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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 709 612 615
Rank change year-on-year -97 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 35 51 302
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.11% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.60% 0.77% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28 43 245
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £23,950
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,250
90th Percentile £34,650 £41,000 £55,720
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 5,839 6,654 13,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.15% 14.65% 13.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,388 4,359 10,642
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £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 26 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 26 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 -68 34 £27,000 -10.00% 7
UK excluding London -67 30 £27,000 -10.00% 7
North West +10 14 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -31 14 £26,250 -25.00%
East of England - 8 £33,000 - 3
West Midlands -17 5 £25,000 -
Midlands -27 5 £25,000 -20.63%
London -37 5 £42,000 +12.00% 1
Work from Home -9 4 £27,000 -10.00% 4
South East -44 2 - - 4
Wales -48 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 25 (71.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2007
2 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (11.43%) Skype for Business
4 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.86%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (65.71%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (31.43%) Azure
3 8 (22.86%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.86%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (34.29%) WAN
2 9 (25.71%) DNS
2 9 (25.71%) Firewall
3 7 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
5 5 (14.29%) LAN
6 4 (11.43%) Skype
7 2 (5.71%) DHCP
8 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 3 (8.57%) Dutch Language
4 3 (8.57%) French Language
4 3 (8.57%) Retail
5 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (62.86%) Support Engineer
2 17 (48.57%) IT Engineer
2 17 (48.57%) IT Support
3 16 (45.71%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (25.71%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
5 7 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 7 (20.00%) Technical Support
6 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (11.43%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Support Technician
8 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 1 (2.86%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
9 1 (2.86%) IT Technician
9 1 (2.86%) Service Desk Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 14 (40.00%) Windows 8
4 9 (25.71%) Windows Server
5 7 (20.00%) Linux
6 3 (8.57%) Windows XP
7 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.86%) Mac OS X
8 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (34.29%) ITIL
3 9 (25.71%) Service Management
4 7 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (20.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 5 (14.29%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (11.43%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (11.43%) Fintech
6 4 (11.43%) ITSM
6 4 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.57%) Migration
8 2 (5.71%) Customer Experience
8 2 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (5.71%) User Experience
8 2 (5.71%) Web Filtering
9 1 (2.86%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.71%) VB
1 2 (5.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Degree
1 4 (11.43%) MCDST
1 4 (11.43%) MCITP
1 4 (11.43%) MCSA
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.86%) Hyper-V
2 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (11.43%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) SCCM
2 7 (20.00%) Autotask
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (11.43%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) Dell
2 8 (22.86%) HP
2 8 (22.86%) VMware
3 7 (20.00%) ESET
3 7 (20.00%) Google
4 4 (11.43%) Apple
4 4 (11.43%) Bloomberg
4 4 (11.43%) Cisco
4 4 (11.43%) Remedy
4 4 (11.43%) Reuters
4 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.71%) Aruba
5 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.71%) Juniper
6 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds