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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 583 | 633 | 525 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +50 | -108 | +84 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 67 | 86 | 196 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.11% | 0.16% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.34% | 1.04% | 2.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 63 | 64 | 163 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,400 | £26,250 | £23,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,145 | £28,125 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,500 | £37,000 | £31,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.46% | +19.35% | -1.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,500 | £48,750 | £40,988 |
| 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 | 5,008 | 8,290 | 8,466 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.44% | 14.97% | 16.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,731 | 4,771 | 6,949 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,498 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,000 | £50,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.87% | +1.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,320 | £72,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £88,000 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £47,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.21% | +4.44% | - |
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
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.
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 29 December 2025. 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 | +47 | 59 | £34,000 | -8.11% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | +56 | 57 | £33,500 | -9.46% | 16 |
| South East | +55 | 37 | £58,000 | +98.29% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +64 | 11 | £27,000 | -20.59% | 1 |
| London | +34 | 10 | £32,500 | -56.67% | 2 |
| Scotland | +11 | 8 | £33,000 | -16.93% | |
| North West | +26 | 6 | £26,875 | -2.27% | 3 |
| North of England | +6 | 6 | £26,875 | -6.52% | 4 |
| East of England | +28 | 3 | £34,000 | -32.00% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 2 | £25,000 | -12.28% | |
| Midlands | +14 | 2 | £25,000 | -12.28% | 1 |
| South West | +1 | 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: