Windows 7 Job Trends

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 580 539
Rank change year-on-year -55 -41 +76
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 60 57 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.14% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.11% 0.95% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 53 51 285
10th Percentile £23,175 £27,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £31,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% +3.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £40,875 £39,500
90th Percentile - £48,750 £52,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -2.44%

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 5,407 6,007 13,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.81% 14.70% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,986 4,331 10,758
10th Percentile £27,206 £27,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £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 £67,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 1 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 1 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 -43 59 £33,500 +11.67% 7
UK excluding London -61 51 £33,750 +12.50% 3
South East -19 26 £58,000 +114.81% 1
North West -12 16 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -48 16 £26,250 -34.38%
London -12 9 £32,500 +3.17% 4
West Midlands -15 6 £25,000 -12.28%
Midlands -36 6 £25,000 -16.67%
Work from Home -25 5 £27,000 -10.00% 2
East of England -24 2 - - 2
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 42 (70.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (36.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.67%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.33%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (21.67%) Azure
3 12 (20.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (43.33%) DHCP
1 26 (43.33%) DNS
2 16 (26.67%) WAN
3 13 (21.67%) Firewall
4 10 (16.67%) SD-WAN
5 7 (11.67%) TCP/IP
6 6 (10.00%) LAN
7 4 (6.67%) 3G
7 4 (6.67%) 4G
7 4 (6.67%) ADSL
7 4 (6.67%) VDSL
8 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (38.33%) Oracle Database
2 22 (36.67%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 23 (38.33%) Organisational Skills
2 15 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (5.00%) Dutch Language
4 3 (5.00%) French Language
4 3 (5.00%) Retail
5 2 (3.33%) Military
6 1 (1.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (43.33%) Support Engineer
2 22 (36.67%) Systems Support
3 21 (35.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 21 (35.00%) IT Support
4 17 (28.33%) IT Engineer
4 17 (28.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
5 10 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
5 10 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.67%) Support Technician
8 4 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) Network Support
9 3 (5.00%) Network Support Technician
9 3 (5.00%) Network Technician
10 2 (3.33%) Desktop Support
10 2 (3.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (3.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Driving Licence
2 6 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.00%) Digital Signage
5 2 (3.33%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.67%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.67%) PKI
6 1 (1.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 60 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 24 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (38.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (36.67%) HPUX
5 22 (36.67%) Solaris
5 22 (36.67%) Unix
6 14 (23.33%) Windows 8
7 13 (21.67%) Windows Server
8 3 (5.00%) Windows XP
9 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (1.67%) AIX
10 1 (1.67%) Android
10 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.67%) Incident Management
1 22 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.67%) ITIL
3 11 (18.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 10 (16.67%) Proactive Maintenance
4 10 (16.67%) Service Management
5 6 (10.00%) Project Management
5 6 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 5 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 4 (6.67%) Asset Management
7 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.67%) Fintech
8 3 (5.00%) Email Management
8 3 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (3.33%) Inventory Control
9 2 (3.33%) Inventory Management
9 2 (3.33%) Ticket Management
10 1 (1.67%) Preventative Maintenance
10 1 (1.67%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 22 (36.67%) Perl
1 22 (36.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 24 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 23 (38.33%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.33%) Degree
5 5 (8.33%) MCSA
5 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (6.67%) MCDST
6 4 (6.67%) MCITP
7 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (71.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (18.33%) Hyper-V
2 11 (18.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (16.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (18.33%) Autotask
2 10 (16.67%) SCCM
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (6.67%) ServiceCenter
5 1 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.67%) WMI
Vendors
1 44 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 34 (56.67%) VMware
3 23 (38.33%) Oracle
4 13 (21.67%) HP
5 11 (18.33%) ESET
5 11 (18.33%) Google
6 10 (16.67%) Dell
7 4 (6.67%) Apple
7 4 (6.67%) Bloomberg
7 4 (6.67%) Cisco
7 4 (6.67%) Remedy
7 4 (6.67%) Reuters
8 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.67%) Citrix
9 1 (1.67%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.67%) IBM
9 1 (1.67%) SolarWinds