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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 567 539
Rank change year-on-year -91 -28 +101
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 50 56 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.13% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.92% 0.88% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 44 50 294
10th Percentile - £27,000 £23,900
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £40,000 £39,375
90th Percentile - £48,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +11.67% - -1.23%

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 5,433 6,344 13,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.31% 15.26% 14.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,971 4,377 11,026
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -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 April 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 17 April 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 49 £32,500 +6.56% 9
UK excluding London -79 41 £33,500 +11.67% 10
South East -28 18 £58,000 +114.81% 1
North West -10 15 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -49 15 £26,250 -25.00%
London -7 9 £32,500 -7.14%
Work from Home -20 5 £27,000 -10.00% 2
West Midlands -26 5 £25,000 -12.28% 1
Midlands -60 5 £25,000 -16.67% 1
East of England -24 2 - - 7
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 33 (66.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (32.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (8.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (8.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (24.00%) Azure
3 11 (22.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (38.00%) DHCP
1 19 (38.00%) DNS
2 16 (32.00%) WAN
3 11 (22.00%) Firewall
4 10 (20.00%) SD-WAN
5 7 (14.00%) TCP/IP
6 6 (12.00%) LAN
7 4 (8.00%) 3G
7 4 (8.00%) 4G
7 4 (8.00%) ADSL
7 4 (8.00%) VDSL
8 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (34.00%) Oracle Database
2 16 (32.00%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 20 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) Dutch Language
4 3 (6.00%) French Language
4 3 (6.00%) Retail
5 2 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (44.00%) Support Engineer
2 17 (34.00%) IT Support
3 16 (32.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 16 (32.00%) Systems Support
4 15 (30.00%) IT Engineer
5 14 (28.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
6 10 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
6 10 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 8 (16.00%) Technical Support
8 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (8.00%) Support Technician
8 4 (8.00%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Network Support
9 3 (6.00%) Network Support Technician
9 3 (6.00%) Network Technician
10 2 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.00%) Digital Signage
4 2 (4.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (54.00%) Windows 10
3 18 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (34.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (32.00%) HPUX
5 16 (32.00%) Solaris
5 16 (32.00%) Unix
6 12 (24.00%) Windows 8
6 12 (24.00%) Windows Server
7 3 (6.00%) Windows XP
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (2.00%) AIX
9 1 (2.00%) Android
9 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
9 1 (2.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (32.00%) Incident Management
2 16 (32.00%) ITIL
3 10 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 10 (20.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 10 (20.00%) Service Management
4 6 (12.00%) Project Management
4 6 (12.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (8.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (8.00%) Fintech
5 4 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (4.00%) Email Management
6 2 (4.00%) Inventory Control
6 2 (4.00%) Inventory Management
6 2 (4.00%) Ticket Management
7 1 (2.00%) Security Patching
7 1 (2.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) Perl
1 16 (32.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (36.00%) SC Cleared
1 18 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (32.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (10.00%) Degree
4 5 (10.00%) MCSA
4 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (8.00%) MCDST
5 4 (8.00%) MCITP
6 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (36.00%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (66.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (22.00%) Hyper-V
2 11 (22.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) Autotask
1 10 (20.00%) SCCM
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.00%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (8.00%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 35 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (54.00%) VMware
3 17 (34.00%) Oracle
4 10 (20.00%) ESET
4 10 (20.00%) Google
5 8 (16.00%) Dell
5 8 (16.00%) HP
6 4 (8.00%) Apple
6 4 (8.00%) Bloomberg
6 4 (8.00%) Cisco
6 4 (8.00%) Remedy
6 4 (8.00%) Reuters
7 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.00%) Citrix
8 1 (2.00%) IBM
8 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds