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 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 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 29 December 2025.

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 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:

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 16 (23.88%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.97%) Azure
2 4 (5.97%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 30 (44.78%) DNS
2 27 (40.30%) 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%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.97%) VDSL
4 4 (5.97%) WAN
5 3 (4.48%) IP Telephony
5 3 (4.48%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.48%) VLAN
6 1 (1.49%) LAN
6 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
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Systems Support
2 21 (31.34%) 3rd Line Support
3 20 (29.85%) IT Support
4 10 (14.93%) Support Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Technical Support
5 8 (11.94%) IT Support Specialist
5 8 (11.94%) Support Specialist
6 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (8.96%) IT Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) Support Technician
8 4 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (5.97%) Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Desktop Support
9 3 (4.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Graduate
9 3 (4.48%) Network Support
9 3 (4.48%) Network Support Technician
9 3 (4.48%) Network Technician
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Driving Licence
2 11 (16.42%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.48%) Digital Signage
3 3 (4.48%) iPad
3 3 (4.48%) iPhone
3 3 (4.48%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.99%) Digital Media
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 10
3 23 (34.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (32.84%) HPUX
4 22 (32.84%) Solaris
4 22 (32.84%) Unix
5 10 (14.93%) Windows 8
6 7 (10.45%) Windows Server
7 4 (5.97%) Android
8 3 (4.48%) Mac OS
8 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.99%) OpenVMS
9 2 (2.99%) VMS
9 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.49%) AIX
10 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.49%) Linux
10 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
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%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.48%) Proactive Maintenance
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%) Break/Fix
11 1 (1.49%) Proactive Monitoring
11 1 (1.49%) Prototyping
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 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 37 (55.22%) 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 39 (58.21%) 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