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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 26 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 751 | 609 | 684 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -142 | +75 | -79 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 32 | 51 | 134 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.029% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.50% | 0.74% | 1.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 45 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,719 | - | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,500 | £27,000 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £31,500 | £33,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -5.97% | +3.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £34,500 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £36,500 | £40,000 | £56,252 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,000 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -7.69% | +3.17% |
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 | 6,392 | 6,907 | 10,405 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.87% | 13.82% | 12.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,783 | 4,575 | 7,248 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £26,750 | £26,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £31,250 | £34,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £41,500 | £49,881 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.43% | -16.80% | -4.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £38,325 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.89% | -14.83% | -2.92% |
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
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7.
Windows 7
Top 9 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 26 August 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 | -109 | 32 | £33,000 | +4.76% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | -103 | 30 | £33,000 | +10.00% | 3 |
| East of England | - | 17 | £33,000 | - | |
| North West | -7 | 7 | £32,500 | -18.75% | 2 |
| North of England | -48 | 7 | £32,500 | -18.75% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -28 | 3 | £26,437 | - | |
| Midlands | -40 | 3 | £26,437 | -16.07% | |
| South East | -45 | 3 | - | - | |
| London | -66 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
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: