Legacy Systems Contracts in England

Legacy System
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 319 303
Rank change year-on-year +3 -16 -29
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 230 397 643
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.79% 0.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.02% 2.33% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 286 502
10th Percentile £414 £394 £400
25th Percentile £465 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
10th Percentile - £35.25 £18.57
25th Percentile £15.39 £56.25 £21.66
Median hourly rate £15.79 £57.50 £27.58
Median % change year-on-year -72.54% +108.50% -24.45%
75th Percentile £16.20 £65.00 £33.74
90th Percentile £88.00 £66.20 £36.99
UK median hourly rate £15.79 £57.50 £27.58
% change year-on-year -72.54% +108.50% -6.52%

All Generic Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in England.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in England.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London -30 91 £563 -6.25% 39
North of England +42 38 £500 -4.76% 24
North West +36 32 £500 -4.76% 15
South East +10 31 £513 -14.54% 16
Midlands +29 25 £600 +26.32% 23
West Midlands +44 23 £600 +14.29% 12
East of England +24 23 £525 -2.33% 5
South West +11 13 £465 - 8
North East +20 4 £850 +78.95% 6
East Midlands +13 4 £565 +50.67% 11
Yorkshire +9 2 £500 -4.76% 3
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (3.48%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.17%) Apache
4 3 (1.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (3.48%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.30%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.87%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.87%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.87%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.87%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.00%) Azure
2 30 (13.04%) AWS
3 27 (11.74%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (6.52%) Serverless
5 12 (5.22%) GCP
6 10 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (4.35%) Azure Functions
7 9 (3.91%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (3.48%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.48%) Azure Storage
9 7 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.61%) GitHub
10 6 (2.61%) SaaS
11 4 (1.74%) OCI
12 3 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.17%) OpenLDAP
2 3 (1.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (3.48%) Data Mining
2 8 (3.48%) MongoDB
3 7 (3.04%) Power BI
4 6 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.17%) MariaDB
5 5 (2.17%) MySQL
5 5 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.74%) Metadata
7 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.30%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.30%) SAP Data Services
7 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.87%) Tableau
9 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.17%) GitLab
1 5 (2.17%) JIRA
2 4 (1.74%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.30%) LSMW
4 2 (0.87%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.87%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.87%) Git
4 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.87%) Selenium
4 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.43%) Maven
5 1 (0.43%) Subversion
5 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (25.22%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.96%) Finance
3 27 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.39%) Banking
6 13 (5.65%) Marketing
7 10 (4.35%) Local Government
8 7 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.61%) Legal
10 5 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.17%) Law
10 5 (2.17%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.30%) Billing
12 3 (1.30%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.30%) Retail
13 1 (0.43%) Automotive
13 1 (0.43%) Police
13 1 (0.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (17.83%) Architect
2 36 (15.65%) Developer
3 32 (13.91%) Consultant
4 29 (12.61%) Analyst
5 23 (10.00%) Lead
6 21 (9.13%) Project Manager
7 19 (8.26%) Senior
8 17 (7.39%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (5.65%) Data Architect
10 12 (5.22%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 11 (4.78%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.48%) Full Stack Developer
12 8 (3.48%) Senior Developer
13 7 (3.04%) Migration Specialist
13 7 (3.04%) Performance Analyst
13 7 (3.04%) Software Engineer
14 6 (2.61%) C# Developer
14 6 (2.61%) Data Engineer
14 6 (2.61%) Programme Manager
14 6 (2.61%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.26%) .NET
2 12 (5.22%) .NET Core
3 10 (4.35%) Blazor
3 10 (4.35%) HTML
4 9 (3.91%) React
5 8 (3.48%) XML
6 6 (2.61%) CSS
6 6 (2.61%) Middleware
7 5 (2.17%) LAMP
7 5 (2.17%) Web Services
7 5 (2.17%) XSLT
8 4 (1.74%) BAPI
8 4 (1.74%) LDAP
8 4 (1.74%) REST
8 4 (1.74%) RESTful
8 4 (1.74%) SOAP
8 4 (1.74%) WPF
9 3 (1.30%) Kafka
9 3 (1.30%) Node.js
9 3 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.22%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.48%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.04%) Legacy Applications
3 7 (3.04%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.61%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.30%) DataPower
5 3 (1.30%) FMCG
5 3 (1.30%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.30%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.87%) BYOD
6 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.87%) Reinsurance
6 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.87%) Social Media
6 2 (0.87%) Solar Panel
6 2 (0.87%) Tandem
7 1 (0.43%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.22%) Windows
2 11 (4.78%) Linux
3 5 (2.17%) Unix
4 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (47.83%) Migration
2 58 (25.22%) Data Migration
3 55 (23.91%) Agile
4 54 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (12.17%) Project Management
6 27 (11.74%) CRM
7 26 (11.30%) DevOps
8 25 (10.87%) ERP
9 23 (10.00%) CI/CD
10 21 (9.13%) Microservices
11 20 (8.70%) Roadmaps
12 18 (7.83%) SDLC
12 18 (7.83%) Translating Business Requirements
12 18 (7.83%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (7.39%) Full Stack Development
13 17 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (6.96%) Computer Science
14 16 (6.96%) ETL
15 15 (6.52%) Data Modelling
15 15 (6.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.43%) SQL
2 25 (10.87%) JavaScript
3 22 (9.57%) Python
4 16 (6.96%) C#
5 15 (6.52%) Java
6 11 (4.78%) PL/SQL
7 10 (4.35%) C++
8 9 (3.91%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.48%) Go
10 5 (2.17%) PHP
10 5 (2.17%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.17%) XPath
11 2 (0.87%) Bash
11 2 (0.87%) Perl
12 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.43%) C
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (8.70%) Degree
2 19 (8.26%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (1.74%) PMP
6 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.48%) QA
3 5 (2.17%) GDPR
4 4 (1.74%) PMO
5 2 (0.87%) SLA
6 1 (0.43%) EMIR
6 1 (0.43%) FATCA
6 1 (0.43%) GAMP
6 1 (0.43%) MiFID
6 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) KVM
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.04%) Terraform
3 5 (2.17%) Ansible
4 4 (1.74%) Grafana
4 4 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.43%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.43%) Salt
5 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (10.43%) Oracle
2 18 (7.83%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.96%) SAP
4 9 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.48%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.48%) Workday
6 7 (3.04%) Google
7 5 (2.17%) Databricks
8 4 (1.74%) PagerDuty
9 3 (1.30%) IBM
10 2 (0.87%) Ariba
10 2 (0.87%) CA
10 2 (0.87%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.87%) Snow
11 1 (0.43%) Adobe
11 1 (0.43%) Dell
11 1 (0.43%) EMC
11 1 (0.43%) Isilon
11 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud