Windows 7 Job Trends

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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 614 492
Rank change year-on-year +10 -122 +125
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 68 67 331
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.14% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.31% 0.90% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 65 54 271
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,475 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,625 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £41,984 £40,000
90th Percentile - £48,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,250 £34,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -2.21% +13.33% -3.23%

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 5,187 7,421 11,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.64% 15.09% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 4,166 9,483
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.95% +11.76% -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 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 12 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 18 February 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
UK excluding London +18 63 £33,250 -2.21% 11
England +40 60 £33,500 +9.84% 14
South East +39 33 £58,000 +114.81% 1
North West +19 14 £26,250 -12.50% 5
North of England -11 14 £26,250 -12.50% 5
Work from Home +23 10 £27,000 -10.00% 1
Scotland -5 7 £33,000 -16.93%
London +25 5 £32,500 +4.00% 4
West Midlands +14 5 £25,000 -12.28% 1
Midlands +5 5 £25,000 -14.53% 1
East of England +14 3 £34,000 -35.24% 4
Wales -1 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 42 (61.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (32.35%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (16.18%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (8.82%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (8.82%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.47%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (16.18%) Azure
3 10 (14.71%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.47%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (39.71%) DNS
2 26 (38.24%) DHCP
3 11 (16.18%) Firewall
4 10 (14.71%) WAN
5 8 (11.76%) SD-WAN
6 4 (5.88%) 3G
6 4 (5.88%) 4G
6 4 (5.88%) ADSL
6 4 (5.88%) VDSL
7 3 (4.41%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.94%) LAN
9 1 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (33.82%) Oracle Database
2 22 (32.35%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
General
1 16 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Dutch Language
3 3 (4.41%) French Language
3 3 (4.41%) Retail
4 2 (2.94%) Finance
4 2 (2.94%) Military
5 1 (1.47%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (39.71%) IT Support
2 22 (32.35%) Systems Support
3 21 (30.88%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (27.94%) Support Engineer
5 14 (20.59%) IT Engineer
5 14 (20.59%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) Technical Support
7 8 (11.76%) 1st Line Engineer
7 8 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (11.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 8 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (10.29%) IT Support Specialist
8 7 (10.29%) Support Specialist
9 5 (7.35%) Support Technician
10 3 (4.41%) Network Support
10 3 (4.41%) Network Support Technician
10 3 (4.41%) Network Technician
11 2 (2.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 2 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
11 2 (2.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Driving Licence
2 10 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.41%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.94%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.47%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.47%) PKI
5 1 (1.47%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 68 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (42.65%) Windows 10
3 24 (35.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (33.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (32.35%) HPUX
5 22 (32.35%) Solaris
5 22 (32.35%) Unix
6 15 (22.06%) Windows 8
7 11 (16.18%) Windows Server
8 3 (4.41%) Windows XP
9 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (1.47%) AIX
10 1 (1.47%) Android
10 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.47%) Linux
10 1 (1.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.71%) Incident Management
2 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (16.18%) Asset Management
4 10 (14.71%) Customer Service
4 10 (14.71%) ITIL
5 9 (13.24%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 8 (11.76%) Proactive Maintenance
6 8 (11.76%) Service Management
7 6 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.35%) Email Management
8 5 (7.35%) Time Management
9 3 (4.41%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (2.94%) Inventory Control
10 2 (2.94%) Inventory Management
10 2 (2.94%) Project Management
10 2 (2.94%) Service Delivery
10 2 (2.94%) Ticket Management
11 1 (1.47%) ITSM
11 1 (1.47%) Migration
11 1 (1.47%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 22 (32.35%) Perl
1 22 (32.35%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.35%) SQL
3 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (36.76%) Security Cleared
2 24 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 23 (33.82%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.47%) Degree
5 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.47%) MCSA
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (35.29%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.24%) Hyper-V
2 9 (13.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (13.24%) Autotask
2 8 (11.76%) SCCM
3 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.47%) WMI
Vendors
1 42 (61.76%) Microsoft
2 32 (47.06%) VMware
3 23 (33.82%) Oracle
4 9 (13.24%) ESET
4 9 (13.24%) Google
5 8 (11.76%) HP
6 5 (7.35%) Dell
7 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.47%) Citrix
8 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.47%) IBM
8 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds