Windows 7 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows 7
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 178 149
Rank change year-on-year +11 -29 +40
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 5 4 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.12% 1.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.71% 0.79% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 35
10th Percentile - £29,850 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,250 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £34,250 £47,501 £55,250
90th Percentile - £52,752 -
South East median annual salary £58,000 £28,250 £34,500
% change year-on-year +105.31% -18.12% +9.52%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 293 508 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.30% 14.74% 18.15%
Number of salaries quoted 236 307 573
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,150 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% -5.00% +15.61%
75th Percentile £50,250 £60,625 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,500 £71,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Windows 7
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Windows 7.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 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
Oxfordshire +23 5 £33,500 -
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Email Management