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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 631 554
Rank change year-on-year +41 -77 +151
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 74 108 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.16% 0.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.30% 1.23% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 68 74 148
10th Percentile - £26,250 £24,775
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +13.85% +3.17%
75th Percentile £59,500 £47,500 £49,063
90th Percentile - £56,252 £55,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £37,000 £30,572
% change year-on-year -10.81% +21.02% -1.38%

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 5,679 8,801 9,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.35% 12.98% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,046 5,143 7,406
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,050
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.44% +0.11%

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 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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 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
UK excluding London +60 66 £33,000 -10.81% 23
England +82 63 £33,750 -8.78% 25
South East +73 45 £41,750 -25.78% 7
Work from Home +50 15 £27,000 -20.59% 7
Scotland +1 11 £33,000 - 1
London +40 8 £37,500 -31.82% 7
North West +28 5 £27,500 - 3
North of England +2 5 £27,500 -1.79% 3
West Midlands +43 2 £25,000 -12.28% 2
Midlands +43 2 £25,000 -12.28% 3
East of England +19 2 £34,000 -20.00% 6
South West +31 1 £29,290 -20.84% 2

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 38 (51.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (29.73%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (14.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (5.41%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (4.05%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (4.05%) JOnAS
5 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.68%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.05%) Azure
2 3 (4.05%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 31 (41.89%) DNS
2 28 (37.84%) DHCP
3 8 (10.81%) VLAN
4 7 (9.46%) Firewall
5 5 (6.76%) IP Telephony
5 5 (6.76%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.05%) Internet
6 3 (4.05%) NAS
6 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.70%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.70%) WAN
8 1 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (31.08%) Oracle Database
2 22 (29.73%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
General
1 17 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.16%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.35%) Advertising
3 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) IT Support
1 22 (29.73%) Systems Support
2 21 (28.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 14 (18.92%) Technical Support
4 12 (16.22%) Support Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) IT Support Specialist
5 8 (10.81%) Support Specialist
6 7 (9.46%) 1st Line Support
7 6 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.11%) Analyst
7 6 (8.11%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.76%) Graduate
8 5 (6.76%) Graduate Analyst
8 5 (6.76%) Graduate Support Analyst
8 5 (6.76%) IT Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Desktop Support
9 3 (4.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) 1st Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.68%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (16.22%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.76%) iPad
3 5 (6.76%) iPhone
3 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.05%) Replication
5 1 (1.35%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) PKI
5 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.35%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 74 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (35.14%) Windows 10
3 25 (33.78%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (31.08%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (29.73%) HPUX
5 22 (29.73%) Solaris
5 22 (29.73%) Unix
6 10 (13.51%) Windows Server
7 9 (12.16%) Windows 8
8 5 (6.76%) Android
8 5 (6.76%) Mac OS
8 5 (6.76%) VMS
9 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (2.70%) OpenVMS
10 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (1.35%) AIX
11 1 (1.35%) Linux
11 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.30%) Incident Management
2 28 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.38%) Customer Service
4 14 (18.92%) Time Management
5 8 (10.81%) Asset Management
6 6 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (6.76%) Email Management
8 4 (5.41%) Service Delivery
9 3 (4.05%) Customer Experience
9 3 (4.05%) ITIL
9 3 (4.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 3 (4.05%) Service Management
10 2 (2.70%) Identity Access Management
10 2 (2.70%) Inventory Control
10 2 (2.70%) Inventory Management
10 2 (2.70%) Proactive Maintenance
11 1 (1.35%) Break/Fix
11 1 (1.35%) Proactive Monitoring
11 1 (1.35%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 22 (29.73%) Perl
1 22 (29.73%) PowerShell
2 15 (20.27%) SQL
3 1 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
2 25 (33.78%) SC Cleared
3 24 (32.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (32.43%) SLA
2 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 40 (54.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.76%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Autotask
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.05%) SCCM
2 2 (2.70%) NetBackup
2 2 (2.70%) WSUS
3 1 (1.35%) WMI
Vendors
1 45 (60.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (37.84%) VMware
3 25 (33.78%) Oracle
4 5 (6.76%) HP
4 5 (6.76%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.05%) arcserve
5 3 (4.05%) ESET
5 3 (4.05%) Google
5 3 (4.05%) Nimsoft
5 3 (4.05%) Sage
6 2 (2.70%) Dell
6 2 (2.70%) Veeam
6 2 (2.70%) Veritas
7 1 (1.35%) Citrix
7 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.35%) IBM
7 1 (1.35%) McAfee
7 1 (1.35%) MobileIron