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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 711 626 630
Rank change year-on-year -85 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 37 55 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.60% 0.80% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 29 47 223
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £34,600 £40,500 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -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 6,157 6,899 13,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.26% 14.07% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,627 4,594 10,304
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,998
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.60% -12.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -84 36 £31,000 +3.33% 7
UK excluding London -65 32 £31,000 +3.33% 6
North West -1 12 £26,250 -34.38% 1
North of England -31 12 £26,250 -25.00% 1
East of England - 11 £33,000 - 2
West Midlands -17 5 £25,000 - 1
London -32 5 £42,000 +12.00% 3
Midlands -40 5 £25,000 -20.63% 1
South East -39 3 - - 2
Work from Home -36 2 £34,500 +16.95% 1
Wales -46 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 (78.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (37.84%) Exchange Server 2007
2 14 (37.84%) Exchange Server 2010
2 14 (37.84%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (10.81%) Skype for Business
4 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (72.97%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (32.43%) Azure
3 8 (21.62%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) DNS
1 12 (32.43%) WAN
2 9 (24.32%) Firewall
3 7 (18.92%) SD-WAN
4 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
5 5 (13.51%) LAN
6 4 (10.81%) Skype
7 2 (5.41%) DHCP
8 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (40.54%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Dutch Language
5 1 (2.70%) French Language
5 1 (2.70%) Law
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (59.46%) Support Engineer
2 20 (54.05%) IT Support
3 17 (45.95%) IT Engineer
4 16 (43.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (27.03%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (18.92%) 1st Line Engineer
6 7 (18.92%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 6 (16.22%) Support Technician
8 5 (13.51%) Technical Support
9 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
9 4 (10.81%) IT Support Technician
9 4 (10.81%) IT Technician
9 4 (10.81%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (10.81%) Technical Support Engineer
10 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 1 (2.70%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Windows 10
3 17 (45.95%) Windows 8
4 10 (27.03%) Linux
5 9 (24.32%) Windows Server
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (32.43%) ITIL
3 9 (24.32%) Service Management
4 7 (18.92%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (18.92%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
5 6 (16.22%) Migration
6 5 (13.51%) ITSM
6 5 (13.51%) Project Management
7 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (10.81%) Disk Encryption
7 4 (10.81%) Fintech
7 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
8 3 (8.11%) Customer Experience
8 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (8.11%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (8.11%) Web Filtering
9 2 (5.41%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (5.41%) User Experience
10 1 (2.70%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.41%) VB
1 2 (5.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
1 4 (10.81%) MCDST
1 4 (10.81%) MCITP
1 4 (10.81%) MCSA
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.62%) Hyper-V
2 8 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (18.92%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (10.81%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (29.73%) SCCM
2 7 (18.92%) Autotask
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Dell
2 8 (21.62%) HP
2 8 (21.62%) VMware
3 7 (18.92%) ESET
3 7 (18.92%) Google
4 5 (13.51%) ServiceNow
5 4 (10.81%) Apple
5 4 (10.81%) Bloomberg
5 4 (10.81%) Cisco
5 4 (10.81%) Remedy
5 4 (10.81%) Reuters
6 3 (8.11%) Aruba
6 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
6 3 (8.11%) Juniper
7 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds