Windows 7 Jobs

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows 7 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows 7 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 607 654
Rank change year-on-year -45 +47 +97
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 50 315 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.090% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.70% 2.24% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 43 260 217
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,200 £22,480
25th Percentile £27,563 £25,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +8.62%
75th Percentile £38,750 £38,813 £36,000
90th Percentile £41,650 £55,068 £42,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +14.55%

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 7,159 14,054 15,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 13.56% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,235 10,700 10,440
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.

Salary trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 14 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 31 May 2025. 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 -73 45 £30,000 - 42
UK excluding London -28 40 £30,000 - 35
Work from Home +55 18 £30,000 -1.64% 22
Midlands +31 14 £31,500 +18.87% 5
South East -17 11 £28,250 -18.12% 10
North of England +17 10 £35,000 +40.00% 5
London +66 9 £38,500 +6.94% 13
East Midlands +42 9 £31,500 +11.84% 4
North West +8 7 £40,000 -84.00% 5
West Midlands +23 5 £28,500 +7.55% 1
Scotland +119 3 £29,000 - 5
Yorkshire +40 3 £30,000 +1.69%
South West +69 1 £47,500 +58.33% 9
Wales +39 1 £34,000 +23.64%

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (6.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (4.00%) JOnAS
3 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (64.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 29 (58.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (20.00%) Azure
3 3 (6.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) DHCP
1 15 (30.00%) DNS
2 11 (22.00%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (20.00%) Firewall
4 6 (12.00%) Network Security
5 5 (10.00%) LAN
5 5 (10.00%) VLAN
5 5 (10.00%) WAN
6 4 (8.00%) Internet
6 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
6 4 (8.00%) VoIP
6 4 (8.00%) Wireless
7 3 (6.00%) NAS
8 2 (4.00%) Broadband
9 1 (2.00%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (2.00%) BGP
9 1 (2.00%) DMVPN
9 1 (2.00%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Hudson
General
1 31 (62.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (50.00%) IT Support
2 16 (32.00%) Support Engineer
3 9 (18.00%) 1st Line Support
3 9 (18.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (18.00%) IT Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Analyst
4 8 (16.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) IT Support Specialist
5 6 (12.00%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (12.00%) IT Technician
5 6 (12.00%) Support Specialist
5 6 (12.00%) Support Technician
6 5 (10.00%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Support
7 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Support Technician
7 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Technician
8 3 (6.00%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (14.00%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (12.00%) EPoS
4 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.00%) Replication
6 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (56.00%) Windows 10
3 22 (44.00%) Windows Server
4 8 (16.00%) Linux
4 8 (16.00%) Windows 8
5 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (6.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (4.00%) Mac OS X
8 2 (4.00%) VMS
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (62.00%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (46.00%) Customer Service
3 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (12.00%) Data Analysis
4 6 (12.00%) Migration
5 3 (6.00%) Application Security
5 3 (6.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (6.00%) Project Management
5 3 (6.00%) Time Management
6 2 (4.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (2.00%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.00%) Communications Security
7 1 (2.00%) CRM
7 1 (2.00%) Email Management
7 1 (2.00%) ITIL
7 1 (2.00%) Mentoring
7 1 (2.00%) Software Deployment
7 1 (2.00%) Ticket Management
7 1 (2.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.00%) R
3 1 (2.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Azure Certification
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.00%) Degree
3 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.00%) CCNA
4 1 (2.00%) CCNP
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.00%) MCP
4 1 (2.00%) MCSE
4 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
2 6 (12.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 40 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (22.00%) Hyper-V
3 9 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 34 (68.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (34.00%) VMware
3 3 (6.00%) Sage
3 3 (6.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.00%) arcserve
4 2 (4.00%) Google
4 2 (4.00%) Nimsoft
5 1 (2.00%) Cisco
5 1 (2.00%) Meraki
5 1 (2.00%) NETGEAR
5 1 (2.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.00%) Remedy
5 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.00%) Ubiquiti