Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows 7
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 115 106
Rank change year-on-year -45 -9 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 3 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.087% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.06% 1.23% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £492 £220
25th Percentile - £497 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £512 £450
Median % change year-on-year -51.17% +13.78% +104.55%
75th Percentile - £521 £494
90th Percentile - £522 £528
England median daily rate £349 £250 £200
% change year-on-year +39.64% +25.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 282 243 292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.19% 14.10% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 179 193
10th Percentile £203 £160 £188
25th Percentile £365 £251 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £575
90th Percentile £588 £604 £688
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 8
10th Percentile £57.00 £17.03 £15.40
25th Percentile £58.43 £19.89 £17.88
Median hourly rate £63.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +156.02% +29.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70.23 £24.83 £22.44
90th Percentile £71.97 £24.93 £39.13
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +35.42% -33.64% -10.32%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 7 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 7.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Warwickshire -14 1 - -
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Google