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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 95 110
Rank change year-on-year -61 +15 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 3 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.094% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.99% 1.48% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £492 -
25th Percentile - £497 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £512 £225
Median % change year-on-year -51.17% +127.56% -4.26%
75th Percentile - £521 £238
90th Percentile - £522 -
England median daily rate £269 £225 £210
% change year-on-year +19.44% +7.14% +2.94%

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 304 203 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.49% 14.77% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 140 170
10th Percentile £191 £145 £185
25th Percentile £374 £200 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £400 £431
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -7.25% -9.21%
75th Percentile £525 £516 £575
90th Percentile £588 £639 £688
England median daily rate £455 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -2.52% -1.74% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 18
10th Percentile £44.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £58.43 £16.67 £18.50
Median hourly rate £63.14 £18.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +248.23% -19.42% +29.85%
75th Percentile £70.59 £19.63 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £24.19 £72.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -11.11% -44.57%

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 27 May 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 -16 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%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAAS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Business Enablement
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) AirWatch
1 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) MobileIron
2 1 (33.33%) VMware