Legacy Systems Job Trends in Edinburgh

Legacy System
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.090% - 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% - 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - £46,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £58,275
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £77,715
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £44,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.74% -22.61% -23.33%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

Legacy Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 404 382 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 36.17% 35.01% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 118 154 376
10th Percentile £25,000 £40,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £29,313 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.18% -18.52% +7.65%
75th Percentile £65,752 £74,786 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +4.35% -3.38%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Systems relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality