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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 712 618 629
Rank change year-on-year -94 +11 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 38 53 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.039% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.64% 0.78% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 30 45 238
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,000 £24,425
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,375 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £42,438
90th Percentile £34,550 £40,750 £55,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 5,981 6,753 13,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.19% 14.29% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,499 4,469 10,616
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,996
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.60% -12.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -72 37 £30,000 - 5
UK excluding London -69 33 £30,000 - 4
North West -1 14 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -30 14 £26,250 -25.00%
East of England - 10 £33,000 - 3
West Midlands -21 5 £25,000 -
Midlands -30 5 £25,000 -20.63%
London -33 5 £42,000 +12.00% 2
Work from Home -16 4 £27,000 -8.47% 1
South East -34 3 - - 1
Wales -41 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 28 (73.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (34.21%) Exchange Server 2007
2 13 (34.21%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (34.21%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (10.53%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.63%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (31.58%) Azure
3 8 (21.05%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (31.58%) WAN
2 11 (28.95%) DNS
3 9 (23.68%) Firewall
4 7 (18.42%) SD-WAN
5 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
6 5 (13.16%) LAN
7 4 (10.53%) Skype
8 2 (5.26%) DHCP
9 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (39.47%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Dutch Language
4 3 (7.89%) French Language
4 3 (7.89%) Retail
5 1 (2.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Support Engineer
2 19 (50.00%) IT Support
3 17 (44.74%) IT Engineer
4 16 (42.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (26.32%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (18.42%) 1st Line Engineer
6 7 (18.42%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 7 (18.42%) Technical Support
7 5 (13.16%) Support Technician
8 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (7.89%) IT Support Technician
9 3 (7.89%) IT Technician
10 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 1 (2.63%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 1 (2.63%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.63%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (55.26%) Windows 10
3 16 (42.11%) Windows 8
4 9 (23.68%) Linux
4 9 (23.68%) Windows Server
5 3 (7.89%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (31.58%) ITIL
3 9 (23.68%) Service Management
4 7 (18.42%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (18.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 6 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.16%) ITSM
6 5 (13.16%) Migration
6 5 (13.16%) Project Management
7 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (10.53%) Disk Encryption
7 4 (10.53%) Fintech
7 4 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (7.89%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (7.89%) Web Filtering
9 2 (5.26%) User Experience
10 1 (2.63%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.26%) VB
1 2 (5.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
1 4 (10.53%) MCDST
1 4 (10.53%) MCITP
1 4 (10.53%) MCSA
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.05%) Hyper-V
2 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (18.42%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (10.53%) BitLocker
5 2 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) SCCM
2 7 (18.42%) Autotask
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.53%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 27 (71.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.05%) Dell
2 8 (21.05%) HP
2 8 (21.05%) VMware
3 7 (18.42%) ESET
3 7 (18.42%) Google
4 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
5 4 (10.53%) Apple
5 4 (10.53%) Bloomberg
5 4 (10.53%) Cisco
5 4 (10.53%) Remedy
5 4 (10.53%) Reuters
6 3 (7.89%) Aruba
6 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
6 3 (7.89%) Juniper
7 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds