Microsoft Windows 7
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows 7 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows 7 over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 678 | 629 | 659 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -49 | +30 | +112 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 | 57 | 264 | 244 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.095% | 0.26% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.77% | 1.93% | 1.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 49 | 217 | 180 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £24,400 | £20,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,375 | £25,750 | £28,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £30,000 | £32,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.25% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,750 | £42,500 | £37,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £40,250 | £56,252 | £55,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,000 | £30,000 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +12.50% |
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 | 7,418 | 13,664 | 14,307 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 12.35% | 13.25% | 16.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,647 | 10,218 | 10,069 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £26,043 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,750 | £31,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £46,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.61% | -12.38% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,250 | £80,000 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -5.56% | - |
Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows 7
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.
Windows 7
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.
Windows 7
Top 14 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 16 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -43 | 50 | £30,000 | - | 29 |
| UK excluding London | -23 | 42 | £30,000 | - | 29 |
| Work from Home | +49 | 21 | £30,000 | -6.25% | 12 |
| London | +92 | 14 | £37,500 | +14.50% | 6 |
| Midlands | +42 | 13 | £31,500 | +18.87% | |
| South East | +9 | 12 | £27,000 | -25.00% | 11 |
| North of England | +36 | 10 | £35,000 | +25.00% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +46 | 9 | £31,500 | +16.67% | |
| North West | +16 | 7 | £40,000 | +33.33% | 5 |
| Scotland | +86 | 5 | £30,250 | +4.31% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +34 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | +30 | 3 | £30,000 | +1.69% | |
| South West | +59 | 1 | £29,290 | -2.37% | 2 |
| Wales | +27 | 1 | £34,000 | +23.64% | 1 |
Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: