Windows 7 Job Trends

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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 642 537
Rank change year-on-year +58 -105 +115
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 71 104 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.38% 1.16% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 66 74 153
10th Percentile £26,625 £26,250 £24,400
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +13.85% +3.17%
75th Percentile £59,500 £48,750 £41,250
90th Percentile - £57,126 £55,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,250 £37,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -10.14% +23.33% -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 5,150 8,989 8,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.26% 14.21% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,860 5,279 7,146
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,991 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +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 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

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 5 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 +74 62 £35,000 -5.41% 11
UK excluding London +63 62 £33,250 -10.14% 12
South East +63 41 £58,000 +28.89% 5
Work from Home +68 15 £27,000 -20.59% 3
London +59 9 £37,500 -23.08% 1
Scotland +18 9 £33,000 -13.98%
North West +44 6 £26,875 -2.27%
North of England +37 6 £26,875 -6.52% 1
East of England +24 3 £34,000 -20.00% 3
Midlands +36 2 £25,000 -12.28% 1
West Midlands +25 2 £25,000 -12.28% 1
South West +4 1 £29,290 -23.65%

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 37 (52.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (30.99%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (15.49%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (5.63%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (4.23%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.41%) JOnAS
6 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.63%) Azure
2 4 (5.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 32 (45.07%) DNS
2 29 (40.85%) DHCP
3 6 (8.45%) Firewall
3 6 (8.45%) TCP/IP
3 6 (8.45%) VLAN
4 5 (7.04%) IP Telephony
5 4 (5.63%) WAN
6 3 (4.23%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.41%) 3G
7 1 (1.41%) 4G
7 1 (1.41%) ADSL
7 1 (1.41%) Internet
7 1 (1.41%) LAN
7 1 (1.41%) NAS
7 1 (1.41%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.41%) VDSL
7 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (32.39%) Oracle Database
2 22 (30.99%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
General
1 14 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.68%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.41%) Advertising
3 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) Systems Support
2 21 (29.58%) 3rd Line Support
3 19 (26.76%) IT Support
4 14 (19.72%) Technical Support
5 11 (15.49%) Support Engineer
6 8 (11.27%) IT Support Specialist
6 8 (11.27%) Support Specialist
7 6 (8.45%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.45%) Analyst
7 6 (8.45%) IT Engineer
7 6 (8.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (8.45%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Graduate
8 5 (7.04%) Graduate Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Graduate Support Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) 1st Line Support
10 3 (4.23%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) Desktop Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) Desktop Support
10 3 (4.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (18.31%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.04%) iPad
3 5 (7.04%) iPhone
3 5 (7.04%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.41%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.41%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.41%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) PKI
4 1 (1.41%) Replication
4 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.41%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 71 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (35.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (32.39%) Windows 10
3 23 (32.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (30.99%) HPUX
4 22 (30.99%) Solaris
4 22 (30.99%) Unix
5 10 (14.08%) Windows 8
6 7 (9.86%) Windows Server
7 6 (8.45%) Android
8 5 (7.04%) Mac OS
9 3 (4.23%) VMS
9 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (2.82%) OpenVMS
10 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (1.41%) AIX
11 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.41%) Linux
11 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Incident Management
2 24 (33.80%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (23.94%) Customer Service
4 14 (19.72%) Time Management
5 9 (12.68%) Asset Management
6 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.04%) Email Management
7 5 (7.04%) ITIL
8 4 (5.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 4 (5.63%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.63%) Service Management
9 3 (4.23%) Proactive Maintenance
10 2 (2.82%) Identity Access Management
10 2 (2.82%) Inventory Control
10 2 (2.82%) Inventory Management
11 1 (1.41%) Break/Fix
11 1 (1.41%) Collaborative Working
11 1 (1.41%) Proactive Monitoring
11 1 (1.41%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.99%) Perl
1 22 (30.99%) PowerShell
2 15 (21.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (38.03%) Security Cleared
2 25 (35.21%) SC Cleared
3 24 (33.80%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.41%) Degree
4 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (33.80%) SLA
2 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 40 (56.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Autotask
1 4 (5.63%) SCCM
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) NetBackup
2 2 (2.82%) WSUS
3 1 (1.41%) WMI
Vendors
1 41 (57.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (40.85%) VMware
3 25 (35.21%) Oracle
4 5 (7.04%) HP
5 4 (5.63%) ESET
5 4 (5.63%) Google
6 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.82%) Dell
7 2 (2.82%) Veeam
7 2 (2.82%) Veritas
8 1 (1.41%) arcserve
8 1 (1.41%) Citrix
8 1 (1.41%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.41%) IBM
8 1 (1.41%) McAfee
8 1 (1.41%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.41%) Nimsoft
8 1 (1.41%) Sage