Windows 7 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 308 425
Rank change year-on-year +11 +117 +88
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 7 37 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.59% 2.32% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 20 39
10th Percentile - £103 £156
25th Percentile £163 £160 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £288 £275
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -19.12%
75th Percentile £515 £370 £475
90th Percentile £520 £475 £584
UK median daily rate £220 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.75 £12.67
Median hourly rate - £14.27 £13.30
Median % change year-on-year - +7.33% -19.42%
75th Percentile - £18.82 £13.92
90th Percentile - £22.56 -
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.46% -4.22% +12.12%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows 7
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows 7 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows 7.

Windows 7 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Windows 7 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows 7.

Windows 7 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MSI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Support
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Applications Packager
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Application Packager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Change Control
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (28.57%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) CyberArk