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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 581 557
Rank change year-on-year -93 -24 +68
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 45 57 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.14% 0.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.83% 0.88% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 40 51 285
10th Percentile £25,538 £27,000 £23,600
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £40,000 £39,500
90th Percentile - £48,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.23%

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 5,437 6,499 13,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.23% 15.54% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,965 4,404 10,964
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -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 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 11 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 20 April 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 -90 44 £32,500 +4.84% 10
UK excluding London -97 36 £27,500 -8.33% 9
North West -17 15 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -51 15 £26,250 -25.00%
South East -36 14 £58,000 +114.81% 1
London -4 9 £32,500 -7.14% 1
West Midlands -34 5 £25,000 -12.28% 1
Midlands -46 5 £25,000 -16.67% 1
Work from Home -11 4 £27,000 -10.00% 3
East of England -35 1 - - 7
Wales - 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 29 (64.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (28.89%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.22%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (26.67%) Azure
3 11 (24.44%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) DHCP
1 16 (35.56%) DNS
1 16 (35.56%) WAN
2 11 (24.44%) Firewall
3 10 (22.22%) SD-WAN
4 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
5 6 (13.33%) LAN
6 4 (8.89%) 3G
6 4 (8.89%) 4G
6 4 (8.89%) ADSL
6 4 (8.89%) VDSL
7 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.89%) Oracle Database
1 13 (28.89%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 20 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
4 3 (6.67%) Dutch Language
4 3 (6.67%) French Language
4 3 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (4.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Support Engineer
2 16 (35.56%) IT Support
3 15 (33.33%) IT Engineer
4 14 (31.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (28.89%) 3rd Line Support
5 13 (28.89%) Systems Support
6 10 (22.22%) 1st Line Engineer
6 10 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
6 10 (22.22%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 7 (15.56%) Technical Support
8 4 (8.89%) Support Technician
8 4 (8.89%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (8.89%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (6.67%) Network Support
9 3 (6.67%) Network Support Technician
9 3 (6.67%) Network Technician
10 2 (4.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (4.44%) Desktop Support
10 2 (4.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.89%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.67%) Digital Signage
4 2 (4.44%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.22%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 45 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (55.56%) Windows 10
3 15 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (28.89%) HPUX
4 13 (28.89%) Solaris
4 13 (28.89%) Unix
4 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (26.67%) Windows Server
6 11 (24.44%) Windows 8
7 3 (6.67%) Windows XP
8 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.22%) Android
9 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
9 1 (2.22%) Mac OS X
9 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (35.56%) ITIL
3 13 (28.89%) Incident Management
4 10 (22.22%) Proactive Maintenance
4 10 (22.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 10 (22.22%) Service Management
5 6 (13.33%) Project Management
5 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.89%) Asset Management
6 4 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.89%) Customer Service
6 4 (8.89%) Fintech
6 4 (8.89%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (4.44%) Inventory Control
7 2 (4.44%) Inventory Management
7 2 (4.44%) Ticket Management
8 1 (2.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.22%) Email Management
8 1 (2.22%) Security Patching
8 1 (2.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) Perl
1 13 (28.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 15 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.89%) DV Cleared
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (11.11%) Degree
4 5 (11.11%) MCSA
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (8.89%) MCDST
5 4 (8.89%) MCITP
6 1 (2.22%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (24.44%) Hyper-V
2 11 (24.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (22.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (22.22%) Autotask
1 10 (22.22%) SCCM
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.89%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (8.89%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 31 (68.89%) Microsoft
2 24 (53.33%) VMware
3 13 (28.89%) Oracle
4 10 (22.22%) ESET
4 10 (22.22%) Google
5 8 (17.78%) Dell
5 8 (17.78%) HP
6 4 (8.89%) Apple
6 4 (8.89%) Bloomberg
6 4 (8.89%) Cisco
6 4 (8.89%) Remedy
6 4 (8.89%) Reuters
7 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds