Windows 7 Jobs

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows 7 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows 7 over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 598 642
Rank change year-on-year -53 +44 +60
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 54 322 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.098% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.74% 2.31% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 48 267 232
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,500 £22,525
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.62%
75th Percentile £40,000 £38,875 £36,000
90th Percentile £45,250 £53,750 £42,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +12.73%

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 7,293 13,954 16,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.22% 14.09% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,395 10,737 10,834
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.

Salary trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 15 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 15 May 2025. 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 51 £31,500 +5.00% 35
UK excluding London -40 43 £30,000 - 30
Work from Home +68 21 £30,000 -1.64% 14
Midlands +31 15 £31,500 +18.87% 4
South East -3 11 £27,000 -21.74% 5
London +63 10 £37,500 -1.32% 9
North of England +34 10 £35,000 +42.86% 5
East Midlands +38 9 £31,500 +11.84% 4
North West +4 7 £40,000 -84.00% 5
West Midlands +21 6 £28,500 +7.55%
South West +79 3 £47,500 +58.33% 10
Yorkshire +48 3 £30,000 +1.69%
East of England +16 2 £52,500 +59.09% 3
Scotland +111 1 £29,000 -12.12% 4
Wales +38 1 £34,000 +23.64%

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (29.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.85%) IIS
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (59.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) 1Password
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (20.37%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) DHCP
1 16 (29.63%) DNS
2 9 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (14.81%) Firewall
4 6 (11.11%) Network Security
5 5 (9.26%) LAN
5 5 (9.26%) TCP/IP
5 5 (9.26%) VoIP
5 5 (9.26%) WAN
6 4 (7.41%) VLAN
6 4 (7.41%) Wireless
7 3 (5.56%) Broadband
8 2 (3.70%) Internet
9 1 (1.85%) ADSL
9 1 (1.85%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (1.85%) BGP
9 1 (1.85%) DMVPN
9 1 (1.85%) EIGRP
9 1 (1.85%) NAS
9 1 (1.85%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Hudson
General
1 32 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.70%) Retail
6 1 (1.85%) Finance
6 1 (1.85%) Games
6 1 (1.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) IT Support
2 15 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (16.67%) Analyst
4 9 (16.67%) IT Engineer
5 8 (14.81%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (14.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (14.81%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (12.96%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (12.96%) IT Technician
6 7 (12.96%) Support Technician
7 6 (11.11%) IT Support Specialist
7 6 (11.11%) Support Specialist
8 5 (9.26%) Support Analyst
8 5 (9.26%) Technical Support
9 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Technician
9 4 (7.41%) Service Analyst
9 4 (7.41%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (7.41%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.78%) Driving Licence
2 8 (14.81%) EPoS
3 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.85%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (48.15%) Windows 10
3 22 (40.74%) Windows Server
4 11 (20.37%) Windows 8
5 9 (16.67%) Linux
6 8 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (14.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (9.26%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.70%) Mac OS X
8 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.85%) OpenBSD
9 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (62.96%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (48.15%) Customer Service
3 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 6 (11.11%) Migration
5 4 (7.41%) Application Security
5 4 (7.41%) Incident Management
5 4 (7.41%) Time Management
6 3 (5.56%) Project Management
6 3 (5.56%) Software Deployment
6 3 (5.56%) User Experience
7 2 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (3.70%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (3.70%) Trend Analysis
8 1 (1.85%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.85%) Coaching
8 1 (1.85%) Communications Security
8 1 (1.85%) Email Management
8 1 (1.85%) Mentoring
8 1 (1.85%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.41%) SQL
3 3 (5.56%) VB
4 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
2 7 (12.96%) DV Cleared
2 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) MCP
4 3 (5.56%) MCSE
5 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CCNA
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) SLA
2 6 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 44 (81.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 12 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (5.56%) SCCM
1 3 (5.56%) WMI
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (37.04%) VMware
3 3 (5.56%) Remedy
3 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco
4 2 (3.70%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) Meraki
5 1 (1.85%) NETGEAR
5 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.85%) Sage
5 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.85%) Ubiquiti