Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 7 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 628 691
Rank change year-on-year +51 +63 -235
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 337 369 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.39% 2.21% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 279 246 545
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -12.31%
75th Percentile £38,875 £36,000 £37,261
90th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £51,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,750 £27,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +11.82% -5.17%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 7 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 16 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 27 April 2024. 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 +94 327 £30,000 -4.76% 30
UK excluding London -2 283 £30,000 -2.44% 33
South East +25 118 £34,500 +9.52% 6
Work from Home +125 97 £30,500 -6.15% 8
Midlands +46 56 £26,500 -3.64% 2
London +124 53 £38,500 +13.24% 6
West Midlands +57 46 £26,500 +3.92% 1
South West -2 40 £30,000 -14.29% 3
North of England +20 32 £24,500 +6.52% 7
East of England +4 28 £33,000 -3.65% 4
Yorkshire +77 20 £29,500 +31.11% 2
North East +2 10 £24,500 +13.95%
East Midlands -7 10 £28,165 -1.18% 1
Scotland -60 6 £33,000 +1.54% 9
Wales +7 3 £27,500 -8.33% 2
North West -7 2 £250,000 +941.67% 5

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
1 115 (34.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (11.28%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.42%) Skype for Business
4 20 (5.93%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (5.04%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (3.26%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.48%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.48%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.19%) Confluence
8 4 (1.19%) IIS
8 4 (1.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.30%) JOnAS
Applications
1 128 (37.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.59%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.59%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.30%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 201 (59.64%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (10.39%) Azure
3 9 (2.67%) AWS
4 8 (2.37%) GCP
5 7 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.78%) IaaS
6 6 (1.78%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.78%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.78%) PaaS
6 6 (1.78%) SaaS
7 5 (1.48%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (12.46%) LAN
2 37 (10.98%) DNS
3 32 (9.50%) WAN
4 30 (8.90%) TCP/IP
5 29 (8.61%) Skype
6 27 (8.01%) Cisco IOS
7 26 (7.72%) Firewall
8 25 (7.42%) Telepresence
9 22 (6.53%) VPN
9 22 (6.53%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (5.34%) SAN
10 18 (5.34%) VoIP
10 18 (5.34%) Wireless
11 16 (4.75%) DHCP
12 12 (3.56%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (2.08%) VLAN
13 7 (2.08%) WLAN
14 6 (1.78%) Internet
15 5 (1.48%) PSTN
16 3 (0.89%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.75%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.26%) MySQL
3 4 (1.19%) Metabase
4 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.59%) MS Access
5 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.48%) JIRA
2 4 (1.19%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.19%) InstallShield
2 4 (1.19%) MSI
2 4 (1.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 123 (36.50%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.77%) Organisational Skills
3 63 (18.69%) Finance
4 32 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.61%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.42%) Automotive
6 25 (7.42%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (4.45%) Back Office
8 14 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.86%) Retail
10 9 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.08%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.19%) Advertising
15 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.59%) Fire and Rescue
16 2 (0.59%) Games
16 2 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (26.71%) Support Engineer
2 56 (16.62%) IT Support
3 43 (12.76%) Analyst
4 42 (12.46%) 2nd Line Support
5 38 (11.28%) IT Engineer
6 33 (9.79%) Desktop Support
7 31 (9.20%) Desktop Engineer
7 31 (9.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 30 (8.90%) 1st Line Support
8 30 (8.90%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (7.12%) IT Technician
11 22 (6.53%) 3rd Line Support
11 22 (6.53%) Senior
12 20 (5.93%) Support Analyst
13 17 (5.04%) Administrator
13 17 (5.04%) Systems Administrator
14 16 (4.75%) Support Technician
15 14 (4.15%) IT Analyst
15 14 (4.15%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.08%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 53 (15.73%) Driving Licence
2 33 (9.79%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (7.12%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.75%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.56%) Smartphone
6 9 (2.67%) VAX
7 7 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.78%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.48%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.48%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.19%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.19%) Shadow IT
11 3 (0.89%) CCTV
12 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.59%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.59%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.59%) NHS
13 1 (0.30%) Credit Risk
13 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.30%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 337 (100.00%) Windows
2 273 (81.01%) Windows 10
3 133 (39.47%) Windows Server
4 102 (30.27%) Windows 8
5 66 (19.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 50 (14.84%) Windows Server 2008
7 45 (13.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (9.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (8.90%) Linux
10 19 (5.64%) Apple iOS
11 16 (4.75%) Android
12 14 (4.15%) Mac OS X
13 7 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (2.08%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (1.19%) Unix
14 4 (1.19%) VMS
14 4 (1.19%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.59%) OpenVMS
16 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (47.18%) ITIL
2 110 (32.64%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (27.30%) Customer Service
4 33 (9.79%) Service Management
5 31 (9.20%) Asset Management
5 31 (9.20%) Service Delivery
6 28 (8.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (8.31%) Problem Management
7 26 (7.72%) Migration
8 25 (7.42%) Collaborative Working
9 24 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (6.82%) Change Management
11 21 (6.23%) Customer Requirements
12 18 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (5.04%) Roadmaps
13 17 (5.04%) Software Deployment
14 16 (4.75%) Break/Fix
14 16 (4.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 16 (4.75%) Decision-Making
15 15 (4.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 76 (22.55%) SQL
2 46 (13.65%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.97%) VB
4 4 (1.19%) C#
5 2 (0.59%) Python
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) Swift
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (21.96%) Degree
2 66 (19.58%) Security Cleared
3 35 (10.39%) DV Cleared
4 33 (9.79%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 25 (7.42%) Master's Degree
5 25 (7.42%) MBA
6 19 (5.64%) DBS Check
7 16 (4.75%) HNC
8 14 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.89%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.89%) MCSE
10 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.30%) MCP
11 1 (0.30%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.93%) SLA
2 2 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 195 (57.86%) Active Directory
2 100 (29.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (16.32%) Hyper-V
3 55 (16.32%) XenApp
4 47 (13.95%) VirtualBox
4 47 (13.95%) XenDesktop
5 15 (4.45%) KVM
6 13 (3.86%) vSphere
7 11 (3.26%) Firmware
8 9 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (21.36%) SCCM
2 21 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.67%) AirWatch
3 9 (2.67%) WSUS
4 8 (2.37%) EMC VPLEX
4 8 (2.37%) Nagios
5 6 (1.78%) NetCrunch
6 5 (1.48%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.48%) SCOM
7 4 (1.19%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.59%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.30%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.30%) Control-M
10 1 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.30%) SafeCom
10 1 (0.30%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 246 (73.00%) Microsoft
2 116 (34.42%) VMware
3 74 (21.96%) Citrix
4 55 (16.32%) Apple
5 41 (12.17%) Cisco
6 25 (7.42%) Polycom
7 21 (6.23%) HP
8 19 (5.64%) Veeam
9 18 (5.34%) ServiceNow
10 15 (4.45%) Symantec
11 11 (3.26%) Palo Alto
12 10 (2.97%) McAfee
13 9 (2.67%) Dell
13 9 (2.67%) EMC
13 9 (2.67%) MobileIron
13 9 (2.67%) Toshiba
14 8 (2.37%) Centreon
14 8 (2.37%) Sybase
15 7 (2.08%) Ivanti
15 7 (2.08%) Red Hat