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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 579 | 633 | 539 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | -94 | +114 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 71 | 105 | 183 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.13% | 0.16% | 0.36% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.36% | 1.15% | 2.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67 | 72 | 154 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,700 | £26,275 | £24,475 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,875 | £28,343 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,500 | £37,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.46% | +13.85% | +3.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,500 | £48,750 | £48,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £57,375 | £55,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,000 | £37,000 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.81% | +23.33% | -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 | 5,218 | 9,135 | 9,009 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.78% | 13.59% | 17.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,903 | 5,306 | 7,357 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | - | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £71,250 | £68,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,650 | £86,250 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.05% | +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
Salary Trend
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 25 November 2025.
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 25 November 2025. 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 | +76 | 62 | £34,000 | -8.11% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | +71 | 62 | £33,000 | -10.81% | 12 |
| South East | +69 | 42 | £58,000 | +3.11% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +81 | 15 | £27,000 | -20.59% | 2 |
| London | +52 | 9 | £37,500 | -31.82% | 7 |
| Scotland | +10 | 9 | £33,000 | -10.81% | |
| North West | +53 | 6 | £26,875 | -2.27% | |
| North of England | +37 | 6 | £26,875 | -6.52% | |
| West Midlands | +46 | 2 | £25,000 | -12.28% | 1 |
| Midlands | +46 | 2 | £25,000 | -12.28% | 1 |
| East of England | +15 | 2 | £34,000 | -20.00% | 1 |
| South West | +21 | 1 | £29,290 | -23.65% | 2 |
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:
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