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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 592 641 689
Rank change year-on-year +49 +48 -221
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 324 355 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.31% 2.20% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 268 235 531
10th Percentile £23,500 £22,600 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £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 £38,813 £36,000 £37,381
90th Percentile £53,750 £42,950 £51,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -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 14,005 16,129 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 15.97% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,789 10,915 16,509
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
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 10 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 10 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 +81 315 £30,000 -4.76% 41
UK excluding London -22 272 £30,000 -3.23% 39
South East +1 113 £34,500 +9.52% 6
Work from Home +99 90 £30,500 -6.15% 6
London +105 51 £38,000 +11.76% 8
Midlands +20 50 £26,500 -3.64%
West Midlands +30 41 £26,500 +10.42%
South West -16 41 £30,000 -14.29% 11
North of England +18 32 £24,500 +8.89% 8
East of England +12 28 £33,000 +1.54% 6
Yorkshire +74 20 £29,500 +47.50% 5
North East -2 10 £24,500 +13.95% 1
East Midlands -10 9 £28,165 -0.30%
Scotland -56 5 £33,000 +1.54% 7
Wales +1 3 £27,500 -8.33% 1
North West -17 2 £250,000 +941.67% 2

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
1 113 (34.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (11.42%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.72%) Skype for Business
4 20 (6.17%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (5.25%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (3.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.54%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.54%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.23%) Confluence
8 4 (1.23%) IIS
8 4 (1.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.31%) JOnAS
Applications
1 123 (37.96%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.62%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 194 (59.88%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (10.80%) Azure
3 10 (3.09%) AWS
4 8 (2.47%) GCP
5 6 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.85%) IaaS
5 6 (1.85%) Mimecast
5 6 (1.85%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.85%) PaaS
5 6 (1.85%) SaaS
6 5 (1.54%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.35%) LAN
2 37 (11.42%) DNS
3 31 (9.57%) WAN
4 29 (8.95%) Skype
5 27 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
5 27 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 26 (8.02%) Firewall
7 25 (7.72%) Telepresence
8 22 (6.79%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (6.17%) VPN
10 18 (5.56%) SAN
10 18 (5.56%) VoIP
10 18 (5.56%) Wireless
11 16 (4.94%) DHCP
12 12 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (2.16%) VLAN
13 7 (2.16%) WLAN
14 5 (1.54%) Internet
14 5 (1.54%) PSTN
15 3 (0.93%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.40%) MySQL
3 4 (1.23%) Metabase
4 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.62%) MS Access
5 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.54%) JIRA
2 4 (1.23%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.23%) InstallShield
2 4 (1.23%) MSI
2 4 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 117 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.68%) Organisational Skills
3 60 (18.52%) Finance
4 31 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.95%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.72%) Automotive
6 25 (7.72%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (4.32%) Back Office
7 14 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.01%) Retail
9 8 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.16%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.23%) Advertising
14 3 (0.93%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.62%) Games
15 2 (0.62%) Local Government
15 2 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 86 (26.54%) Support Engineer
2 56 (17.28%) IT Support
3 41 (12.65%) Analyst
4 38 (11.73%) 2nd Line Support
4 38 (11.73%) IT Engineer
5 30 (9.26%) 1st Line Support
5 30 (9.26%) Desktop Support
5 30 (9.26%) IT Support Engineer
6 29 (8.95%) Desktop Engineer
6 29 (8.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 26 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (7.41%) IT Technician
9 23 (7.10%) Senior
10 21 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support
11 19 (5.86%) Support Analyst
12 18 (5.56%) Administrator
12 18 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
13 16 (4.94%) Support Technician
14 14 (4.32%) IT Analyst
14 14 (4.32%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.16%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.05%) Driving Licence
2 33 (10.19%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.01%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.01%) Smartphone
5 8 (2.47%) VAX
6 7 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.85%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.54%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.54%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.23%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (1.23%) Shadow IT
10 3 (0.93%) CCTV
11 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.62%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.62%) NHS
12 1 (0.31%) CMDB
12 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.31%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 324 (100.00%) Windows
2 267 (82.41%) Windows 10
3 126 (38.89%) Windows Server
4 98 (30.25%) Windows 8
5 66 (20.37%) Windows Server 2012
6 49 (15.12%) Windows Server 2008
7 46 (14.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (10.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (9.26%) Linux
10 17 (5.25%) Apple iOS
11 15 (4.63%) Android
11 15 (4.63%) Mac OS X
12 7 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.93%) Unix
13 3 (0.93%) VMS
13 3 (0.93%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.62%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (47.53%) ITIL
2 108 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (26.23%) Customer Service
4 31 (9.57%) Service Management
5 30 (9.26%) Asset Management
6 28 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (8.02%) Problem Management
8 25 (7.72%) Change Management
8 25 (7.72%) Collaborative Working
8 25 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (7.72%) Service Delivery
9 23 (7.10%) Migration
10 18 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (5.56%) Roadmaps
11 17 (5.25%) Break/Fix
11 17 (5.25%) Customer Requirements
11 17 (5.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 17 (5.25%) Decision-Making
12 15 (4.63%) Software Deployment
13 13 (4.01%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 74 (22.84%) SQL
2 46 (14.20%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.09%) VB
4 4 (1.23%) 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 74 (22.84%) Degree
2 63 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.88%) DV Cleared
4 30 (9.26%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 25 (7.72%) Master's Degree
5 25 (7.72%) MBA
6 19 (5.86%) DBS Check
7 17 (5.25%) HNC
8 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.93%) MCSE
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.31%) MCP
10 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.25%) SLA
2 2 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 188 (58.02%) Active Directory
2 99 (30.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (16.36%) Hyper-V
3 53 (16.36%) XenApp
4 45 (13.89%) VirtualBox
4 45 (13.89%) XenDesktop
5 14 (4.32%) KVM
6 13 (4.01%) vSphere
7 9 (2.78%) Firmware
8 6 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (20.99%) SCCM
2 18 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.78%) WSUS
4 8 (2.47%) EMC VPLEX
4 8 (2.47%) Nagios
5 6 (1.85%) AirWatch
5 6 (1.85%) NetCrunch
6 5 (1.54%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.54%) SCOM
7 4 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.93%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.31%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 235 (72.53%) Microsoft
2 114 (35.19%) VMware
3 72 (22.22%) Citrix
4 50 (15.43%) Apple
5 41 (12.65%) Cisco
6 25 (7.72%) Polycom
7 19 (5.86%) Veeam
8 15 (4.63%) HP
9 13 (4.01%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.70%) Symantec
11 11 (3.40%) McAfee
11 11 (3.40%) Palo Alto
12 10 (3.09%) MobileIron
13 9 (2.78%) EMC
14 8 (2.47%) Centreon
14 8 (2.47%) Sybase
15 7 (2.16%) Ivanti
15 7 (2.16%) Meraki
15 7 (2.16%) Red Hat
16 6 (1.85%) Splunk