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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 703 620 601
Rank change year-on-year -83 -19 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 32 49 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.11% 0.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.57% 0.75% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 26 42 254
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £23,900
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,469 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,438 £40,625
90th Percentile £34,750 £41,125 £55,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -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 5,652 6,569 14,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.07% 14.75% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,246 4,260 10,762
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -89 31 £27,000 -10.00% 7
UK excluding London -66 27 £27,000 -10.00% 7
North West +3 14 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -30 14 £26,250 -25.00%
East of England - 6 £33,000 - 4
West Midlands -18 5 £25,000 -12.28%
London -27 5 £42,000 +12.00%
Midlands -32 5 £25,000 -20.63%
Work from Home -10 4 £27,000 -10.00%
South East -26 1 - - 2
Wales -47 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 22 (68.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (28.13%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (28.13%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (28.13%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (12.50%) Skype for Business
4 1 (3.13%) IIS
4 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (31.25%) Azure
3 8 (25.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) WAN
2 9 (28.13%) Firewall
3 7 (21.88%) DNS
3 7 (21.88%) SD-WAN
4 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
5 5 (15.63%) LAN
6 4 (12.50%) Skype
7 2 (6.25%) DHCP
8 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (46.88%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Dutch Language
4 3 (9.38%) French Language
4 3 (9.38%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Support Engineer
2 17 (53.13%) IT Engineer
3 16 (50.00%) IT Support
3 16 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (21.88%) 1st Line Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Technical Support
6 4 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Analyst
9 1 (3.13%) Field Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Service Analyst
9 1 (3.13%) Service Desk Analyst
9 1 (3.13%) Support Analyst
9 1 (3.13%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.13%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (59.38%) Windows 10
3 12 (37.50%) Windows 8
4 9 (28.13%) Windows Server
5 5 (15.63%) Linux
6 3 (9.38%) Windows XP
7 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (3.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (37.50%) ITIL
3 9 (28.13%) Service Management
4 7 (21.88%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (21.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (15.63%) Project Management
6 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.50%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (12.50%) Fintech
6 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (9.38%) ITSM
8 2 (6.25%) User Experience
9 1 (3.13%) Customer Experience
9 1 (3.13%) Logistics
9 1 (3.13%) Migration
9 1 (3.13%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (3.13%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.25%) VB
1 2 (6.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
1 4 (12.50%) MCDST
1 4 (12.50%) MCITP
1 4 (12.50%) MCSA
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 8 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (21.88%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (12.50%) BitLocker
5 2 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (34.38%) SCCM
2 7 (21.88%) Autotask
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (12.50%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) Dell
2 8 (25.00%) HP
2 8 (25.00%) VMware
3 7 (21.88%) ESET
3 7 (21.88%) Google
4 4 (12.50%) Apple
4 4 (12.50%) Bloomberg
4 4 (12.50%) Cisco
4 4 (12.50%) Remedy
4 4 (12.50%) Reuters
5 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.13%) Aruba
6 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.13%) Juniper
6 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds