Windows 7 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 622 514
Rank change year-on-year +47 -108 +80
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 67 81 209
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.35% 1.00% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 63 59 170
10th Percentile £26,400 £26,250 £23,950
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,000 £30,572
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +21.02% -2.95%
75th Percentile £59,500 £48,750 £39,766
90th Percentile - £57,500 £55,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £37,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -9.46% +23.33% -1.64%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,953 8,132 8,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.29% 14.98% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,675 4,613 6,968
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,720 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £72,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.48% +2.22% -

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 12 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 7 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
England +74 59 £33,500 -9.46% 13
UK excluding London +55 58 £33,500 -9.46% 13
South East +47 37 £58,000 +105.31% 3
Work from Home +42 12 £27,000 -20.59% 1
London +42 9 £32,500 -40.91% 1
Scotland +2 8 £33,000 -16.93% 1
North West +26 7 £27,000 -1.82% 4
North of England +15 7 £27,000 -6.09% 5
East of England +19 3 £34,000 -35.24% 3
West Midlands +18 2 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands +12 2 £25,000 -12.28% 1
South West -4 1 £29,290 -23.65%

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 36 (53.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (32.84%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (16.42%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (5.97%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (4.48%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.39%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.97%) Azure
2 4 (5.97%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (43.28%) DNS
2 26 (38.81%) DHCP
3 5 (7.46%) Firewall
4 4 (5.97%) 3G
4 4 (5.97%) 4G
4 4 (5.97%) ADSL
4 4 (5.97%) VDSL
4 4 (5.97%) WAN
5 3 (4.48%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.48%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.99%) IP Telephony
6 2 (2.99%) VLAN
7 1 (1.49%) LAN
7 1 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (34.33%) Oracle Database
2 22 (32.84%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (2.99%) Finance
3 2 (2.99%) Military
4 1 (1.49%) Advertising
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Dutch Language
4 1 (1.49%) French Language
4 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Systems Support
2 21 (31.34%) 3rd Line Support
3 20 (29.85%) IT Support
4 11 (16.42%) Technical Support
5 10 (14.93%) Support Engineer
6 8 (11.94%) IT Support Specialist
6 8 (11.94%) Support Specialist
7 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.96%) IT Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Support Technician
9 4 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
10 3 (4.48%) Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) Desktop Engineer
10 3 (4.48%) Desktop Support
10 3 (4.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 3 (4.48%) Network Support
10 3 (4.48%) Network Support Technician
10 3 (4.48%) Network Technician
10 3 (4.48%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Driving Licence
2 11 (16.42%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.48%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.99%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.99%) iPad
4 2 (2.99%) iPhone
4 2 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.49%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) PKI
5 1 (1.49%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.49%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 67 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (37.31%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (34.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (32.84%) HPUX
4 22 (32.84%) Solaris
4 22 (32.84%) Unix
4 22 (32.84%) Windows 10
5 10 (14.93%) Windows 8
6 7 (10.45%) Windows Server
7 3 (4.48%) Android
7 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.99%) OpenVMS
8 2 (2.99%) VMS
8 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.49%) AIX
9 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.49%) Linux
9 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.49%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (46.27%) Incident Management
2 22 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (19.40%) Customer Service
4 12 (17.91%) Asset Management
5 10 (14.93%) Time Management
6 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.46%) Email Management
7 5 (7.46%) ITIL
8 4 (5.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 4 (5.97%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.97%) Service Management
9 3 (4.48%) Proactive Maintenance
10 2 (2.99%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (2.99%) Identity Access Management
10 2 (2.99%) Inventory Control
10 2 (2.99%) Inventory Management
10 2 (2.99%) Ticket Management
11 1 (1.49%) Mentoring
11 1 (1.49%) Root Cause Analysis
11 1 (1.49%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 22 (32.84%) Perl
1 22 (32.84%) PowerShell
2 11 (16.42%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (40.30%) Security Cleared
2 25 (37.31%) SC Cleared
3 24 (35.82%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.49%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.49%) Degree
5 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.49%) MCP
5 1 (1.49%) MCSA
5 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (35.82%) SLA
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 36 (53.73%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.48%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) Autotask
1 4 (5.97%) SCCM
2 2 (2.99%) NetBackup
2 2 (2.99%) WSUS
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.49%) WMI
Vendors
1 38 (56.72%) Microsoft
2 29 (43.28%) VMware
3 25 (37.31%) Oracle
4 5 (7.46%) HP
5 4 (5.97%) ESET
5 4 (5.97%) Google
6 2 (2.99%) Dell
6 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.99%) Veeam
6 2 (2.99%) Veritas
7 1 (1.49%) Citrix
7 1 (1.49%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.49%) IBM
7 1 (1.49%) McAfee
7 1 (1.49%) MobileIron