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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 25 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 768 | 628 | 676 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -140 | +48 | -74 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 33 | 50 | 134 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.030% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.52% | 0.73% | 1.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 44 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,719 | - | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,500 | £27,000 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £31,500 | £33,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -5.97% | +3.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £34,500 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £36,500 | £40,000 | £56,252 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,000 | £29,750 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.92% | -8.46% | +3.17% |
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 | 6,400 | 6,891 | 10,404 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.88% | 13.80% | 12.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,793 | 4,576 | 7,247 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £26,750 | £26,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £31,250 | £34,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £42,000 | £49,881 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -15.80% | -4.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,250 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £38,325 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.89% | -14.83% | -3.23% |
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 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 25 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 | -115 | 33 | £33,000 | +4.76% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | -106 | 30 | £33,000 | +10.92% | 5 |
| East of England | - | 17 | £33,000 | - | 1 |
| North West | -15 | 7 | £32,500 | -18.75% | 2 |
| North of England | -49 | 7 | £32,500 | -18.75% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 3 | £26,437 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | -36 | 3 | £26,437 | -16.07% | 1 |
| South East | -52 | 3 | - | - | |
| London | -56 | 3 | - | - | 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: