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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 604 | 606 | 486 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -120 | +133 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 69 | 67 | 331 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.099% | 0.14% | 0.44% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.32% | 0.94% | 2.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 65 | 53 | 272 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,875 | £26,400 | £23,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £28,250 | £25,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £31,500 | £30,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +5.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,500 | £42,000 | £39,625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £48,750 | £53,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,250 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.83% | - | -3.23% |
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 | 5,233 | 7,136 | 11,411 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.53% | 15.05% | 15.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,819 | 4,168 | 9,483 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,250 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,250 | £31,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £52,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +10.53% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £72,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £90,000 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £38,500 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.95% | +11.76% | -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
Salary Trend
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 February 2026.
Windows 7
Top 12 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 February 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 | +28 | 63 | £33,500 | +11.67% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +15 | 63 | £33,250 | +10.83% | 8 |
| South East | +16 | 33 | £58,000 | +114.81% | 2 |
| North West | +12 | 15 | £26,250 | -12.50% | 3 |
| North of England | -17 | 15 | £26,250 | -12.50% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +17 | 10 | £27,000 | -12.20% | 1 |
| London | +19 | 6 | £32,500 | -11.56% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 6 | £25,000 | -12.28% | |
| Midlands | -13 | 6 | £25,000 | -14.53% | |
| Scotland | -20 | 5 | £33,000 | -16.93% | |
| East of England | +6 | 3 | £34,000 | -35.24% | 3 |
| Wales | -7 | 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: