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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 621 604
Rank change year-on-year -86 -17 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 34 50 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.11% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.58% 0.76% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27 43 248
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,100
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,250
90th Percentile £34,700 £41,000 £55,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £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 5,825 6,617 14,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.15% 14.65% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,375 4,325 10,730
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -67 33 £27,000 -10.00% 6
UK excluding London -76 29 £27,000 -10.00% 6
North West +15 14 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -27 14 £26,250 -25.00%
East of England - 7 £33,000 - 3
West Midlands -21 5 £25,000 -
London -36 5 £42,000 +12.00% 1
Midlands -45 5 £25,000 -20.63%
Work from Home -3 4 £27,000 -10.00% 1
South East -33 2 - - 3
Wales -43 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 24 (70.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (11.76%) Skype for Business
4 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.94%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (32.35%) Azure
3 8 (23.53%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (35.29%) WAN
2 9 (26.47%) Firewall
3 8 (23.53%) DNS
4 7 (20.59%) SD-WAN
5 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
6 5 (14.71%) LAN
7 4 (11.76%) Skype
8 2 (5.88%) DHCP
9 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (44.12%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Dutch Language
4 3 (8.82%) French Language
4 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Support Engineer
2 17 (50.00%) IT Engineer
3 16 (47.06%) IT Support
3 16 (47.06%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (20.59%) 1st Line Engineer
5 7 (20.59%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 7 (20.59%) Technical Support
6 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 2 (5.88%) Support Technician
8 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Service Desk Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.94%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (58.82%) Windows 10
3 13 (38.24%) Windows 8
4 9 (26.47%) Windows Server
5 6 (17.65%) Linux
6 3 (8.82%) Windows XP
7 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.94%) Mac OS X
8 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (35.29%) ITIL
3 9 (26.47%) Service Management
4 7 (20.59%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (20.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
5 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (11.76%) Disk Encryption
6 4 (11.76%) Fintech
6 4 (11.76%) ITSM
6 4 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (5.88%) Customer Experience
8 2 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (5.88%) Migration
8 2 (5.88%) User Experience
8 2 (5.88%) Web Filtering
9 1 (2.94%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.88%) VB
1 2 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
1 4 (11.76%) MCDST
1 4 (11.76%) MCITP
1 4 (11.76%) MCSA
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
2 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
2 8 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (20.59%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (11.76%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (32.35%) SCCM
2 7 (20.59%) Autotask
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (11.76%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) Dell
2 8 (23.53%) HP
2 8 (23.53%) VMware
3 7 (20.59%) ESET
3 7 (20.59%) Google
4 4 (11.76%) Apple
4 4 (11.76%) Bloomberg
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco
4 4 (11.76%) Remedy
4 4 (11.76%) Reuters
4 4 (11.76%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.88%) Aruba
5 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.88%) Juniper
6 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds