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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 598 561
Rank change year-on-year -69 -37 +75
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 36 57 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.14% 0.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.67% 0.88% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 31 51 283
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £23,550
25th Percentile £25,875 £28,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £36,375 £40,000 £39,500
90th Percentile £59,500 £48,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,625 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -11.25% - -3.23%

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 5,394 6,475 13,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.06% 15.41% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,937 4,376 10,939
10th Percentile £27,575 £27,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -85 35 £27,000 -14.29% 12
UK excluding London -90 27 £26,625 -11.25% 11
North West -18 14 £26,250 -34.38% 4
North of England -56 14 £26,250 -25.00% 4
London -20 9 £32,500 -7.14% 1
South East -41 6 £58,000 +114.81% 1
West Midlands -31 5 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands -52 5 £25,000 -20.63%
Work from Home -10 4 £27,000 -10.00% 1
East of England -34 1 - - 6
Wales - 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 20 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.78%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (30.56%) Azure
3 10 (27.78%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) WAN
2 10 (27.78%) Firewall
3 9 (25.00%) DHCP
3 9 (25.00%) DNS
3 9 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
5 6 (16.67%) LAN
6 4 (11.11%) 3G
6 4 (11.11%) 4G
6 4 (11.11%) ADSL
6 4 (11.11%) VDSL
7 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 19 (52.78%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Dutch Language
4 3 (8.33%) French Language
4 3 (8.33%) Retail
5 2 (5.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Support Engineer
2 14 (38.89%) IT Engineer
2 14 (38.89%) IT Support
3 13 (36.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) 1st Line Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
4 9 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Technical Support
6 6 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (16.67%) Systems Support
7 4 (11.11%) Support Technician
7 4 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Network Support
8 3 (8.33%) Network Support Technician
8 3 (8.33%) Network Technician
9 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
9 2 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
9 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support
9 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Driving Licence
2 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.33%) Digital Signage
4 2 (5.56%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (63.89%) Windows 10
3 11 (30.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (25.00%) Windows 8
5 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (16.67%) HPUX
6 6 (16.67%) Solaris
6 6 (16.67%) Unix
6 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (8.33%) Windows XP
8 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.78%) Android
9 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
9 1 (2.78%) Mac OS X
9 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (41.67%) ITIL
3 9 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 9 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 9 (25.00%) Service Management
4 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 6 (16.67%) Project Management
4 6 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 4 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.11%) Fintech
5 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (5.56%) Inventory Control
6 2 (5.56%) Inventory Management
6 2 (5.56%) Ticket Management
7 1 (2.78%) Logistics
7 1 (2.78%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (2.78%) Security Patching
7 1 (2.78%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Perl
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (13.89%) Degree
3 5 (13.89%) MCSA
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (11.11%) MCDST
4 4 (11.11%) MCITP
5 1 (2.78%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 10 (27.78%) Hyper-V
2 10 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Autotask
1 9 (25.00%) SCCM
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (11.11%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 23 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (44.44%) VMware
3 9 (25.00%) ESET
3 9 (25.00%) Google
4 8 (22.22%) Dell
4 8 (22.22%) HP
5 6 (16.67%) Oracle
6 4 (11.11%) Apple
6 4 (11.11%) Bloomberg
6 4 (11.11%) Cisco
6 4 (11.11%) Remedy
6 4 (11.11%) Reuters
7 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds