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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 590 514
Rank change year-on-year -37 -76 +105
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 64 63 343
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.21% 0.97% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 57 55 284
10th Percentile £24,525 £26,550 £23,825
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £41,842 £38,813
90th Percentile - £48,750 £50,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +11.67% - -3.23%

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 5,308 6,468 12,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.10% 15.04% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,904 4,354 10,467
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,674
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.13% -11.10%
75th Percentile £65,031 £71,250 £62,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +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 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 12 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 17 March 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 -14 62 £33,500 +11.67% 5
UK excluding London -18 55 £33,500 +11.67% 4
South East +5 29 £58,000 +114.81%
North West -2 16 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -27 16 £26,250 -12.50%
London +13 9 £32,500 +3.17%
West Midlands +6 6 £25,000 -12.28%
Work from Home -7 6 £27,000 -10.00% 2
Midlands -25 6 £25,000 -12.28%
East of England -12 2 - - 4
Scotland -25 1 £33,000 -16.93%
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 44 (68.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (34.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (17.19%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (9.38%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (9.38%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (39.06%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (20.31%) Azure
3 12 (18.75%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (40.63%) DHCP
1 26 (40.63%) DNS
2 16 (25.00%) WAN
3 13 (20.31%) Firewall
4 10 (15.63%) SD-WAN
5 7 (10.94%) TCP/IP
6 6 (9.38%) LAN
7 4 (6.25%) 3G
7 4 (6.25%) 4G
7 4 (6.25%) ADSL
7 4 (6.25%) VDSL
8 1 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (35.94%) Oracle Database
2 22 (34.38%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
General
1 23 (35.94%) Organisational Skills
2 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.38%) Finance
4 3 (4.69%) Dutch Language
4 3 (4.69%) French Language
4 3 (4.69%) Retail
5 2 (3.13%) Military
6 1 (1.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (40.63%) Support Engineer
2 24 (37.50%) IT Support
3 22 (34.38%) Systems Support
4 21 (32.81%) 3rd Line Support
5 17 (26.56%) IT Engineer
5 17 (26.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (15.63%) 1st Line Engineer
6 10 (15.63%) 1st Line Support
6 10 (15.63%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 9 (14.06%) Technical Support
8 7 (10.94%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (6.25%) Support Technician
9 4 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (6.25%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (4.69%) Network Support
10 3 (4.69%) Network Support Technician
10 3 (4.69%) Network Technician
11 2 (3.13%) Analyst
11 2 (3.13%) Desktop Support
11 2 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 7 (10.94%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.69%) Digital Signage
5 2 (3.13%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.56%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.56%) PKI
6 1 (1.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 64 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 24 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (35.94%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (34.38%) HPUX
5 22 (34.38%) Solaris
5 22 (34.38%) Unix
6 16 (25.00%) Windows 8
7 13 (20.31%) Windows Server
8 3 (4.69%) Windows XP
9 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (1.56%) AIX
10 1 (1.56%) Android
10 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.94%) Incident Management
1 23 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (25.00%) ITIL
3 11 (17.19%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 10 (15.63%) Proactive Maintenance
4 10 (15.63%) Service Management
5 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (9.38%) Customer Service
5 6 (9.38%) Project Management
5 6 (9.38%) Service Delivery
6 5 (7.81%) Asset Management
6 5 (7.81%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (7.81%) Email Management
7 4 (6.25%) Fintech
8 3 (4.69%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (3.13%) Inventory Control
9 2 (3.13%) Inventory Management
9 2 (3.13%) Ticket Management
10 1 (1.56%) Preventative Maintenance
10 1 (1.56%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.38%) Perl
1 22 (34.38%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.56%) Python
2 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (39.06%) Security Cleared
2 24 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 23 (35.94%) DV Cleared
4 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (7.81%) Degree
5 5 (7.81%) MCSA
5 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (6.25%) MCDST
6 4 (6.25%) MCITP
7 1 (1.56%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (67.19%) Active Directory
2 11 (17.19%) Hyper-V
2 11 (17.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (15.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (17.19%) Autotask
2 10 (15.63%) SCCM
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (6.25%) ServiceCenter
5 1 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 44 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 34 (53.13%) VMware
3 23 (35.94%) Oracle
4 13 (20.31%) HP
5 11 (17.19%) ESET
5 11 (17.19%) Google
6 10 (15.63%) Dell
7 4 (6.25%) Apple
7 4 (6.25%) Bloomberg
7 4 (6.25%) Cisco
7 4 (6.25%) Remedy
7 4 (6.25%) Reuters
8 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.56%) Citrix
9 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.56%) IBM
9 1 (1.56%) SolarWinds