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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 726 634 633
Rank change year-on-year -92 -1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 38 55 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.61% 0.80% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 30 47 169
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £38,000 £40,500 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £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 6,199 6,916 11,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.15% 14.08% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,674 4,620 8,632
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,988 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -

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 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 10 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 25 July 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 -94 38 £33,000 +7.32% 5
UK excluding London -87 33 £33,000 +10.00% 3
East of England - 13 £33,000 - 1
North West -6 11 £28,625 -28.44%
North of England -29 11 £28,625 -28.44%
West Midlands -21 6 £25,000 - 1
Midlands -43 6 £25,000 -20.63% 1
London -44 5 £42,000 +12.00% 2
South East -49 3 - -
Work from Home -33 1 £42,000 +50.00%

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 30 (78.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (15.79%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (23.68%) Azure
3 6 (15.79%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (34.21%) DNS
2 10 (26.32%) WAN
3 6 (15.79%) Firewall
3 6 (15.79%) Skype
4 5 (13.16%) LAN
4 5 (13.16%) SD-WAN
4 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.63%) DHCP
5 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (34.21%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) IT Support
2 19 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 15 (39.47%) IT Engineer
4 14 (36.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (21.05%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (21.05%) Support Technician
6 7 (18.42%) IT Technician
7 6 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (15.79%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (13.16%) 1st Line Engineer
8 5 (13.16%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Support
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
11 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 1 (2.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 1 (2.63%) Field Engineer
12 1 (2.63%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.63%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (55.26%) Windows 10
3 17 (44.74%) Windows 8
4 12 (31.58%) Linux
5 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) ITIL
3 9 (23.68%) Service Management
4 8 (21.05%) Migration
5 7 (18.42%) ITSM
6 6 (15.79%) Disk Encryption
7 5 (13.16%) Customer Service
7 5 (13.16%) Proactive Maintenance
7 5 (13.16%) Project Management
7 5 (13.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.53%) Fintech
8 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.53%) User Experience
9 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
9 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (7.89%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (7.89%) Web Filtering
10 1 (2.63%) Logistics
10 1 (2.63%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.53%) VB
1 4 (10.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
1 4 (10.53%) MCDST
1 4 (10.53%) MCITP
1 4 (10.53%) MCSA
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (34.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) BitLocker
2 6 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (13.16%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) SCCM
2 5 (13.16%) Autotask
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.53%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 29 (76.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.05%) Dell
2 8 (21.05%) HP
3 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow
4 5 (13.16%) ESET
4 5 (13.16%) Google
4 5 (13.16%) VMware
5 4 (10.53%) Apple
5 4 (10.53%) Bloomberg
5 4 (10.53%) Cisco
5 4 (10.53%) Remedy
5 4 (10.53%) Reuters
6 3 (7.89%) Aruba
6 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
6 3 (7.89%) Juniper