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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 752 646 670
Rank change year-on-year -106 +24 -25
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 38 50 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.10% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.59% 0.71% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 30 43 117
10th Percentile £25,875 - £24,500
25th Percentile £27,078 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.28% -6.15%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £29,395 £30,000
% change year-on-year +12.26% -2.02% -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 6,414 7,004 10,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.09% 14.04% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,808 4,686 7,495
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,813 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,692 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £48,256
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.96% -8.08%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.39% -14.44% -

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 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 10 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 9 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 -92 38 £33,000 +4.76% 18
UK excluding London -86 33 £33,000 +12.26% 16
East of England - 15 £33,000 - 2
North West -3 10 £31,000 -22.50% 12
North of England -35 10 £31,000 -22.50% 12
West Midlands -27 5 £26,437 -
Midlands -32 5 £26,437 -16.07%
London -60 5 £42,000 +12.00% 2
South East -53 3 - - 1
Work from Home -45 1 £42,000 +55.56% 1

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 29 (76.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (15.79%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (65.79%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.05%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) DNS
2 9 (23.68%) WAN
3 6 (15.79%) Skype
4 5 (13.16%) Firewall
4 5 (13.16%) LAN
4 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.63%) DHCP
6 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (26.32%) Organisational Skills
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
3 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (44.74%) IT Support
2 16 (42.11%) Support Engineer
3 12 (31.58%) IT Engineer
4 11 (28.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (26.32%) Support Technician
6 8 (21.05%) IT Technician
7 7 (18.42%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (15.79%) IT Support Technician
9 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (10.53%) 1st Line Engineer
10 4 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 4 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (10.53%) Technical Support
10 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
11 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 1 (2.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 1 (2.63%) Field Engineer
12 1 (2.63%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.63%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 18 (47.37%) Windows 8
4 14 (36.84%) Linux
5 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) Migration
3 9 (23.68%) ITIL
4 8 (21.05%) Service Management
5 7 (18.42%) ITSM
6 6 (15.79%) Disk Encryption
7 5 (13.16%) Customer Service
7 5 (13.16%) Project Management
8 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.53%) Fintech
8 4 (10.53%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (10.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.53%) User Experience
9 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
9 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (7.89%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (7.89%) Web Filtering
10 1 (2.63%) Logistics
10 1 (2.63%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.53%) VB
1 4 (10.53%) 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
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) BitLocker
3 5 (13.16%) Hyper-V
4 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (10.53%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) SCCM
2 4 (10.53%) Autotask
2 4 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (10.53%) ServiceCenter
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 28 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow
3 6 (15.79%) Dell
3 6 (15.79%) HP
4 4 (10.53%) Apple
4 4 (10.53%) Bloomberg
4 4 (10.53%) Cisco
4 4 (10.53%) ESET
4 4 (10.53%) Google
4 4 (10.53%) Remedy
4 4 (10.53%) Reuters
4 4 (10.53%) VMware
5 3 (7.89%) Aruba
5 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
5 3 (7.89%) Juniper