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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 703 634 624
Rank change year-on-year -69 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 36 52 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.11% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.61% 0.78% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29 44 243
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,300
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,250
90th Percentile £34,600 £40,875 £55,735
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -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 5,883 6,685 13,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.16% 14.46% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,423 4,397 10,636
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 28 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 28 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 -79 35 £28,500 -5.00% 4
UK excluding London -81 31 £28,500 -5.00% 4
North West +6 14 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -47 14 £26,250 -25.00%
East of England - 9 £33,000 - 3
West Midlands -19 5 £25,000 -
London -32 5 £42,000 +12.00% 1
Midlands -40 5 £25,000 -20.63%
Work from Home -10 4 £27,000 -8.47% 1
South East -31 2 - - 1
Wales -39 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 26 (72.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 12 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (11.11%) Skype for Business
4 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.78%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (30.56%) Azure
3 8 (22.22%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) WAN
2 10 (27.78%) DNS
3 9 (25.00%) Firewall
4 7 (19.44%) SD-WAN
5 6 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 5 (13.89%) LAN
7 4 (11.11%) Skype
8 2 (5.56%) DHCP
9 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (41.67%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Dutch Language
4 3 (8.33%) French Language
4 3 (8.33%) Retail
5 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Support Engineer
2 18 (50.00%) IT Support
3 17 (47.22%) IT Engineer
4 16 (44.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (19.44%) 1st Line Engineer
6 7 (19.44%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 7 (19.44%) Technical Support
7 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Support Technician
7 4 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 2 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
8 2 (5.56%) IT Technician
9 1 (2.78%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
9 1 (2.78%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (55.56%) Windows 10
3 15 (41.67%) Windows 8
4 9 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 8 (22.22%) Linux
6 3 (8.33%) Windows XP
7 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.78%) Mac OS X
8 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (33.33%) ITIL
3 9 (25.00%) Service Management
4 7 (19.44%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (19.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
5 5 (13.89%) Project Management
6 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (11.11%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (11.11%) Fintech
6 4 (11.11%) ITSM
6 4 (11.11%) Migration
6 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (5.56%) Customer Experience
8 2 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (5.56%) User Experience
8 2 (5.56%) Web Filtering
9 1 (2.78%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.56%) VB
1 2 (5.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
1 4 (11.11%) MCDST
1 4 (11.11%) MCITP
1 4 (11.11%) MCSA
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) SLA
2 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (19.44%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (11.11%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (30.56%) SCCM
2 7 (19.44%) Autotask
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (11.11%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 26 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.22%) Dell
2 8 (22.22%) HP
2 8 (22.22%) VMware
3 7 (19.44%) ESET
3 7 (19.44%) Google
4 4 (11.11%) Apple
4 4 (11.11%) Bloomberg
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco
4 4 (11.11%) Remedy
4 4 (11.11%) Reuters
4 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.56%) Aruba
5 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.56%) Juniper
6 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds