Windows 7 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 510 400
Rank change year-on-year +58 -110 +47
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 57 56 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.16% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.72% 1.01% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 54 44 155
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +23.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £59,500 £45,625 £38,000
90th Percentile - £48,750 £53,150
UK median annual salary £33,250 £37,000 £30,072
% change year-on-year -10.14% +23.04% -4.53%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,322 5,527 5,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.83% 15.39% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,438 2,920 4,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.93% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 7.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +58 37 £58,000 +114.81% 3
North West +23 8 £27,000 -1.82% 5
North of England +10 8 £27,000 -6.09% 5
Scotland +9 7 £33,000 -16.93% 1
East of England +23 3 £34,000 -35.24% 5
West Midlands +17 2 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands +16 2 £25,000 -12.28% 1
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 33 (57.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (38.60%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (14.04%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.02%) Azure
2 4 (7.02%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 25 (43.86%) DNS
2 24 (42.11%) DHCP
3 5 (8.77%) Firewall
4 4 (7.02%) WAN
5 3 (5.26%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.75%) LAN
6 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (40.35%) Oracle Database
2 22 (38.60%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (3.51%) Dutch Language
3 2 (3.51%) French Language
3 2 (3.51%) Retail
4 1 (1.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 22 (38.60%) Systems Support
2 21 (36.84%) 3rd Line Support
3 18 (31.58%) IT Support
4 12 (21.05%) Technical Support
5 9 (15.79%) Support Engineer
6 7 (12.28%) IT Support Specialist
6 7 (12.28%) Support Specialist
7 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (10.53%) IT Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) 1st Line Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Desktop Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Desktop Support
9 2 (3.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 1 (1.75%) Analyst
10 1 (1.75%) Support Analyst
10 1 (1.75%) Support Technician
10 1 (1.75%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (17.54%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.75%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.75%) PKI
3 1 (1.75%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (40.35%) Windows Server 2003
3 22 (38.60%) HPUX
3 22 (38.60%) Solaris
3 22 (38.60%) Unix
3 22 (38.60%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (26.32%) Windows 10
5 10 (17.54%) Windows 8
6 4 (7.02%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.51%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.75%) AIX
8 1 (1.75%) Android
8 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.75%) Linux
8 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (54.39%) Incident Management
2 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 9 (15.79%) Time Management
5 7 (12.28%) Asset Management
6 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.77%) Email Management
7 5 (8.77%) ITIL
8 4 (7.02%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 3 (5.26%) Proactive Maintenance
9 3 (5.26%) Service Management
10 2 (3.51%) Inventory Control
10 2 (3.51%) Inventory Management
10 2 (3.51%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (3.51%) Service Delivery
11 1 (1.75%) Mentoring
11 1 (1.75%) Open Source
11 1 (1.75%) Proactive Monitoring
11 1 (1.75%) Prototyping
11 1 (1.75%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) Perl
1 22 (38.60%) PowerShell
2 9 (15.79%) SQL
3 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (43.86%) Security Cleared
2 24 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 23 (40.35%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) Degree
4 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (38.60%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (52.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.26%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Autotask
2 3 (5.26%) SCCM
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.75%) WMI
Vendors
1 32 (56.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (45.61%) VMware
3 23 (40.35%) Oracle
4 5 (8.77%) HP
5 4 (7.02%) ESET
5 4 (7.02%) Google
6 2 (3.51%) Dell
6 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.75%) Citrix
7 1 (1.75%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.75%) IBM