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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 771 632 669
Rank change year-on-year -139 +37 -82
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 30 49 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.100% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.47% 0.74% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25 45 92
10th Percentile £29,600 - £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £27,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.70% +12.31%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £47,813
90th Percentile £36,800 £40,000 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £29,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +11.86% -15.71% +10.24%

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 6,396 6,611 9,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.80% 13.48% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,788 4,326 6,520
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,000
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -4.58%

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 9 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 4 September 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 -110 30 £33,000 +4.76% 14
UK excluding London -116 29 £33,000 +11.86% 5
East of England - 17 £33,000 -
North West -16 6 £34,000 -15.00% 2
North of England -55 6 £34,000 -15.00% 2
Midlands -40 3 £26,437 -16.07% 1
South East -57 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 £26,437 - 1
London -63 1 - - 10

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 25 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (53.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (53.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (53.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (20.00%) Skype for Business
4 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) DNS
2 6 (20.00%) Skype
3 1 (3.33%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) LAN
3 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.33%) WAN
General
1 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Support Technician
2 11 (36.67%) IT Support
3 8 (26.67%) IT Technician
4 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 6 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
4 6 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Field Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) IMAC Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Technical Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.33%) CMDB
2 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (53.33%) Linux
2 16 (53.33%) Windows 8
3 12 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Migration
2 7 (23.33%) ITSM
3 6 (20.00%) Disk Encryption
4 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.33%) Service Management
4 4 (13.33%) User Experience
5 3 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (10.00%) Web Filtering
6 2 (6.67%) ITIL
7 1 (3.33%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.33%) ERP
7 1 (3.33%) Fintech
7 1 (3.33%) Logistics
7 1 (3.33%) Project Management
7 1 (3.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.33%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 4 (13.33%) VB
1 4 (13.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) MCDST
2 1 (3.33%) MCITP
2 1 (3.33%) MCSA
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) BitLocker
2 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.00%) Aruba
3 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (3.33%) Apple
4 1 (3.33%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) Dell
4 1 (3.33%) HP
4 1 (3.33%) Remedy
4 1 (3.33%) Reuters