Windows 7 Jobs

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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 592 642
Rank change year-on-year -58 +50 +47
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 56 324 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.82% 2.31% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50 268 235
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,500 £22,600
25th Percentile £27,875 £25,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £30,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +8.62%
75th Percentile £40,000 £38,813 £36,000
90th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £42,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +12.73%

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 6,800 14,005 16,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.43% 14.12% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,527 10,789 10,915
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,101 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.65% -5.56% -

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.

Salary trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 15 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 11 May 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 -94 53 £31,000 +3.33% 40
UK excluding London -28 45 £30,000 - 35
Work from Home +88 22 £30,000 -1.64% 14
Midlands +31 16 £31,500 +18.87% 4
South East +1 12 £27,000 -21.74% 7
London +69 10 £37,500 -1.32% 10
North of England +41 10 £35,000 +42.86% 6
East Midlands +44 9 £31,500 +11.84% 3
West Midlands +26 7 £28,500 +7.55%
North West +7 7 £40,000 -84.00% 6
South West +69 3 £47,500 +58.33% 11
Yorkshire +50 3 £30,000 +1.69%
East of England +14 2 £52,500 +59.09% 5
Scotland +118 1 £29,000 -12.12% 4
Wales +37 1 £34,000 +23.64%

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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.93%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (8.93%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.79%) IIS
3 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (58.93%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.79%) 1Password
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (55.36%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (19.64%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (28.57%) DHCP
1 16 (28.57%) DNS
2 9 (16.07%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (14.29%) Firewall
4 6 (10.71%) Network Security
5 5 (8.93%) LAN
5 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
5 5 (8.93%) VoIP
5 5 (8.93%) WAN
6 4 (7.14%) VLAN
6 4 (7.14%) Wireless
7 3 (5.36%) Broadband
8 2 (3.57%) Internet
9 1 (1.79%) ADSL
9 1 (1.79%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (1.79%) BGP
9 1 (1.79%) DMVPN
9 1 (1.79%) EIGRP
9 1 (1.79%) NAS
9 1 (1.79%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Hudson
General
1 33 (58.93%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.57%) Retail
6 1 (1.79%) Finance
6 1 (1.79%) Games
6 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (42.86%) IT Support
2 15 (26.79%) Support Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (16.07%) Analyst
4 9 (16.07%) IT Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
5 8 (14.29%) IT Technician
5 8 (14.29%) Support Technician
6 6 (10.71%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (10.71%) Support Specialist
6 6 (10.71%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.93%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Technician
8 4 (7.14%) Service Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (7.14%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 8 (14.29%) EPoS
3 6 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (48.21%) Windows 10
3 22 (39.29%) Windows Server
4 11 (19.64%) Windows 8
5 10 (17.86%) Linux
6 8 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (8.93%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.57%) Mac OS X
8 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.79%) OpenBSD
9 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.79%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.79%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (48.21%) Customer Service
3 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.71%) Data Analysis
4 6 (10.71%) Migration
5 5 (8.93%) Incident Management
5 5 (8.93%) Time Management
6 4 (7.14%) Application Security
7 3 (5.36%) Project Management
7 3 (5.36%) Software Deployment
7 3 (5.36%) User Experience
8 2 (3.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (3.57%) Trend Analysis
9 1 (1.79%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.79%) Coaching
9 1 (1.79%) Communications Security
9 1 (1.79%) Email Management
9 1 (1.79%) Mentoring
9 1 (1.79%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.93%) SQL
3 3 (5.36%) VB
4 1 (1.79%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 7 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) Degree
4 3 (5.36%) MCP
4 3 (5.36%) MCSE
5 1 (1.79%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.79%) CCNA
5 1 (1.79%) CCNP
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) SLA
2 6 (10.71%) GDPR
System Software
1 45 (80.36%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.43%) Hyper-V
2 12 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (5.36%) SCCM
1 3 (5.36%) WMI
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 21 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (5.36%) Remedy
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco
4 2 (3.57%) Google
5 1 (1.79%) Meraki
5 1 (1.79%) NETGEAR
5 1 (1.79%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.79%) Sage
5 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.79%) Ubiquiti