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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 13 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 777 | 616 | 655 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -161 | +39 | -95 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 32 | 51 | 110 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.027% | 0.10% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.48% | 0.84% | 1.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 46 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,719 | - | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,500 | £27,000 | £29,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £32,000 | £37,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -13.51% | +13.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £34,500 | £34,500 | £46,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £36,500 | £38,750 | £56,252 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,000 | £31,500 | £37,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -14.86% | +19.35% |
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 | 6,664 | 6,045 | 9,156 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.63% | 12.32% | 12.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,790 | 4,000 | 5,332 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £27,000 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £31,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £41,428 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.62% | -17.15% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £81,250 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £38,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.84% | -20.00% | +0.60% |
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
Top 8 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 13 October 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 | -144 | 32 | £33,000 | +12.67% | 13 |
| UK excluding London | -159 | 32 | £33,000 | +4.76% | 7 |
| East of England | -20 | 17 | £33,000 | -2.94% | |
| North West | -26 | 8 | £34,000 | -5.56% | |
| North of England | -57 | 8 | £34,000 | -5.56% | 1 |
| South East | -62 | 4 | £27,500 | +1.85% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -39 | 3 | £26,437 | +5.75% | 1 |
| Midlands | -54 | 3 | £26,437 | -16.07% | 1 |
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: