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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 757 614 663
Rank change year-on-year -143 +49 -85
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 32 49 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.099% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.48% 0.78% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 26 44 80
10th Percentile £27,719 - £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £27,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -14.86% +13.85%
75th Percentile £34,500 £34,500 £45,625
90th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £30,395 £35,250
% change year-on-year +8.57% -13.77% +13.71%

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 6,609 6,267 9,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.59% 12.62% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,788 4,022 5,497
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,150 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.84% -20.00% +0.72%

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
Top 8 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 7 October 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
UK excluding London -122 32 £33,000 +8.57% 8
England -133 32 £33,000 +12.67% 17
East of England -19 17 £33,000 -2.94% 4
North West - 8 £34,000 - 1
North of England - 8 £34,000 - 2
South East -60 4 £27,500 +1.85% 1
Midlands -38 3 £26,437 -16.07% 1
West Midlands - 3 £26,437 - 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 26 (81.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (18.75%) Skype for Business
4 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.75%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (59.38%) DNS
2 6 (18.75%) Skype
3 3 (9.38%) DHCP
4 2 (6.25%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.13%) Firewall
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) IT Support
1 12 (37.50%) Support Technician
2 8 (25.00%) IT Technician
3 6 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 6 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) IT Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) IT Support Technician
4 5 (15.63%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Support Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Field Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) IMAC Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) CSOC
1 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
1 2 (6.25%) Fat Client
1 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.13%) CMDB
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (56.25%) Linux
3 16 (50.00%) Windows 8
4 15 (46.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Migration
2 7 (21.88%) ITSM
3 6 (18.75%) Disk Encryption
3 6 (18.75%) User Experience
4 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.50%) Service Management
6 3 (9.38%) Customer Experience
6 3 (9.38%) ITIL
6 3 (9.38%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (9.38%) Web Filtering
7 2 (6.25%) Agile
7 2 (6.25%) Application Packaging
7 2 (6.25%) Dashboard Development
7 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.25%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.25%) Load Balancing
7 2 (6.25%) Personalization
7 2 (6.25%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.50%) VB
1 4 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (6.25%) MCSE
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) BitLocker
2 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.25%) UAG
4 2 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (6.25%) AirWatch
2 2 (6.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.38%) Aruba
3 3 (9.38%) Fortinet
3 3 (9.38%) Juniper
3 3 (9.38%) VMware
4 2 (6.25%) F5
4 2 (6.25%) Google
4 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
4 2 (6.25%) Thales
5 1 (3.13%) Sophos