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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 591 550
Rank change year-on-year -57 -41 +76
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 52 56 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.061% 0.14% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.96% 0.91% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46 50 291
10th Percentile £24,188 £27,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £40,000 £39,750
90th Percentile - £48,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +11.67% - -1.23%

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 5,433 6,128 13,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.36% 14.89% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,976 4,378 10,943
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -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 April 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 April 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 -49 51 £32,500 +6.56% 10
UK excluding London -80 43 £33,500 +11.67% 9
South East -29 20 £58,000 +114.81% 3
North West -16 15 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -66 15 £26,250 -25.00%
London -14 9 £32,500 -7.14% 3
Work from Home -11 5 £27,000 -10.00% 5
West Midlands -21 5 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands -50 5 £25,000 -16.67%
East of England -23 2 - - 6
Wales - 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 36 (69.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (13.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (9.62%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (9.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.92%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (23.08%) Azure
3 11 (21.15%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.92%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (40.38%) DHCP
1 21 (40.38%) DNS
2 16 (30.77%) WAN
3 11 (21.15%) Firewall
4 10 (19.23%) SD-WAN
5 7 (13.46%) TCP/IP
6 6 (11.54%) LAN
7 4 (7.69%) 3G
7 4 (7.69%) 4G
7 4 (7.69%) ADSL
7 4 (7.69%) VDSL
8 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (36.54%) Oracle Database
2 18 (34.62%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
General
1 21 (40.38%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Finance
4 3 (5.77%) Dutch Language
4 3 (5.77%) French Language
4 3 (5.77%) Retail
5 2 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (44.23%) Support Engineer
2 18 (34.62%) 3rd Line Support
2 18 (34.62%) IT Support
2 18 (34.62%) Systems Support
3 15 (28.85%) IT Engineer
3 15 (28.85%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) 1st Line Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (19.23%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) Technical Support
6 4 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (7.69%) Support Technician
6 4 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Network Support
7 3 (5.77%) Network Support Technician
7 3 (5.77%) Network Technician
8 2 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.62%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.77%) Digital Signage
5 2 (3.85%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (51.92%) Windows 10
3 20 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (36.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 18 (34.62%) HPUX
5 18 (34.62%) Solaris
5 18 (34.62%) Unix
6 12 (23.08%) Windows 8
6 12 (23.08%) Windows Server
7 3 (5.77%) Windows XP
8 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.92%) AIX
9 1 (1.92%) Android
9 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (34.62%) Incident Management
3 15 (28.85%) ITIL
4 10 (19.23%) Proactive Maintenance
4 10 (19.23%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 10 (19.23%) Service Management
5 6 (11.54%) Project Management
5 6 (11.54%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 4 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.69%) Fintech
7 3 (5.77%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (3.85%) Email Management
8 2 (3.85%) Inventory Control
8 2 (3.85%) Inventory Management
8 2 (3.85%) Ticket Management
9 1 (1.92%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (1.92%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 18 (34.62%) Perl
1 18 (34.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 18 (34.62%) DV Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (9.62%) Degree
4 5 (9.62%) MCSA
4 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (7.69%) MCDST
5 4 (7.69%) MCITP
6 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (38.46%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 11 (21.15%) Hyper-V
2 11 (21.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (19.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) Autotask
1 10 (19.23%) SCCM
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (7.69%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (7.69%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 37 (71.15%) Microsoft
2 29 (55.77%) VMware
3 19 (36.54%) Oracle
4 10 (19.23%) ESET
4 10 (19.23%) Google
5 9 (17.31%) Dell
5 9 (17.31%) HP
6 4 (7.69%) Apple
6 4 (7.69%) Bloomberg
6 4 (7.69%) Cisco
6 4 (7.69%) Remedy
6 4 (7.69%) Reuters
7 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.92%) Citrix
8 1 (1.92%) IBM
8 1 (1.92%) SolarWinds