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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 723 616 621
Rank change year-on-year -107 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 37 57 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.60% 0.82% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 29 49 211
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £34,600 £40,250 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £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 6,173 6,919 12,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.19% 14.05% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,669 4,623 9,806
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% -11.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -82 36 £33,000 +10.00% 9
UK excluding London -90 32 £33,000 +10.00% 12
East of England - 13 £33,000 - 1
North West -7 10 £26,250 -34.38% 2
North of England -33 10 £26,250 -25.00% 2
West Midlands -16 5 £25,000 - 1
Midlands -37 5 £25,000 -20.63% 1
London -52 5 £42,000 +12.00% 3
South East -39 3 - - 3
Work from Home -26 1 £42,000 +40.00% 1
Wales -54 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 30 (81.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (10.81%) Skype for Business
4 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (29.73%) Azure
3 7 (18.92%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (37.84%) DNS
2 11 (29.73%) WAN
3 8 (21.62%) Firewall
4 6 (16.22%) SD-WAN
4 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
5 5 (13.51%) LAN
6 4 (10.81%) Skype
7 2 (5.41%) DHCP
8 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (37.84%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (56.76%) IT Support
1 21 (56.76%) Support Engineer
2 16 (43.24%) IT Engineer
3 15 (40.54%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (24.32%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (21.62%) Support Technician
6 6 (16.22%) 1st Line Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (16.22%) IT Technician
7 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
7 4 (10.81%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
9 1 (2.70%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (54.05%) Windows 10
3 18 (48.65%) Windows 8
4 12 (32.43%) Linux
5 8 (21.62%) Windows Server
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (29.73%) ITIL
3 8 (21.62%) Migration
3 8 (21.62%) Service Management
4 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
4 6 (16.22%) Proactive Maintenance
4 6 (16.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (13.51%) ITSM
5 5 (13.51%) Project Management
6 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.81%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (10.81%) Fintech
6 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.11%) Customer Experience
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.11%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (8.11%) Web Filtering
8 2 (5.41%) User Experience
9 1 (2.70%) Logistics
9 1 (2.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.41%) VB
1 2 (5.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
1 4 (10.81%) MCDST
1 4 (10.81%) MCITP
1 4 (10.81%) MCSA
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (40.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.92%) Hyper-V
2 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.22%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (10.81%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (27.03%) SCCM
2 6 (16.22%) Autotask
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Dell
2 8 (21.62%) HP
3 7 (18.92%) VMware
4 6 (16.22%) ESET
4 6 (16.22%) Google
5 5 (13.51%) ServiceNow
6 4 (10.81%) Apple
6 4 (10.81%) Bloomberg
6 4 (10.81%) Cisco
6 4 (10.81%) Remedy
6 4 (10.81%) Reuters
7 3 (8.11%) Aruba
7 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
7 3 (8.11%) Juniper
8 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds