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 2 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 104
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh - - 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £69,447
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.49%
75th Percentile - - £77,715
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £46,750 £48,343 £63,474
% change year-on-year -3.30% -23.84% -15.37%

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 292 341 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 24.50% 37.39% 32.81%
Number of salaries quoted 148 169 349
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £31,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,875 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% -8.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,840 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,625 £95,022 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -5.80%

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