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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 648 724
Rank change year-on-year +61 +76 -265
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 322 348 589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.30% 2.19% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 267 229 519
10th Percentile £23,500 £22,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,866 £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 £38,750 £36,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £42,650 £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 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
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 18 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 18 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 +75 314 £30,000 -4.76% 58
UK excluding London -35 271 £30,000 -4.76% 57
South East -7 111 £34,500 +9.52% 9
Work from Home +106 86 £30,500 -6.15% 11
London +98 50 £38,000 +11.76% 9
Midlands +26 48 £26,500 +10.42% 4
South West -18 44 £30,000 -14.29% 12
West Midlands +41 39 £26,500 +26.19% 3
North of England +23 34 £24,500 +8.89% 13
East of England +1 27 £33,000 -8.33% 11
Yorkshire +70 21 £29,500 +47.50% 8
North East -1 11 £24,500 +13.95%
East Midlands -2 9 £28,165 -1.18% 1
Scotland -61 4 £33,000 +1.54% 8
Wales +1 3 £27,500 -8.33% 1
North West -16 2 £250,000 +941.67% 5

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
1 108 (33.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (11.18%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.76%) Skype for Business
4 19 (5.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 16 (4.97%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (3.42%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.55%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.55%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.24%) Confluence
8 4 (1.24%) IIS
8 4 (1.24%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.31%) JOnAS
Applications
1 125 (38.82%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.62%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 191 (59.32%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (10.56%) Azure
3 10 (3.11%) AWS
4 8 (2.48%) GCP
5 6 (1.86%) IaaS
5 6 (1.86%) Mimecast
5 6 (1.86%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.86%) PaaS
5 6 (1.86%) SaaS
6 5 (1.55%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.55%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.11%) LAN
2 37 (11.49%) DNS
3 30 (9.32%) WAN
4 29 (9.01%) Skype
5 27 (8.39%) Cisco IOS
6 26 (8.07%) Firewall
6 26 (8.07%) TCP/IP
7 25 (7.76%) Telepresence
8 23 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (6.21%) VPN
10 18 (5.59%) SAN
10 18 (5.59%) Wireless
11 17 (5.28%) DHCP
12 16 (4.97%) VoIP
13 12 (3.73%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (2.17%) VLAN
14 7 (2.17%) WLAN
15 5 (1.55%) Internet
15 5 (1.55%) PSTN
16 3 (0.93%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.42%) MySQL
3 4 (1.24%) Metabase
4 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.62%) MS Access
5 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.86%) JIRA
2 4 (1.24%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.24%) InstallShield
2 4 (1.24%) MSI
2 4 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.12%) Organisational Skills
3 60 (18.63%) Finance
4 31 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (9.01%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.76%) Automotive
6 25 (7.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (4.35%) Back Office
7 14 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.04%) Retail
9 8 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.17%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.24%) Advertising
13 3 (0.93%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.62%) Games
14 2 (0.62%) Local Government
14 2 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (27.02%) Support Engineer
2 55 (17.08%) IT Support
3 42 (13.04%) Analyst
4 37 (11.49%) IT Engineer
5 34 (10.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 32 (9.94%) Desktop Support
7 31 (9.63%) Desktop Engineer
7 31 (9.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 29 (9.01%) 1st Line Support
8 29 (9.01%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (7.45%) IT Technician
11 23 (7.14%) Senior
12 20 (6.21%) 3rd Line Support
13 19 (5.90%) Support Analyst
14 18 (5.59%) Administrator
14 18 (5.59%) Systems Administrator
15 16 (4.97%) Support Technician
16 15 (4.66%) Service Analyst
17 14 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.17%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.46%) Driving Licence
2 33 (10.25%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.66%) Smartphone
5 12 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.48%) VAX
7 7 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.86%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.55%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.55%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.24%) Shadow IT
11 3 (0.93%) CCTV
12 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.62%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.62%) NHS
12 2 (0.62%) Replication
13 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.31%) Hedge funds
13 1 (0.31%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 322 (100.00%) Windows
2 266 (82.61%) Windows 10
3 122 (37.89%) Windows Server
4 95 (29.50%) Windows 8
5 66 (20.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 47 (14.60%) Windows Server 2008
7 46 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (10.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (9.32%) Linux
10 17 (5.28%) Apple iOS
11 15 (4.66%) Mac OS X
12 14 (4.35%) Android
13 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.93%) Unix
14 3 (0.93%) VMS
14 3 (0.93%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.62%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (47.20%) ITIL
2 108 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 31 (9.63%) Service Management
5 30 (9.32%) Asset Management
6 28 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (8.07%) Collaborative Working
8 25 (7.76%) Change Management
8 25 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (7.76%) Problem Management
8 25 (7.76%) Service Delivery
9 22 (6.83%) Migration
10 19 (5.90%) Break/Fix
11 18 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (5.59%) Roadmaps
12 17 (5.28%) Customer Requirements
12 17 (5.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 17 (5.28%) Decision-Making
13 15 (4.66%) Software Deployment
13 15 (4.66%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (22.36%) SQL
2 45 (13.98%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.11%) VB
4 4 (1.24%) C#
5 2 (0.62%) Python
6 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.31%) Swift
6 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (22.36%) Degree
2 65 (20.19%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.94%) DV Cleared
3 32 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 25 (7.76%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.76%) MBA
5 19 (5.90%) DBS Check
6 17 (5.28%) HNC
7 13 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.93%) MCSE
9 1 (0.31%) MCP
9 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.97%) SLA
2 2 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 185 (57.45%) Active Directory
2 97 (30.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (15.84%) Hyper-V
3 51 (15.84%) XenApp
4 43 (13.35%) VirtualBox
4 43 (13.35%) XenDesktop
5 14 (4.35%) KVM
6 13 (4.04%) vSphere
7 9 (2.80%) Firmware
8 5 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (21.12%) SCCM
2 17 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.80%) WSUS
4 8 (2.48%) EMC VPLEX
4 8 (2.48%) Nagios
5 6 (1.86%) NetCrunch
6 5 (1.55%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.55%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.55%) SCOM
7 4 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.93%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.93%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.31%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 235 (72.98%) Microsoft
2 111 (34.47%) VMware
3 70 (21.74%) Citrix
4 48 (14.91%) Apple
5 41 (12.73%) Cisco
6 25 (7.76%) Polycom
7 20 (6.21%) Veeam
8 14 (4.35%) HP
9 13 (4.04%) McAfee
10 12 (3.73%) MobileIron
11 11 (3.42%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.42%) ServiceNow
11 11 (3.42%) Symantec
12 9 (2.80%) EMC
13 8 (2.48%) Centreon
13 8 (2.48%) Sybase
14 7 (2.17%) Ivanti
14 7 (2.17%) Meraki
14 7 (2.17%) Red Hat
15 6 (1.86%) Bloomberg