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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 740 631 678
Rank change year-on-year -109 +47 -57
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 37 49 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.098% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.58% 0.70% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29 42 114
10th Percentile £25,875 - £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.28% -6.15%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £35,600 £40,000 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £29,395 £30,000
% change year-on-year +12.26% -2.02% -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 6,401 6,977 10,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.03% 14.02% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,795 4,663 7,471
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £33,858
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -13.40% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -

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
Top 9 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 11 August 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 -103 37 £33,000 +4.76% 11
UK excluding London -88 33 £33,000 +12.26% 9
East of England - 16 £33,000 - 2
North West -12 9 £31,000 -22.50% 2
North of England -41 9 £31,000 -22.50% 2
West Midlands -34 5 £26,437 - 1
Midlands -52 5 £26,437 -16.07% 1
London -44 4 - - 3
South East -50 3 - - 2

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 29 (78.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (45.95%) Exchange Server 2007
2 17 (45.95%) Exchange Server 2010
2 17 (45.95%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (16.22%) Skype for Business
4 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (64.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (16.22%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (40.54%) DNS
2 7 (18.92%) WAN
3 6 (16.22%) Skype
4 4 (10.81%) Firewall
4 4 (10.81%) LAN
4 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
General
1 9 (24.32%) Organisational Skills
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) IT Support
2 14 (37.84%) Support Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) IT Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Support Technician
4 10 (27.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (21.62%) IT Technician
6 6 (16.22%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (16.22%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) IT Support Technician
7 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 4 (10.81%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
8 4 (10.81%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (8.11%) 1st Line Engineer
9 3 (8.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 1 (2.70%) Field Engineer
11 1 (2.70%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (48.65%) Windows 8
3 17 (45.95%) Windows 10
4 15 (40.54%) Linux
5 3 (8.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Migration
2 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.62%) ITIL
4 7 (18.92%) ITSM
4 7 (18.92%) Service Management
5 6 (16.22%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Fintech
6 4 (10.81%) Project Management
6 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
6 4 (10.81%) User Experience
7 3 (8.11%) Customer Experience
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.11%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (8.11%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (8.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 3 (8.11%) Web Filtering
8 1 (2.70%) Logistics
8 1 (2.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.81%) VB
1 4 (10.81%) 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
2 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.22%) BitLocker
3 3 (8.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.11%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) SCCM
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (10.81%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (8.11%) Autotask
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) ServiceNow
3 6 (16.22%) Dell
3 6 (16.22%) HP
4 4 (10.81%) Apple
4 4 (10.81%) Bloomberg
4 4 (10.81%) Cisco
4 4 (10.81%) Remedy
4 4 (10.81%) Reuters
5 3 (8.11%) Aruba
5 3 (8.11%) ESET
5 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.11%) Google
5 3 (8.11%) Juniper
5 3 (8.11%) VMware