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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 574 | 632 | 511 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | -121 | +101 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 70 | 92 | 180 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.38% | 1.09% | 2.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 65 | 70 | 152 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,550 | £26,250 | £24,025 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,438 | £27,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,500 | £37,000 | £31,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.46% | +17.46% | +1.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,500 | £48,750 | £41,000 |
| 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% | - |
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 | 5,088 | 8,412 | 8,379 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.61% | 14.94% | 17.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,799 | 4,915 | 6,919 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,250 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,000 | £50,242 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.42% | +0.48% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £72,500 | £68,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £87,500 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £47,074 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.34% | +4.61% | - |
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
Salary Trend
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 21 December 2025.
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 21 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 | +64 | 61 | £34,000 | -8.11% | 11 |
| UK excluding London | +51 | 59 | £33,500 | -9.46% | 10 |
| South East | +58 | 38 | £58,000 | +96.61% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 12 | £27,000 | -20.59% | 2 |
| London | +52 | 11 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 2 |
| Scotland | +8 | 9 | £33,000 | -16.93% | |
| North West | +37 | 6 | £26,875 | -2.27% | 1 |
| North of England | +17 | 6 | £26,875 | -6.52% | 2 |
| East of England | +15 | 3 | £34,000 | -32.00% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 2 | £25,000 | -12.28% | |
| Midlands | +7 | 2 | £25,000 | -12.28% | 1 |
| South West | -4 | 1 | £29,290 | -26.27% |
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:
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