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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 752 626 676
Rank change year-on-year -126 +50 -66
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 34 49 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.098% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.53% 0.71% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 27 43 104
10th Percentile £26,437 - £25,575
25th Percentile £31,000 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +1.54%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £44,063
90th Percentile £36,200 £40,000 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £29,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +11.86% -7.81% +1.59%

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 6,388 6,904 10,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.90% 13.82% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,780 4,588 7,255
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 £63,750 £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% -2.92%

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
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 23 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 -113 34 £33,000 +4.76% 6
UK excluding London -119 31 £33,000 +11.86% 5
East of England - 17 £33,000 - 1
North West -10 7 £32,500 -18.75% 2
North of England -45 7 £32,500 -18.75% 2
West Midlands -28 4 £26,437 - 1
Midlands -36 4 £26,437 -16.07% 1
South East -38 3 - -
London -45 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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (79.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 17 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 17 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (17.65%) Skype for Business
4 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
3 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) DNS
2 6 (17.65%) Skype
3 4 (11.76%) WAN
4 3 (8.82%) LAN
4 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.88%) Firewall
6 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) IT Support
2 12 (35.29%) Support Technician
3 10 (29.41%) Support Engineer
4 8 (23.53%) IT Engineer
4 8 (23.53%) IT Technician
5 7 (20.59%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 6 (17.65%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (17.65%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (8.82%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (8.82%) Technical Support
8 3 (8.82%) Technical Support Engineer
9 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 1 (2.94%) 1st Line Engineer
10 1 (2.94%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 1 (2.94%) Field Engineer
10 1 (2.94%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (50.00%) Windows 8
3 16 (47.06%) Linux
4 14 (41.18%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Migration
2 7 (20.59%) ITSM
3 6 (17.65%) Disk Encryption
3 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.71%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Service Management
5 4 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.76%) User Experience
6 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.82%) Customer Experience
6 3 (8.82%) Fintech
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (8.82%) Project Management
6 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.82%) Web Filtering
7 1 (2.94%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.94%) ERP
7 1 (2.94%) Logistics
7 1 (2.94%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 4 (11.76%) VB
1 4 (11.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
1 3 (8.82%) MCDST
1 3 (8.82%) MCITP
1 3 (8.82%) MCSA
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) BitLocker
2 5 (14.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.94%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (2.94%) Autotask
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.76%) Dell
3 4 (11.76%) HP
4 3 (8.82%) Apple
4 3 (8.82%) Aruba
4 3 (8.82%) Bloomberg
4 3 (8.82%) Cisco
4 3 (8.82%) Fortinet
4 3 (8.82%) Juniper
4 3 (8.82%) Remedy
4 3 (8.82%) Reuters
5 1 (2.94%) ESET
5 1 (2.94%) Google
5 1 (2.94%) VMware