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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 576 542
Rank change year-on-year -84 -34 +69
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 53 56 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.14% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.97% 0.93% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 47 50 292
10th Percentile £24,525 £27,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £40,000 £40,000
90th Percentile - £48,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +11.67% - -1.64%

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 5,445 6,018 13,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.53% 14.71% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,988 4,367 10,936
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.11% +4.71% -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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -70 52 £32,500 +6.56% 7
UK excluding London -87 44 £33,500 +11.67% 3
South East -19 21 £58,000 +114.81% 1
North West -23 15 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -63 15 £26,250 -25.00%
London -14 9 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Work from Home -12 5 £27,000 -10.00% 2
West Midlands -19 5 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands -59 5 £25,000 -16.67%
East of England -38 2 - - 2
Wales - 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 37 (69.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (35.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (13.21%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (9.43%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (9.43%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.89%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (37.74%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (22.64%) Azure
3 11 (20.75%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.89%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (41.51%) DHCP
1 22 (41.51%) DNS
2 16 (30.19%) WAN
3 11 (20.75%) Firewall
4 10 (18.87%) SD-WAN
5 7 (13.21%) TCP/IP
6 6 (11.32%) LAN
7 4 (7.55%) 3G
7 4 (7.55%) 4G
7 4 (7.55%) ADSL
7 4 (7.55%) VDSL
8 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (37.74%) Oracle Database
2 19 (35.85%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
General
1 21 (39.62%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Dutch Language
4 3 (5.66%) French Language
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Support Engineer
2 19 (35.85%) 3rd Line Support
2 19 (35.85%) Systems Support
3 18 (33.96%) IT Support
4 15 (28.30%) IT Engineer
4 15 (28.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (18.87%) 1st Line Engineer
5 10 (18.87%) 1st Line Support
5 10 (18.87%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 8 (15.09%) Technical Support
7 4 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (7.55%) Support Technician
7 4 (7.55%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Network Support
8 3 (5.66%) Network Support Technician
8 3 (5.66%) Network Technician
9 2 (3.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Desktop Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.43%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.55%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.66%) Digital Signage
5 2 (3.77%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 53 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (50.94%) Windows 10
3 21 (39.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (37.74%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (35.85%) HPUX
5 19 (35.85%) Solaris
5 19 (35.85%) Unix
6 12 (22.64%) Windows 8
6 12 (22.64%) Windows Server
7 3 (5.66%) Windows XP
8 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.89%) AIX
9 1 (1.89%) Android
9 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.89%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (35.85%) Incident Management
3 15 (28.30%) ITIL
4 10 (18.87%) Proactive Maintenance
4 10 (18.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 10 (18.87%) Service Management
5 6 (11.32%) Project Management
5 6 (11.32%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.55%) Asset Management
6 4 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (7.55%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.55%) Fintech
7 3 (5.66%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (3.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (3.77%) Email Management
8 2 (3.77%) Inventory Control
8 2 (3.77%) Inventory Management
8 2 (3.77%) Ticket Management
9 1 (1.89%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (1.89%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 19 (35.85%) Perl
1 19 (35.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (39.62%) SC Cleared
1 21 (39.62%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.85%) DV Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (9.43%) Degree
4 5 (9.43%) MCSA
4 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (7.55%) MCDST
5 4 (7.55%) MCITP
6 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (39.62%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (69.81%) Active Directory
2 11 (20.75%) Hyper-V
2 11 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (18.87%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Autotask
1 10 (18.87%) SCCM
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (7.55%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (7.55%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 38 (71.70%) Microsoft
2 30 (56.60%) VMware
3 20 (37.74%) Oracle
4 10 (18.87%) ESET
4 10 (18.87%) Google
5 9 (16.98%) Dell
5 9 (16.98%) HP
6 4 (7.55%) Apple
6 4 (7.55%) Bloomberg
6 4 (7.55%) Cisco
6 4 (7.55%) Remedy
6 4 (7.55%) Reuters
7 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.89%) Citrix
8 1 (1.89%) IBM
8 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds