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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 767 632 686
Rank change year-on-year -135 +54 -88
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 31 47 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.094% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.48% 0.69% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 26 43 96
10th Percentile £27,719 - £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £27,000 £27,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.27% +9.23%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £29,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +11.86% -13.24% +7.94%

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 6,408 6,834 10,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.83% 13.67% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,794 4,507 6,843
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -4.76%
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% -4.36%

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 1 September 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 -123 31 £33,000 +4.76% 15
UK excluding London -103 30 £33,000 +11.86% 7
East of England - 17 £33,000 - 1
North West -15 7 £32,500 -18.75% 3
North of England -43 7 £32,500 -18.75% 3
Midlands -46 3 £26,437 -16.07% 1
South East -52 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 £26,437 - 1
London -62 1 - - 9

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 26 (83.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (51.61%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (51.61%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (51.61%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (19.35%) Skype for Business
4 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) DNS
2 6 (19.35%) Skype
3 2 (6.45%) Firewall
3 2 (6.45%) WAN
4 1 (3.23%) LAN
4 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) IT Support
1 12 (38.71%) Support Technician
2 8 (25.81%) IT Technician
3 7 (22.58%) IT Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (19.35%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 6 (19.35%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (12.90%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Field Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) IMAC Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Support
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) CMDB
2 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (54.84%) Windows 8
3 16 (51.61%) Linux
4 13 (41.94%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Migration
2 7 (22.58%) ITSM
3 6 (19.35%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.13%) Service Management
5 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
5 4 (12.90%) User Experience
6 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
6 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) ITIL
6 3 (9.68%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (9.68%) Web Filtering
7 1 (3.23%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (3.23%) ERP
7 1 (3.23%) Fintech
7 1 (3.23%) Logistics
7 1 (3.23%) Project Management
7 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.23%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.90%) VB
1 4 (12.90%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
1 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) MCDST
2 1 (3.23%) MCITP
2 1 (3.23%) MCSA
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) BitLocker
2 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Autotask
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.23%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 25 (80.65%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.68%) Aruba
3 3 (9.68%) Fortinet
3 3 (9.68%) Juniper
4 1 (3.23%) Apple
4 1 (3.23%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Dell
4 1 (3.23%) ESET
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) HP
4 1 (3.23%) Remedy
4 1 (3.23%) Reuters
4 1 (3.23%) VMware