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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 732 635 619
Rank change year-on-year -97 -16 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 37 55 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.11% 0.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.60% 0.79% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 29 47 186
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £35,600 £40,500 £56,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 6,149 6,924 12,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.13% 14.10% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,654 4,619 9,085
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,274
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.65% -1.61%

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 23 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 10 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 23 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 -92 37 £33,000 +7.32% 5
UK excluding London -81 32 £33,000 +10.00% 8
East of England - 13 £33,000 - 1
North West +2 11 £26,250 -34.38% 1
North of England -30 11 £26,250 -34.38% 1
West Midlands -29 5 £25,000 - 1
Midlands -37 5 £25,000 -20.63% 1
London -44 5 £42,000 +12.00% 1
South East -30 3 - - 1
Work from Home -34 1 £42,000 +50.00%

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 30 (81.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (43.24%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (13.51%) Skype for Business
4 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (72.97%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (27.03%) Azure
3 7 (18.92%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) DNS
2 11 (29.73%) WAN
3 7 (18.92%) Firewall
4 6 (16.22%) SD-WAN
5 5 (13.51%) LAN
5 5 (13.51%) Skype
5 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.70%) DHCP
6 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (37.84%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (56.76%) IT Support
2 20 (54.05%) Support Engineer
3 16 (43.24%) IT Engineer
4 15 (40.54%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (24.32%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (21.62%) Support Technician
7 6 (16.22%) 1st Line Engineer
7 6 (16.22%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 6 (16.22%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (16.22%) IT Technician
8 5 (13.51%) Desktop Engineer
9 4 (10.81%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
9 4 (10.81%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 1 (2.70%) Field Engineer
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 20 (54.05%) Windows 10
3 18 (48.65%) Windows 8
4 12 (32.43%) Linux
5 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (29.73%) ITIL
3 9 (24.32%) Service Management
4 8 (21.62%) Migration
5 6 (16.22%) ITSM
5 6 (16.22%) Proactive Maintenance
5 6 (16.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.51%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (13.51%) Project Management
7 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
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%) User Experience
8 3 (8.11%) Web Filtering
9 1 (2.70%) Logistics
9 1 (2.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (8.11%) VB
1 3 (8.11%) 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
2 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (37.84%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.92%) Hyper-V
3 6 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.22%) VMware Workstation
4 5 (13.51%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (29.73%) SCCM
2 6 (16.22%) 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 29 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Dell
2 8 (21.62%) HP
3 6 (16.22%) ESET
3 6 (16.22%) Google
3 6 (16.22%) ServiceNow
3 6 (16.22%) VMware
4 4 (10.81%) Apple
4 4 (10.81%) Bloomberg
4 4 (10.81%) Cisco
4 4 (10.81%) Remedy
4 4 (10.81%) Reuters
5 3 (8.11%) Aruba
5 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.11%) Juniper