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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 699 597 570
Rank change year-on-year -102 -27 +59
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 27 55 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.13% 0.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.51% 0.83% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 22 49 273
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £28,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £33,975 £44,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -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 5,339 6,597 13,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.85% 15.18% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,891 4,408 10,857
10th Percentile £27,625 £27,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,199 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,938 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.23% -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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -61 26 £26,250 -16.00% 16
UK excluding London -93 18 £26,250 -12.50% 15
North West -19 11 £26,250 -34.38% 6
North of England -49 11 £26,250 -25.00% 6
London -28 9 £32,500 -13.33% 1
West Midlands -23 5 £25,000 -12.28% 1
Midlands -46 5 £25,000 -20.63% 1
Work from Home -6 4 £27,000 -10.00% 1
East of England -14 1 - - 5
Wales -28 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 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (37.04%) Azure
3 9 (33.33%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) WAN
2 9 (33.33%) Firewall
3 8 (29.63%) SD-WAN
4 7 (25.93%) TCP/IP
5 6 (22.22%) LAN
6 4 (14.81%) 3G
6 4 (14.81%) 4G
6 4 (14.81%) ADSL
6 4 (14.81%) VDSL
7 3 (11.11%) DHCP
7 3 (11.11%) DNS
8 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Dutch Language
4 3 (11.11%) French Language
4 3 (11.11%) Retail
5 2 (7.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) IT Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) IT Support
3 12 (44.44%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (29.63%) 1st Line Engineer
4 8 (29.63%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (29.63%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 7 (25.93%) Technical Support
6 4 (14.81%) Support Technician
6 4 (14.81%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) Network Support
7 3 (11.11%) Network Support Technician
7 3 (11.11%) Network Technician
8 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
9 1 (3.70%) Deskside Engineer
9 1 (3.70%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.11%) Digital Signage
4 2 (7.41%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (74.07%) Windows 10
3 10 (37.04%) Windows Server
4 8 (29.63%) Windows 8
5 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.70%) Android
7 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
7 1 (3.70%) Mac OS X
7 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (51.85%) ITIL
3 8 (29.63%) Proactive Maintenance
3 8 (29.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 8 (29.63%) Service Management
4 6 (22.22%) Project Management
5 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
5 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (14.81%) Fintech
5 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Customer Service
6 2 (7.41%) Ticket Management
7 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.70%) ERP
7 1 (3.70%) Logistics
7 1 (3.70%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (3.70%) Security Patching
7 1 (3.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) MCSA
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 4 (14.81%) MCDST
3 4 (14.81%) MCITP
4 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 9 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (29.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) Autotask
1 8 (29.63%) SCCM
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (14.81%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (14.81%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) VMware
3 8 (29.63%) Dell
3 8 (29.63%) ESET
3 8 (29.63%) Google
3 8 (29.63%) HP
4 4 (14.81%) Apple
4 4 (14.81%) Bloomberg
4 4 (14.81%) Cisco
4 4 (14.81%) Remedy
4 4 (14.81%) Reuters
5 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds