Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 7 over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 592 633 725
Rank change year-on-year +41 +92 -253
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 317 338 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.28% 2.14% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 263 219 514
10th Percentile £24,250 £22,490 £21,325
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,933 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -10.77%
75th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £54,750 £42,500 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -5.17%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 7 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,934 15,823 30,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 16.06% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,696 10,615 16,434
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 16 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 May 2024. 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 +84 309 £30,000 -4.76% 54
UK excluding London -5 266 £30,000 -4.76% 52
South East -1 109 £34,500 +9.52% 10
Work from Home +95 85 £30,500 -6.15% 10
London +108 50 £38,000 +8.57% 8
Midlands +24 47 £26,500 +17.78% 5
South West -4 44 £30,000 -14.29% 12
West Midlands +35 38 £26,500 +26.19% 4
North of England +11 32 £25,000 +16.28% 13
East of England +5 27 £33,000 -3.65% 5
Yorkshire +67 19 £29,500 +47.50% 6
North East 0 11 £24,500 +16.67%
East Midlands 0 9 £28,165 -1.18% 1
Scotland -56 4 £33,000 +1.54% 7
Wales +4 3 £27,500 -11.29% 1
North West -19 2 £250,000 +941.67% 7

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
1 105 (33.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (11.36%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.89%) Skype for Business
4 19 (5.99%) Exchange Server 2010
5 16 (5.05%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (3.47%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.58%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.58%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.26%) Confluence
8 4 (1.26%) IIS
8 4 (1.26%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.32%) JOnAS
Applications
1 124 (39.12%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.63%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 187 (58.99%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (10.73%) Azure
3 10 (3.15%) AWS
4 8 (2.52%) GCP
5 6 (1.89%) IaaS
5 6 (1.89%) Mimecast
5 6 (1.89%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.89%) PaaS
5 6 (1.89%) SaaS
6 5 (1.58%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.58%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.99%) LAN
2 37 (11.67%) DNS
3 30 (9.46%) WAN
4 29 (9.15%) Skype
5 27 (8.52%) Cisco IOS
6 26 (8.20%) Firewall
6 26 (8.20%) TCP/IP
7 25 (7.89%) Telepresence
8 23 (7.26%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (6.31%) VPN
10 18 (5.68%) SAN
10 18 (5.68%) Wireless
11 17 (5.36%) DHCP
12 16 (5.05%) VoIP
13 12 (3.79%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (2.21%) VLAN
14 7 (2.21%) WLAN
15 5 (1.58%) Internet
15 5 (1.58%) PSTN
16 3 (0.95%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.47%) MySQL
3 4 (1.26%) Metabase
4 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.63%) MS Access
5 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.89%) JIRA
2 5 (1.58%) AdminStudio
2 5 (1.58%) InstallShield
2 5 (1.58%) MSI
3 4 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 111 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.82%) Organisational Skills
3 61 (19.24%) Finance
4 29 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.15%) Telecoms
5 25 (7.89%) Automotive
5 25 (7.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.10%) Back Office
7 13 (4.10%) Retail
8 9 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.21%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.26%) Advertising
12 3 (0.95%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.63%) Games
13 2 (0.63%) Military
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 86 (27.13%) Support Engineer
2 53 (16.72%) IT Support
3 42 (13.25%) Analyst
4 37 (11.67%) IT Engineer
5 34 (10.73%) 2nd Line Support
6 31 (9.78%) Desktop Support
7 30 (9.46%) Desktop Engineer
7 30 (9.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 29 (9.15%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (8.20%) 1st Line Support
9 26 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (7.57%) IT Technician
11 23 (7.26%) Senior
12 20 (6.31%) 3rd Line Support
13 19 (5.99%) Support Analyst
14 18 (5.68%) Administrator
14 18 (5.68%) Systems Administrator
15 16 (5.05%) Support Technician
16 15 (4.73%) Service Analyst
17 14 (4.42%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.21%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.40%) Driving Licence
2 33 (10.41%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (7.57%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.73%) Smartphone
5 12 (3.79%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.52%) VAX
7 7 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.89%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.58%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.58%) Shadow IT
9 5 (1.58%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.26%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (0.95%) CCTV
12 2 (0.63%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.63%) NHS
12 2 (0.63%) Replication
13 1 (0.32%) CMDB
13 1 (0.32%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.32%) Hedge funds
13 1 (0.32%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 317 (100.00%) Windows
2 261 (82.33%) Windows 10
3 121 (38.17%) Windows Server
4 91 (28.71%) Windows 8
5 66 (20.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 47 (14.83%) Windows Server 2008
7 46 (14.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (10.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (9.46%) Linux
10 15 (4.73%) Apple iOS
10 15 (4.73%) Mac OS X
11 14 (4.42%) Android
12 7 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (2.21%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.95%) Unix
13 3 (0.95%) VMS
13 3 (0.95%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.63%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (46.69%) ITIL
2 103 (32.49%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (25.55%) Customer Service
4 31 (9.78%) Service Management
5 29 (9.15%) Asset Management
6 28 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (8.20%) Collaborative Working
8 25 (7.89%) Change Management
8 25 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (7.57%) Problem Management
10 23 (7.26%) Migration
10 23 (7.26%) Service Delivery
11 19 (5.99%) Break/Fix
12 18 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (5.68%) Roadmaps
13 17 (5.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 17 (5.36%) Decision-Making
14 16 (5.05%) Customer Requirements
15 15 (4.73%) Software Deployment
15 15 (4.73%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.40%) SQL
2 46 (14.51%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.47%) VB
4 5 (1.58%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) Python
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.32%) Swift
6 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (23.03%) Degree
2 64 (20.19%) Security Cleared
3 31 (9.78%) DV Cleared
3 31 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 25 (7.89%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.89%) MBA
5 19 (5.99%) DBS Check
6 17 (5.36%) HNC
7 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.95%) MCSE
9 1 (0.32%) MCP
9 1 (0.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.42%) SLA
2 2 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 183 (57.73%) Active Directory
2 97 (30.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (15.77%) Hyper-V
3 50 (15.77%) XenApp
4 42 (13.25%) VirtualBox
4 42 (13.25%) XenDesktop
5 13 (4.10%) KVM
5 13 (4.10%) vSphere
6 8 (2.52%) Firmware
7 5 (1.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (21.45%) SCCM
2 16 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.15%) WSUS
4 8 (2.52%) EMC VPLEX
4 8 (2.52%) Nagios
5 6 (1.89%) NetCrunch
6 5 (1.58%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.58%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.58%) SCOM
7 4 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.95%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.95%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.32%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.32%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.32%) WMI
Vendors
1 231 (72.87%) Microsoft
2 111 (35.02%) VMware
3 69 (21.77%) Citrix
4 48 (15.14%) Apple
5 41 (12.93%) Cisco
6 25 (7.89%) Polycom
7 20 (6.31%) Veeam
8 13 (4.10%) HP
8 13 (4.10%) McAfee
9 12 (3.79%) MobileIron
9 12 (3.79%) ServiceNow
10 11 (3.47%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.47%) Symantec
11 9 (2.84%) EMC
12 8 (2.52%) Centreon
12 8 (2.52%) Sybase
13 7 (2.21%) Ivanti
13 7 (2.21%) Meraki
13 7 (2.21%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.89%) Bloomberg