Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 7 over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 549 655 543
Rank change year-on-year +106 -112 -155
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 185 481 697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.38% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.96% 2.29% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 156 398 599
10th Percentile £24,625 £23,675 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,290 £26,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £55,250 £52,500 £49,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% +3.77%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 7 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,453 20,960 22,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.47% 16.66% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,313 13,974 16,018
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £69,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.

Salary trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
England +88 180 £32,500 +3.17% 104
UK excluding London +64 147 £30,000 -3.23% 90
South East +83 55 £36,000 +14.29% 34
North of England +116 52 £30,000 +15.38% 18
Work from Home +174 50 £47,500 +49.61% 20
London +181 38 £37,500 +15.38% 14
Yorkshire +94 28 £26,750 -2.73% 6
North West +94 18 £30,000 +20.00% 11
Midlands +89 16 £35,227 -14.60% 10
West Midlands +88 15 £35,227 -17.11% 6
South West +26 12 £30,145 +2.19% 15
East of England +113 8 £26,000 -22.96% 10
North East +42 7 £32,500 +38.30% 1
Scotland +57 4 - - 3
East Midlands +39 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland +28 1 £35,000 +20.69%

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.65%) MS Exchange
2 14 (7.57%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.78%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (3.24%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.54%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 82 (44.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.54%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.08%) Adaptiv
Cloud Services
1 103 (55.68%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (16.22%) Azure
3 9 (4.86%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.16%) AWS
5 3 (1.62%) Mimecast
5 3 (1.62%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.68%) DNS
2 24 (12.97%) LAN
3 22 (11.89%) TCP/IP
4 17 (9.19%) VLAN
5 15 (8.11%) WAN
6 13 (7.03%) DHCP
7 12 (6.49%) Firewall
7 12 (6.49%) VPN
8 10 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (4.32%) Network Security
9 8 (4.32%) VoIP
10 7 (3.78%) Wireless
11 6 (3.24%) Internet
12 5 (2.70%) IP Telephony
13 4 (2.16%) Ethernet
13 4 (2.16%) IPv4
13 4 (2.16%) IPv6
14 3 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
15 2 (1.08%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.54%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (10.27%) MSI
2 17 (9.19%) AdminStudio
2 17 (9.19%) InstallShield
General
1 102 (55.14%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.08%) Organisational Skills
3 36 (19.46%) Finance
4 19 (10.27%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.78%) Retail
6 7 (3.78%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.24%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.16%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.62%) Back Office
9 3 (1.62%) Banking
10 2 (1.08%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.08%) Legal
10 2 (1.08%) Local Government
10 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.54%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (35.14%) Support Engineer
2 43 (23.24%) 2nd Line Support
3 40 (21.62%) IT Support
4 34 (18.38%) Analyst
5 29 (15.68%) IT Engineer
6 28 (15.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 27 (14.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 25 (13.51%) Desktop Support
9 19 (10.27%) Applications Packager
10 17 (9.19%) Desktop Engineer
11 16 (8.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 15 (8.11%) Service Analyst
13 14 (7.57%) Service Desk Analyst
13 14 (7.57%) Support Analyst
14 11 (5.95%) IT Analyst
15 10 (5.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 9 (4.86%) 1st Line Support
16 9 (4.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
16 9 (4.86%) Deskside Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.16%) Web Services
2 2 (1.08%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.38%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (9.19%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.19%) Shadow IT
3 8 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.78%) CMDB
4 7 (3.78%) Smartphone
5 6 (3.24%) Hedge funds
6 4 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.08%) Clustering
7 2 (1.08%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.08%) VAX
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.54%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.54%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.54%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 185 (100.00%) Windows
2 143 (77.30%) Windows 10
3 65 (35.14%) Windows Server
4 50 (27.03%) Windows 8
5 20 (10.81%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (9.73%) Android
6 18 (9.73%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (7.03%) Apple iOS
9 10 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (3.78%) Mac OS X
10 7 (3.78%) Windows XP
11 5 (2.70%) Mac OS
12 4 (2.16%) Windows NT
13 2 (1.08%) Solaris
13 2 (1.08%) Unix
13 2 (1.08%) VMS
13 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (42.70%) Customer Service
2 75 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (38.38%) ITIL
4 44 (23.78%) Service Management
5 43 (23.24%) ITSM
6 27 (14.59%) Software Deployment
7 25 (13.51%) Migration
8 23 (12.43%) Agile
8 23 (12.43%) Service Delivery
9 21 (11.35%) Project Management
10 19 (10.27%) Application Packaging
10 19 (10.27%) Release Management
10 19 (10.27%) Waterfall
11 18 (9.73%) Customer Experience
12 17 (9.19%) Application Virtualisation
12 17 (9.19%) Data Analysis
13 16 (8.65%) Problem Management
14 12 (6.49%) Incident Management
15 11 (5.95%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 10 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 39 (21.08%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.81%) VB
3 19 (10.27%) C#
3 19 (10.27%) SQL
4 2 (1.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (23.24%) Security Cleared
2 38 (20.54%) Degree
3 35 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 34 (18.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (14.59%) DV Cleared
6 14 (7.57%) MCP
7 7 (3.78%) MCTS
8 6 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.16%) HNC
10 3 (1.62%) MCSA
11 2 (1.08%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.08%) MCSE
12 1 (0.54%) CCENT
12 1 (0.54%) CCNA
12 1 (0.54%) CCNP
12 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.54%) HND
12 1 (0.54%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.16%) SLA
2 3 (1.62%) QA
System Software
1 142 (76.76%) Active Directory
2 40 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (11.35%) Hyper-V
4 17 (9.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (5.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.70%) Firmware
7 5 (2.70%) VirtualBox
7 5 (2.70%) XenApp
7 5 (2.70%) XenDesktop
8 3 (1.62%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.62%) KVM
9 2 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (39.46%) SCCM
2 29 (15.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (9.19%) WSUS
4 10 (5.41%) SCOM
5 7 (3.78%) AirWatch
6 3 (1.62%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (1.08%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.08%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (1.08%) Control-M
7 2 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.08%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (1.08%) SafeCom
8 1 (0.54%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.54%) WMI
Vendors
1 137 (74.05%) Microsoft
2 57 (30.81%) VMware
3 45 (24.32%) ServiceNow
4 23 (12.43%) Apple
5 19 (10.27%) Autodesk
5 19 (10.27%) Cisco
6 18 (9.73%) Citrix
7 16 (8.65%) HP
8 12 (6.49%) SolarWinds
9 10 (5.41%) Kaseya
10 8 (4.32%) Remedy
10 8 (4.32%) Snow
11 7 (3.78%) Dell
11 7 (3.78%) Symantec
12 6 (3.24%) Toshiba
13 5 (2.70%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (2.70%) Veeam
14 3 (1.62%) Acronis
14 3 (1.62%) McAfee
14 3 (1.62%) MobileIron