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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 107 111
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 +43
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 1 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.053% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.35% 1.37% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £220 -
25th Percentile £169 £352 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £450 £220
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +104.55% +1.15%
75th Percentile £206 £494 £230
90th Percentile - £528 £242
England median daily rate £173 £245 £210
% change year-on-year -29.39% +16.67% -4.55%

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 289 293 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.27% 15.64% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 181 213
10th Percentile £163 £185 £163
25th Percentile £223 £255 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £447 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% +19.20% -22.68%
75th Percentile £539 £582 £500
90th Percentile £618 £688 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 12
10th Percentile £16.74 £14.63 £17.08
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.88 £19.44
Median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% -16.96% +58.05%
75th Percentile £25.00 £23.86 £28.75
90th Percentile £42.00 £39.43 £47.88
England median hourly rate £24.00 £61.43 £48.40
% change year-on-year -60.93% +26.92% +93.60%

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 15 October 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
Wolverhampton - 1 £188 -
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Bomgar
1 1 (100.00%) Dell