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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 729 627 650
Rank change year-on-year -102 +23 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 39 51 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.10% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.62% 0.73% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 31 44 145
10th Percentile £25,875 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,156 £27,281 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £30,000 £29,605
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.33% -6.02%

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 6,324 6,969 10,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.13% 14.07% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,760 4,661 7,980
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.97% -13.33% -

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 1 August 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 1 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 -79 39 £33,000 +4.76% 6
UK excluding London -83 34 £33,000 +10.00% 6
East of England - 14 £33,000 - 1
North West +2 11 £28,625 -28.44% 1
North of England -37 11 £28,625 -28.44% 1
West Midlands -26 6 £25,719 -
Midlands -35 6 £25,719 -18.35% 1
London -42 5 £42,000 +12.00% 1
South East -46 3 - - 1
Work from Home -34 1 £42,000 +55.56% 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 30 (76.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (41.03%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (41.03%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (41.03%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (15.38%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
3 6 (15.38%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.90%) DNS
2 10 (25.64%) WAN
3 6 (15.38%) Firewall
3 6 (15.38%) Skype
4 5 (12.82%) LAN
4 5 (12.82%) SD-WAN
4 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.56%) DHCP
5 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) IT Support
2 18 (46.15%) Support Engineer
3 14 (35.90%) IT Engineer
4 13 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (23.08%) Support Technician
6 8 (20.51%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (20.51%) IT Technician
7 6 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (15.38%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (12.82%) 1st Line Engineer
8 5 (12.82%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 4 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (10.26%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (10.26%) Technical Support
9 4 (10.26%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) Field Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Data Centre
1 4 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (53.85%) Windows 10
3 18 (46.15%) Windows 8
4 13 (33.33%) Linux
5 6 (15.38%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.56%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.64%) ITIL
3 9 (23.08%) Migration
3 9 (23.08%) Service Management
4 7 (17.95%) ITSM
5 6 (15.38%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
6 5 (12.82%) Proactive Maintenance
6 5 (12.82%) Project Management
6 5 (12.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (10.26%) Fintech
7 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
7 4 (10.26%) User Experience
8 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (7.69%) Web Filtering
9 1 (2.56%) ERP
9 1 (2.56%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.26%) VB
1 4 (10.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
1 4 (10.26%) MCDST
1 4 (10.26%) MCITP
1 4 (10.26%) MCSA
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.38%) BitLocker
2 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (12.82%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) SCCM
2 5 (12.82%) Autotask
3 4 (10.26%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (10.26%) ServiceCenter
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 29 (74.36%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) Dell
2 7 (17.95%) HP
2 7 (17.95%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.82%) ESET
3 5 (12.82%) Google
3 5 (12.82%) VMware
4 4 (10.26%) Apple
4 4 (10.26%) Bloomberg
4 4 (10.26%) Cisco
4 4 (10.26%) Remedy
4 4 (10.26%) Reuters
5 3 (7.69%) Aruba
5 3 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 3 (7.69%) Juniper