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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 749 639 676
Rank change year-on-year -110 +37 -55
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 36 53 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.56% 0.76% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 28 45 110
10th Percentile £25,875 - £24,500
25th Percentile £30,125 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £35,900 £40,750 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £29,290 £30,500
% change year-on-year +12.67% -3.97% -3.17%

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 6,409 6,952 10,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.01% 13.94% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,793 4,635 7,395
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -13.40% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £64,656
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% -0.22%

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 15 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 -92 36 £33,000 +4.76% 11
UK excluding London -93 32 £33,000 +12.67% 5
East of England - 16 £33,000 - 1
North West -5 8 £31,000 -22.50% 1
North of England -38 8 £31,000 -22.50% 1
West Midlands -25 5 £26,437 - 1
Midlands -35 5 £26,437 -16.07% 1
London -64 4 - - 6
South East -40 3 - - 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 28 (77.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (47.22%) Exchange Server 2007
2 17 (47.22%) Exchange Server 2010
2 17 (47.22%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (16.67%) Skype for Business
4 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (63.89%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.89%) Azure
3 2 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) DNS
2 6 (16.67%) Skype
2 6 (16.67%) WAN
3 4 (11.11%) LAN
3 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (8.33%) Firewall
5 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) IT Support
2 13 (36.11%) Support Engineer
3 11 (30.56%) Support Technician
4 10 (27.78%) IT Engineer
5 9 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (22.22%) IT Technician
7 6 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (13.89%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 4 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (11.11%) Technical Support
9 4 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
10 2 (5.56%) 1st Line Engineer
10 2 (5.56%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 1 (2.78%) Field Engineer
11 1 (2.78%) IMAC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (47.22%) Windows 8
3 16 (44.44%) Windows 10
4 15 (41.67%) Linux
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Migration
2 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (19.44%) ITIL
3 7 (19.44%) ITSM
4 6 (16.67%) Disk Encryption
4 6 (16.67%) Service Management
5 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.11%) Fintech
5 4 (11.11%) Project Management
5 4 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 4 (11.11%) User Experience
6 3 (8.33%) Customer Experience
6 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (8.33%) Web Filtering
7 2 (5.56%) Proactive Maintenance
7 2 (5.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 1 (2.78%) Logistics
8 1 (2.78%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 4 (11.11%) VB
1 4 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
1 4 (11.11%) MCDST
1 4 (11.11%) MCITP
1 4 (11.11%) MCSA
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.67%) BitLocker
3 2 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.56%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) SCCM
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (11.11%) ServiceCenter
3 2 (5.56%) Autotask
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) ServiceNow
3 6 (16.67%) Dell
3 6 (16.67%) HP
4 4 (11.11%) Apple
4 4 (11.11%) Bloomberg
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco
4 4 (11.11%) Remedy
4 4 (11.11%) Reuters
5 3 (8.33%) Aruba
5 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.33%) Juniper
6 2 (5.56%) ESET
6 2 (5.56%) Google
6 2 (5.56%) VMware