Windows 7 Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Windows 7
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 177 203
Rank change year-on-year -7 +26 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 1 16 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.18% 1.91% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £37,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,290 £38,364 £28,290
Median % change year-on-year -23.65% +35.61% -4.10%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £42,500
90th Percentile - - £43,625
England median annual salary £33,750 £37,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -8.78% +19.35% -

All Operating Systems
South West

Windows 7 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 544 836 917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.85% 19.38% 20.94%
Number of salaries quoted 310 526 731
10th Percentile £26,500 £10,258 £28,290
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -18.37% +8.89%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the South West

Windows 7
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Windows 7.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Somerset - 1 £29,290 -
Windows 7
England

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MobileIron