Legacy Applications Contracts in the UK excluding London

Legacy Application
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 415 469
Rank change year-on-year +62 +54 -94
Contract jobs citing Legacy Applications 43 32 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 0.42% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 22 29
10th Percentile £414 £413 £435
25th Percentile £461 £503 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £609 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +15.95% +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £610
90th Percentile £594 £700 £680
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +10.29%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Legacy Applications 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,968 7,613 9,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.45% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,580 5,131 6,667
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 433 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Legacy Applications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +46 15 £465 -31.11% 1
Midlands +39 7 £500 +25.00% 2
South West +19 6 £588 +23.68%
North of England +28 5 £511 -13.35% 5
South East +19 4 £525 -23.64% 7
East of England +11 4 £475 -22.76% 5
East Midlands +25 3 £500 +25.00% 2
North West +15 3 £523 +4.50% 2
West Midlands +23 2 £500 -
Wales - 2 £500 -
Yorkshire +17 1 £500 -17.36% 1
North East +13 1 - - 2
Legacy Applications
UK

Legacy Applications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (48.84%) Azure
2 11 (25.58%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (13.95%) Power Platform
4 4 (9.30%) AWS
4 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (9.30%) Power Automate
4 4 (9.30%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.65%) GCP
5 2 (4.65%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) AMQP
1 1 (2.33%) Firewall
1 1 (2.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.65%) MySQL
2 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.65%) Power BI
3 1 (2.33%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.33%) Metadata
3 1 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.33%) ERwin
General
1 12 (27.91%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.33%) Automotive
3 1 (2.33%) Banking
3 1 (2.33%) Finance
3 1 (2.33%) Local Government
3 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Developer
2 11 (25.58%) Architect
3 10 (23.26%) .NET Developer
3 10 (23.26%) Senior
4 9 (20.93%) React Developer
5 8 (18.60%) Senior .NET Developer
5 8 (18.60%) Senior Developer
6 7 (16.28%) Senior React Developer
7 4 (9.30%) Applications Developer
7 4 (9.30%) Systems Developer
7 4 (9.30%) Technical Architect
8 3 (6.98%) Lead
9 2 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Digital Architect
9 2 (4.65%) Digital Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.65%) Lead .NET Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Perl Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Python Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Service Architect
9 2 (4.65%) Service Design Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (37.21%) .NET
2 11 (25.58%) React
3 6 (13.95%) REST
4 1 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (2.33%) AWS CDK
4 1 (2.33%) Java EE
4 1 (2.33%) JSON
4 1 (2.33%) Laravel
4 1 (2.33%) Middleware
4 1 (2.33%) SAML
4 1 (2.33%) Struts
4 1 (2.33%) Symfony
4 1 (2.33%) Web Services
4 1 (2.33%) XML
4 1 (2.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.23%) Product Ownership
2 11 (25.58%) Wiki
3 4 (9.30%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.33%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.33%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Unix
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) DevOps
2 12 (27.91%) Migration
3 11 (25.58%) Code Quality
3 11 (25.58%) Knowledge Transfer
3 11 (25.58%) User Experience
4 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.63%) Microservices
5 5 (11.63%) Project Management
6 4 (9.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (9.30%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (9.30%) Web Development
6 4 (9.30%) Workflow
7 3 (6.98%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.98%) Data Integration
7 3 (6.98%) Design Patterns
8 2 (4.65%) CRM
8 2 (4.65%) ERP
8 2 (4.65%) Service Management
8 2 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) SQL
2 5 (11.63%) C#
3 4 (9.30%) C
4 3 (6.98%) Python
5 2 (4.65%) Java
5 2 (4.65%) Perl
6 1 (2.33%) Bash
6 1 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.33%) Elixir
6 1 (2.33%) Go
6 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.33%) PHP
6 1 (2.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (2.33%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.98%) Terraform
3 2 (4.65%) Ansible
4 1 (2.33%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.33%) SCCM
4 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) VMware
3 3 (6.98%) Oracle
4 2 (4.65%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) Citrix
5 1 (2.33%) Civica
5 1 (2.33%) Cognos
5 1 (2.33%) Databricks
5 1 (2.33%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) IBM
5 1 (2.33%) Infor
5 1 (2.33%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.33%) Palantir
5 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow