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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 6 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 699 | 597 | 570 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -102 | -27 | +59 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 27 | 55 | 330 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.030% | 0.13% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.51% | 0.83% | 2.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 49 | 273 |
| 10th Percentile | £22,500 | £27,000 | £23,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,875 | £28,250 | £25,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £26,250 | £31,500 | £30,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +5.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £33,750 | £40,000 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £33,975 | £44,750 | £53,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £26,250 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | -3.23% |
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 | 5,339 | 6,597 | 13,703 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.85% | 15.18% | 14.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,891 | 4,408 | 10,857 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,625 | £27,500 | £25,760 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £33,199 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +5.56% | -14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,938 | £67,500 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £40,500 | £42,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.23% | -4.71% | -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
Salary Trend
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 6 May 2026.
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 6 May 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 | -61 | 26 | £26,250 | -16.00% | 16 |
| UK excluding London | -93 | 18 | £26,250 | -12.50% | 15 |
| North West | -19 | 11 | £26,250 | -34.38% | 6 |
| North of England | -49 | 11 | £26,250 | -25.00% | 6 |
| London | -28 | 9 | £32,500 | -13.33% | 1 |
| West Midlands | -23 | 5 | £25,000 | -12.28% | 1 |
| Midlands | -46 | 5 | £25,000 | -20.63% | 1 |
| Work from Home | -6 | 4 | £27,000 | -10.00% | 1 |
| East of England | -14 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Wales | -28 | 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: