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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 453 | 398 | 411 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -55 | +13 | -15 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 7 | 77 | 196 | 291 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.45% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.83% | 3.33% | 3.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 107 | 217 |
| 10th Percentile | £148 | £125 | £133 |
| 25th Percentile | £170 | £150 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £228 | £210 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £448 | £238 | £290 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | £350 | £515 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £210 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 31 | 46 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £12.75 | £13.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £14.27 | £16.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.35 | £18.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.76% | -7.29% | +18.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £22.00 | £48.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24.17 | £49.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.70 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.61% | -4.32% | +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 | 4,197 | 5,893 | 8,889 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.91% | 13.53% | 16.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,738 | 3,877 | 6,155 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £188 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.63% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £585 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £715 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.70% | +8.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 211 | 435 | 401 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £12.75 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.39 | £16.12 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £24.18 | £44.11 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.02% | -45.18% | +96.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £37.50 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.87 | £27.50 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.38% | -26.67% | +87.50% |
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 25 June 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 25 June 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 | -25 | 70 | £233 | +13.41% | 35 |
| UK excluding London | -18 | 57 | £200 | -4.76% | 24 |
| South West | +66 | 25 | £130 | -10.34% | 4 |
| London | -3 | 19 | £250 | +40.85% | 18 |
| South East | +8 | 9 | £250 | +16.28% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +24 | 7 | £363 | +20.83% | 19 |
| North of England | +19 | 7 | £288 | +13.86% | 5 |
| Midlands | -18 | 7 | £200 | +33.33% | |
| North West | +6 | 6 | £465 | +165.71% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -22 | 4 | £200 | +33.33% | |
| Wales | +6 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 3 | £512 | +127.56% | |
| Scotland | -9 | 3 | £201 | -5.29% | 3 |
| East of England | +22 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | -8 | 1 | - | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £110 | - |
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: