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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 721 625 617
Rank change year-on-year -96 -8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 38 57 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.62% 0.83% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 30 49 212
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,275
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £34,550 £40,250 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

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 6,149 6,892 12,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.19% 14.06% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,647 4,601 9,886
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.19% -11.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

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 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 11 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 18 July 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 -101 37 £33,000 +10.00% 9
UK excluding London -86 33 £33,000 +10.00% 12
East of England - 13 £33,000 - 1
North West +5 11 £26,250 -34.38% 2
North of England -48 11 £26,250 -25.00% 2
West Midlands -20 5 £25,000 - 1
London -29 5 £42,000 +12.00% 3
Midlands -40 5 £25,000 -20.63% 1
South East -32 3 - - 3
Work from Home -24 2 £34,500 +15.00% 1
Wales -53 1 £34,000 -

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 30 (78.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (10.53%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.63%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (73.68%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (28.95%) Azure
3 7 (18.42%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) DNS
2 11 (28.95%) WAN
3 8 (21.05%) Firewall
4 6 (15.79%) SD-WAN
4 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
5 5 (13.16%) LAN
6 4 (10.53%) Skype
7 2 (5.26%) DHCP
8 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (36.84%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Dutch Language
5 1 (2.63%) French Language
5 1 (2.63%) Law
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (55.26%) IT Support
1 21 (55.26%) Support Engineer
2 16 (42.11%) IT Engineer
3 15 (39.47%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (23.68%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (21.05%) Support Technician
6 6 (15.79%) 1st Line Engineer
6 6 (15.79%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 6 (15.79%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (15.79%) IT Technician
7 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
8 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
9 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 1 (2.63%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 1 (2.63%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.63%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Windows 10
3 18 (47.37%) Windows 8
4 12 (31.58%) Linux
5 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.63%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) ITIL
3 8 (21.05%) Migration
3 8 (21.05%) Service Management
4 6 (15.79%) Customer Service
4 6 (15.79%) Proactive Maintenance
4 6 (15.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (13.16%) ITSM
5 5 (13.16%) Project Management
6 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.53%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (10.53%) Fintech
6 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
7 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
7 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (7.89%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (7.89%) Web Filtering
8 2 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (5.26%) User Experience
9 1 (2.63%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.26%) VB
1 2 (5.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
1 4 (10.53%) MCDST
1 4 (10.53%) MCITP
1 4 (10.53%) MCSA
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (39.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
2 7 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (15.79%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (10.53%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) SCCM
2 6 (15.79%) Autotask
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.53%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 29 (76.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.05%) Dell
2 8 (21.05%) HP
3 7 (18.42%) VMware
4 6 (15.79%) ESET
4 6 (15.79%) Google
5 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
6 4 (10.53%) Apple
6 4 (10.53%) Bloomberg
6 4 (10.53%) Cisco
6 4 (10.53%) Remedy
6 4 (10.53%) Reuters
7 3 (7.89%) Aruba
7 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
7 3 (7.89%) Juniper
8 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds