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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 590 578
Rank change year-on-year -93 -12 +45
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 30 56 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.13% 0.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.56% 0.84% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 24 50 269
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,875 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +4.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £39,000
90th Percentile £34,500 £44,250 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -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 5,391 6,639 13,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.93% 15.17% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,970 4,451 10,802
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,844 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -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 May 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 May 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 -58 29 £27,000 -12.90% 13
UK excluding London -84 21 £26,250 -12.50% 12
North West +8 12 £26,250 -34.38% 6
North of England -48 12 £26,250 -25.00% 6
London -2 9 £32,500 -13.33% 1
Midlands -27 5 £25,000 -20.63%
West Midlands -29 5 £25,000 -12.28%
Work from Home -5 4 £27,000 -10.00% 1
East of England -5 3 £33,000 -37.14% 5
Wales -27 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 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (6.67%) Skype for Business
4 1 (3.33%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (30.00%) Azure
3 8 (26.67%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) WAN
2 8 (26.67%) Firewall
3 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
3 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (20.00%) LAN
5 5 (16.67%) DNS
6 4 (13.33%) 3G
6 4 (13.33%) 4G
6 4 (13.33%) ADSL
6 4 (13.33%) VDSL
7 3 (10.00%) DHCP
8 2 (6.67%) Skype
9 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 17 (56.67%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Dutch Language
4 3 (10.00%) French Language
4 3 (10.00%) Retail
5 2 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Support Engineer
2 14 (46.67%) IT Engineer
2 14 (46.67%) IT Support
3 13 (43.33%) 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%) Support Technician
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Network Support
6 3 (10.00%) Network Support Technician
6 3 (10.00%) Network Technician
7 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Field Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.00%) Digital Signage
4 2 (6.67%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (70.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (30.00%) Windows 8
3 9 (30.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (6.67%) Linux
5 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.33%) Android
6 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.33%) Mac OS X
6 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (43.33%) ITIL
3 8 (26.67%) Service Management
4 7 (23.33%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (23.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 6 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
6 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (13.33%) Fintech
6 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
7 2 (6.67%) Disk Encryption
7 2 (6.67%) Ticket Management
8 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (3.33%) Logistics
8 1 (3.33%) Preventative Maintenance
8 1 (3.33%) Security Patching
8 1 (3.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (3.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) VB
1 1 (3.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) MCSA
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 4 (13.33%) MCDST
3 4 (13.33%) MCITP
4 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (26.67%) Hyper-V
2 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (23.33%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (6.67%) BitLocker
5 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) SCCM
2 7 (23.33%) Autotask
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (13.33%) ServiceCenter
5 1 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) 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 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds