Windows 7 Contracts

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 397 374
Rank change year-on-year +7 -23 -19
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 206 311 592
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.56% 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.52% 3.46% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 224 355
10th Percentile £122 £134 £130
25th Percentile £150 £160 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £231 £293 £294
90th Percentile £334 £526 £438
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £205 £188
% change year-on-year +2.69% +9.07% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 16 55
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.70 £11.01
25th Percentile £14.27 £16.54 £13.81
Median hourly rate £17.70 £18.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +12.12% +6.73%
75th Percentile £22.00 £29.21 £22.25
90th Percentile £24.17 £49.38 £23.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.71 £18.50 £16.12
% change year-on-year -4.27% +14.76% +4.47%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,850 9,001 13,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.46% 16.14% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,914 6,271 8,890
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £308 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £614
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 393 569
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.08 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.51 £43.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.55% +98.86% +25.71%
75th Percentile £62.13 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £39.05 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.08% +95.25% +21.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +17 182 £200 -1.96% 47
UK excluding London -26 131 £210 +2.69% 51
London +72 69 £175 -10.26% 3
South East -26 54 £215 +2.38% 7
Midlands +35 36 £150 -31.82% 7
East Midlands +33 31 £150 -14.29% 2
Work from Home +105 30 £300 +1.69% 12
Scotland +36 16 £213 +32.81% 9
South West -3 10 £195 -44.29% 10
North of England 0 9 £253 +32.89% 15
Yorkshire +6 5 £340 +87.59% 7
West Midlands +5 5 £225 -4.26% 5
North West +11 4 £168 -16.25% 7
East of England +3 4 £105 -55.79% 4
Northern Ireland -7 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 28 (13.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.31%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (6.31%) Exchange Server 2013
3 11 (5.34%) SharePoint
4 9 (4.37%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 96 (46.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.97%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.49%) Eikon
2 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.49%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 61 (29.61%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.28%) Azure
3 11 (5.34%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.91%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.46%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.49%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 59 (28.64%) VPN
2 43 (20.87%) DNS
3 31 (15.05%) DHCP
4 15 (7.28%) LAN
4 15 (7.28%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (5.34%) Firewall
6 9 (4.37%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (3.88%) Skype
7 8 (3.88%) Wireless
8 5 (2.43%) VoIP
9 4 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.46%) WAN
11 2 (0.97%) NetScaler
11 2 (0.97%) Network Security
11 2 (0.97%) SAN
11 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.97%) Telepresence
11 2 (0.97%) VLAN
12 1 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.97%) MSI
2 1 (0.49%) Hudson
2 1 (0.49%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 81 (39.32%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (13.59%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (13.11%) Finance
5 15 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.83%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.37%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.88%) Banking
9 8 (3.88%) Retail
10 4 (1.94%) Electronics
10 4 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.94%) Marketing
11 2 (0.97%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (27.67%) Support Engineer
2 46 (22.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 43 (20.87%) Desktop Support
4 35 (16.99%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 26 (12.62%) IT Support
6 24 (11.65%) IT Engineer
7 21 (10.19%) Analyst
7 21 (10.19%) Windows Engineer
8 18 (8.74%) Windows Support Engineer
9 16 (7.77%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
10 15 (7.28%) 1st Line Support
11 14 (6.80%) Administrator
11 14 (6.80%) Hardware Engineer
11 14 (6.80%) Systems Administrator
12 13 (6.31%) Service Analyst
13 12 (5.83%) Service Desk Analyst
14 11 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (5.34%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
15 9 (4.37%) 1st Line Engineer
15 9 (4.37%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.85%) XMPP
2 1 (0.49%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.65%) Driving Licence
2 15 (7.28%) BYOD
3 10 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.88%) iPad
4 8 (3.88%) iPhone
5 7 (3.40%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.40%) Digital Signage
5 7 (3.40%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.91%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.91%) Smartphone
7 5 (2.43%) Blackberry
7 5 (2.43%) CMDB
8 4 (1.94%) NHS
9 2 (0.97%) PACS
9 2 (0.97%) PDA
9 2 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.97%) Smartcard
9 2 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 206 (100.00%) Windows
2 124 (60.19%) Windows 10
3 27 (13.11%) Windows Server
4 26 (12.62%) Windows Server 2008
5 21 (10.19%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (10.19%) Windows Vista
6 17 (8.25%) Android
7 12 (5.83%) Mac OS X
8 10 (4.85%) Apple iOS
8 10 (4.85%) Windows 8
9 7 (3.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (3.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (2.91%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (2.43%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.97%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.49%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (47.57%) Customer Service
2 68 (33.01%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (26.70%) ITIL
4 38 (18.45%) Service Delivery
5 25 (12.14%) Customer Requirements
6 19 (9.22%) Break/Fix
7 13 (6.31%) Information Security
7 13 (6.31%) Software Deployment
8 12 (5.83%) Hardware Maintenance
8 12 (5.83%) Proactive Monitoring
8 12 (5.83%) Software Testing
9 10 (4.85%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (4.37%) Incident Management
10 9 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (3.88%) Customer Experience
11 8 (3.88%) Project Delivery
12 7 (3.40%) Business Strategy
12 7 (3.40%) Computer Science
12 7 (3.40%) ITSM
12 7 (3.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.28%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.31%) SQL
3 4 (1.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 108 (52.43%) Security Cleared
2 62 (30.10%) SC Cleared
3 36 (17.48%) DV Cleared
4 29 (14.08%) Degree
5 22 (10.68%) A+ Certification
6 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.40%) CCNA
7 7 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.43%) CCNP
8 5 (2.43%) MCSA
9 3 (1.46%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.49%) HNC
11 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.05%) SLA
2 4 (1.94%) GDPR
3 2 (0.97%) PMO
3 2 (0.97%) QA
4 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
System Software
1 93 (45.15%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.83%) Firmware
4 7 (3.40%) XenApp
5 3 (1.46%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.46%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.97%) KVM
6 2 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.97%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.49%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 70 (33.98%) SCCM
2 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.97%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.49%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (59.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.59%) HP
3 27 (13.11%) Cisco
4 20 (9.71%) VMware
5 19 (9.22%) ServiceNow
6 18 (8.74%) Citrix
7 14 (6.80%) Apple
8 9 (4.37%) Ivanti
9 6 (2.91%) Computacenter
9 6 (2.91%) Mitel
9 6 (2.91%) Progress
10 4 (1.94%) Adobe
10 4 (1.94%) Dell
10 4 (1.94%) SAP
10 4 (1.94%) Symantec
11 3 (1.46%) Polycom
11 3 (1.46%) Veeam
12 2 (0.97%) Cerner
12 2 (0.97%) Intel
12 2 (0.97%) Remedy