Legacy Systems Jobs

Legacy System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 454 511
Rank change year-on-year -59 +57 -159
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 443 623 1,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.66% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.23% 1.52% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 241 429 559
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,200 £39,150
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £83,360
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,140
% change year-on-year -4.55% -0.25% +18.58%

All Generic Skills
UK

Legacy Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,876 40,905 81,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.09% 43.15% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,224 22,549 34,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,116 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems.

Salary trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -50 362 £55,000 -15.38% 123
UK excluding London -26 334 £52,500 -4.55% 79
Work from Home -85 163 £52,500 -21.17% 75
London -43 90 £80,000 -5.88% 45
North of England +51 86 £55,000 -15.38% 24
South East -12 74 £52,500 +10.53% 13
Midlands -4 73 £50,000 -9.09% 16
North West -12 48 £55,000 -15.38% 12
Scotland -46 45 £73,750 -1.67% 2
West Midlands -11 40 £50,000 -23.08% 11
East Midlands -5 33 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Yorkshire +66 24 £52,500 -4.55% 7
East of England -12 18 £37,500 -31.82% 7
South West -65 18 £62,500 +16.28% 10
North East +2 14 £55,000 -11.29% 5
Northern Ireland +23 10 £47,500 -44.12% 5
Wales +5 10 - - 2

Legacy Systems
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 22 (4.97%) SAS
2 13 (2.93%) Apache
2 13 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.81%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.35%) Mendix
6 5 (1.13%) Drupal
6 5 (1.13%) K2 blackpearl
7 4 (0.90%) CMS
7 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.68%) IIS
9 2 (0.45%) Confluence
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.45%) Resin
9 2 (0.45%) WordPress
10 1 (0.23%) nginx
10 1 (0.23%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 12 (2.71%) Sketch
2 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 12 (2.71%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.13%) Elite 3E
4 5 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.13%) SAP MDG
5 4 (0.90%) SAP MDM
5 4 (0.90%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.68%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.23%) Magento
7 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-BP
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 167 (37.70%) Azure
2 152 (34.31%) AWS
3 27 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 26 (5.87%) GCP
5 18 (4.06%) SaaS
6 14 (3.16%) Figma
6 14 (3.16%) GitHub
7 12 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (2.03%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.03%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.03%) Serverless
9 9 (2.03%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (1.81%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (1.81%) Stackdriver
11 6 (1.35%) Azure API Management
11 6 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.68%) Firewall
1 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.68%) VPN
2 2 (0.45%) 4G
2 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.45%) Multicast
2 2 (0.45%) VoIP
3 1 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.23%) DHCP
3 1 (0.23%) DNS
3 1 (0.23%) FTP
3 1 (0.23%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) Modbus
3 1 (0.23%) Network Security
3 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (19.86%) Geospatial Data
2 60 (13.54%) SQL Server
3 36 (8.13%) Relational Database
4 32 (7.22%) NoSQL
5 31 (7.00%) MySQL
6 25 (5.64%) Power BI
7 17 (3.84%) Big Data
7 17 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (2.26%) Oracle Database
10 8 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.81%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.81%) Data Mining
11 6 (1.35%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.13%) Apache Hive
12 5 (1.13%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.13%) HBase
13 4 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (10.16%) Git
2 40 (9.03%) JIRA
3 31 (7.00%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.48%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (2.48%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.35%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.13%) Bitbucket Server
6 5 (1.13%) LabVIEW
6 5 (1.13%) NUnit
7 4 (0.90%) JUnit
8 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.45%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.45%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.45%) Postman
9 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) Selenium
10 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 179 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 79 (17.83%) Finance
3 39 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.32%) Retail
5 26 (5.87%) Law
6 24 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (5.19%) Marketing
8 16 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.48%) Banking
11 10 (2.26%) Back Office
12 9 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.35%) Legal
13 6 (1.35%) Local Government
14 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.90%) Police
14 4 (0.90%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.68%) Electronics
15 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (34.31%) Architect
2 148 (33.41%) Developer
3 88 (19.86%) Geospatial Architect
3 88 (19.86%) Software Architect
4 56 (12.64%) Senior
5 35 (7.90%) Lead
5 35 (7.90%) Senior Developer
6 25 (5.64%) PHP Developer
7 24 (5.42%) Technical Architect
8 22 (4.97%) ServiceNow Developer
9 21 (4.74%) Consultant
10 20 (4.51%) C# Developer
11 17 (3.84%) Full Stack Developer
12 16 (3.61%) Data Architect
13 15 (3.39%) .NET Developer
14 14 (3.16%) Java Developer
15 13 (2.93%) Senior .NET Developer
16 12 (2.71%) FoxPro Developer
16 12 (2.71%) Functional Consultant
16 12 (2.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (15.35%) HTML
2 56 (12.64%) Web Services
3 52 (11.74%) .NET
4 49 (11.06%) CSS
5 31 (7.00%) AngularJS
6 29 (6.55%) REST
7 25 (5.64%) Laravel
8 23 (5.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 22 (4.97%) HTML5
10 21 (4.74%) Symfony
11 17 (3.84%) jQuery
11 17 (3.84%) Kafka
12 16 (3.61%) .NET Core
12 16 (3.61%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (3.61%) Spring
13 15 (3.39%) ASP.NET
13 15 (3.39%) SOAP
14 13 (2.93%) .NET Framework
14 13 (2.93%) JSON
14 13 (2.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.96%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.97%) CMDB
3 15 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.16%) Clustering
5 12 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.48%) Replication
7 9 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.81%) NHS
9 7 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.58%) PMI
10 6 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.13%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.13%) BBC
11 5 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.06%) Linux
2 17 (3.84%) Windows
3 7 (1.58%) Unix
4 5 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.68%) Android
5 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (41.99%) Agile
2 154 (34.76%) Migration
3 148 (33.41%) DevOps
4 95 (21.44%) Software Testing
5 89 (20.09%) Software Architecture
6 75 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (11.06%) Microservices
8 48 (10.84%) Project Management
9 45 (10.16%) Mentoring
10 42 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (9.03%) Software Engineering
12 39 (8.80%) Data Management
13 35 (7.90%) Analytics
13 35 (7.90%) Data Migration
13 35 (7.90%) Visualisation
14 34 (7.67%) Code Quality
15 32 (7.22%) SDLC
15 32 (7.22%) Web Development
16 30 (6.77%) Data Modelling
16 30 (6.77%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.90%) SQL
2 70 (15.80%) JavaScript
3 55 (12.42%) C#
4 31 (7.00%) PHP
4 31 (7.00%) Python
5 30 (6.77%) Java
6 14 (3.16%) T-SQL
7 12 (2.71%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 12 (2.71%) Go
8 10 (2.26%) Delphi
9 7 (1.58%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.35%) Perl
10 6 (1.35%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.35%) VB
10 6 (1.35%) VB.NET
11 5 (1.13%) Bash
11 5 (1.13%) VBA
12 3 (0.68%) Rust
12 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (7.45%) Degree
2 24 (5.42%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.06%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.81%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.58%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.58%) CISM
6 7 (1.58%) CISSP
7 6 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.45%) CBAP
8 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.45%) IIBA
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CIMA
9 1 (0.23%) CISA
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CRISC
9 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.97%) QA
2 18 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.58%) GDPR
4 7 (1.58%) GRC
4 7 (1.58%) NIST
5 6 (1.35%) NCSC
5 6 (1.35%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.45%) PMO
8 1 (0.23%) COBIT
8 1 (0.23%) COSO
8 1 (0.23%) GAMP
8 1 (0.23%) PSD2
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (8.35%) Docker
2 8 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.13%) HDFS
4 5 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.23%) KVM
6 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.09%) Terraform
3 19 (4.29%) Ansible
4 6 (1.35%) Grafana
5 5 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.13%) Puppet
6 4 (0.90%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.23%) MIIS
8 1 (0.23%) Nagios
8 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 62 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.80%) ServiceNow
3 31 (7.00%) Oracle
4 19 (4.29%) SAP
5 13 (2.93%) Databricks
6 8 (1.81%) WSO2
7 6 (1.35%) Informatica
8 5 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
8 5 (1.13%) Blue Prism
8 5 (1.13%) BMC
8 5 (1.13%) Cloudera
8 5 (1.13%) HP
8 5 (1.13%) Remedy
9 4 (0.90%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.90%) JDA
9 4 (0.90%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.90%) Splunk
10 3 (0.68%) Cisco
11 2 (0.45%) Cognos
11 2 (0.45%) Salesforce