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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 743 636 668
Rank change year-on-year -107 +32 -39
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 38 51 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.10% 0.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.60% 0.73% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 30 44 134
10th Percentile £25,538 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,437 £27,281 £26,000
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 £38,000 £40,000 £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 6,326 6,978 10,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.11% 14.06% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,755 4,667 7,664
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -11.46% -8.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.97% -13.33% -

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 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 10 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 2 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 -85 38 £33,000 +4.76% 6
UK excluding London -78 33 £33,000 +10.00% 7
East of England - 14 £33,000 - 1
North West -1 10 £31,000 -22.50% 1
North of England -36 10 £31,000 -22.50% 1
Midlands -33 6 £25,719 -18.35% 1
West Midlands -34 6 £25,719 -
London -45 5 £42,000 +12.00% 1
South East -36 3 - - 1
Work from Home -37 1 £42,000 +55.56% 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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (76.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (15.79%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (65.79%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.05%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) DNS
2 9 (23.68%) WAN
3 6 (15.79%) Skype
4 5 (13.16%) Firewall
4 5 (13.16%) LAN
4 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.63%) DHCP
6 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
General
1 11 (28.95%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) IT Support
2 17 (44.74%) Support Engineer
3 13 (34.21%) IT Engineer
4 12 (31.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (23.68%) Support Technician
6 8 (21.05%) IT Technician
7 7 (18.42%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (15.79%) IT Support Technician
9 4 (10.53%) 1st Line Engineer
9 4 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Support
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 1 (2.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 1 (2.63%) Field Engineer
11 1 (2.63%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 4 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Windows 10
3 17 (44.74%) Windows 8
4 13 (34.21%) Linux
5 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.68%) ITIL
2 9 (23.68%) Migration
3 8 (21.05%) Service Management
4 7 (18.42%) ITSM
5 6 (15.79%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (13.16%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.16%) Project Management
7 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (10.53%) Fintech
7 4 (10.53%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (10.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
7 4 (10.53%) User Experience
8 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (7.89%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (7.89%) Web Filtering
9 1 (2.63%) Logistics
9 1 (2.63%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.53%) VB
1 4 (10.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
1 4 (10.53%) MCDST
1 4 (10.53%) MCITP
1 4 (10.53%) MCSA
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) BitLocker
3 5 (13.16%) Hyper-V
4 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (10.53%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) SCCM
2 4 (10.53%) Autotask
2 4 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (10.53%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 28 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) Dell
2 7 (18.42%) HP
2 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.53%) Apple
3 4 (10.53%) Bloomberg
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco
3 4 (10.53%) ESET
3 4 (10.53%) Google
3 4 (10.53%) Remedy
3 4 (10.53%) Reuters
3 4 (10.53%) VMware
4 3 (7.89%) Aruba
4 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
4 3 (7.89%) Juniper