23 |
| England | -98 | 51 | £200 | -4.76% | 32 |
| South West | +47 | 14 | £130 | -69.23% | 7 |
| London | -34 | 11 | £250 | +53.85% | 8 |
| North of England | +23 | 10 | £163 | -50.57% | 7 |
| North West | +16 | 9 | £169 | +0.75% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 8 | £148 | - | |
| South East | -21 | 8 | £350 | +62.79% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 7 | £325 | +13.04% | 10 |
| Midlands | -6 | 7 | £200 | +33.33% | 2 |
| Scotland | +8 | 4 | £450 | +111.76% | |
| East Midlands | -18 | 4 | £200 | +33.33% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 3 | £512 | +127.56% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | |
| 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: