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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 15 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 776 | 623 | 670 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -153 | +47 | -80 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 31 | 46 | 118 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.027% | 0.094% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.48% | 0.72% | 1.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25 | 42 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,600 | £27,000 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,500 | £27,094 | £28,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £31,500 | £35,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -11.27% | +9.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £34,500 | £34,875 | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £36,800 | £38,750 | £56,252 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £33,000 | £31,500 | £34,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -7.35% | +7.94% |
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 | 6,443 | 6,418 | 9,668 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.66% | 13.06% | 12.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,790 | 4,148 | 6,058 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £27,000 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,500 | £31,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £42,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -16.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £66,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,550 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £38,325 | £45,054 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.89% | -14.93% | -3.11% |
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
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 7.
Windows 7
Top 8 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 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | -108 | 31 | £33,000 | +4.76% | 3 |
| England | -121 | 31 | £33,000 | +4.76% | 12 |
| East of England | -12 | 17 | £33,000 | -2.94% | 1 |
| North West | -14 | 8 | £34,000 | -15.00% | 1 |
| North of England | -50 | 8 | £34,000 | -15.00% | 1 |
| Midlands | -52 | 3 | £26,437 | -16.07% | |
| South East | -53 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £26,437 | - |
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: