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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 636 606
Rank change year-on-year -62 -30 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 30 48 312
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.11% 0.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.54% 0.74% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 25 41 254
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £40,625
90th Percentile £34,800 £41,750 £55,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

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 5,593 6,520 13,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.10% 14.75% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,180 4,210 10,756
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -95 29 £27,000 -10.00% 4
UK excluding London -56 25 £27,000 -10.00% 4
North West +11 14 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -30 14 £26,250 -25.00%
London -15 5 £42,000 +9.09%
West Midlands -19 5 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands -25 5 £25,000 -20.63%
East of England - 5 £33,000 - 1
Work from Home +8 4 £27,000 -10.00% 2
Wales -43 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 20 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (13.33%) Skype for Business
4 1 (3.33%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (30.00%) Azure
3 8 (26.67%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) WAN
2 9 (30.00%) Firewall
3 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
4 6 (20.00%) DNS
4 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 5 (16.67%) LAN
6 4 (13.33%) Skype
7 2 (6.67%) DHCP
8 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Dutch Language
4 3 (10.00%) French Language
4 3 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (3.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (73.33%) Support Engineer
2 17 (56.67%) IT Engineer
3 16 (53.33%) IT Support
3 16 (53.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) 1st Line Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) 1st Line Support
4 7 (23.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) Technical Support
5 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Field Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support
7 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (36.67%) Windows 8
4 9 (30.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (13.33%) Linux
6 3 (10.00%) Windows XP
7 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (3.33%) Mac OS X
8 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (40.00%) ITIL
3 9 (30.00%) Service Management
4 7 (23.33%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (23.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (16.67%) Project Management
6 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (13.33%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (13.33%) Fintech
6 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (6.67%) ITSM
8 2 (6.67%) User Experience
9 1 (3.33%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (3.33%) ERP
9 1 (3.33%) Logistics
9 1 (3.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.67%) VB
1 2 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Degree
1 4 (13.33%) MCDST
1 4 (13.33%) MCITP
1 4 (13.33%) MCSA
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) SLA
2 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (26.67%) Hyper-V
2 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (23.33%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (13.33%) BitLocker
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) SCCM
2 7 (23.33%) Autotask
3 4 (13.33%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (13.33%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Dell
2 8 (26.67%) HP
2 8 (26.67%) VMware
3 7 (23.33%) ESET
3 7 (23.33%) Google
4 4 (13.33%) Apple
4 4 (13.33%) Bloomberg
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco
4 4 (13.33%) Remedy
4 4 (13.33%) Reuters
5 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds