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 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 546 443 520
Rank change year-on-year -103 +77 -159
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 384 690 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.68% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.10% 1.59% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 240 465 521
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +12.90%

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 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £86,250 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £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 9 May 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -80 320 £57,500 -14.81% 136
UK excluding London -61 275 £52,500 -4.55% 88
Work from Home -97 150 £53,750 -19.30% 67
London -76 88 £82,500 -2.94% 53
South East -6 68 £52,500 +10.53% 12
North of England +40 65 £55,000 -15.38% 25
Midlands -7 65 £50,000 -4.31% 21
West Midlands +10 38 £50,000 -23.08% 14
Scotland -56 37 £73,750 -1.67% 9
North West -6 35 £55,000 -15.38% 11
East Midlands -11 27 £38,750 -11.93% 7
East of England +11 17 £35,000 -36.36% 6
Yorkshire +83 15 £38,500 -30.00% 10
North East +9 15 £55,000 -16.67% 4
South West -69 14 £67,500 +20.00% 9
Northern Ireland +25 5 £47,500 -44.12% 3
Wales -1 5 - - 3

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 (5.73%) SAS
2 15 (3.91%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.39%) Apache
4 9 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.34%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.56%) Mendix
6 5 (1.30%) Drupal
6 5 (1.30%) IIS
6 5 (1.30%) K2 blackpearl
7 4 (1.04%) CMS
7 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.52%) Resin
8 2 (0.52%) WordPress
9 1 (0.26%) Confluence
9 1 (0.26%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 12 (3.13%) Sketch
2 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (3.91%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.82%) Elite 3E
3 7 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.78%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.52%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.52%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDM
6 2 (0.52%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (28.91%) Azure
2 99 (25.78%) AWS
3 26 (6.77%) GCP
4 25 (6.51%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.21%) SaaS
6 16 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (3.91%) GitHub
8 14 (3.65%) Figma
9 11 (2.86%) Serverless
10 10 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (2.34%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.34%) Snowflake
12 8 (2.08%) Amazon Kinesis
12 8 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (2.08%) Stackdriver
13 7 (1.82%) Azure API Management
13 7 (1.82%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.78%) VPN
2 2 (0.52%) 4G
2 2 (0.52%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.52%) Firewall
2 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.52%) VoIP
3 1 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.26%) DHCP
3 1 (0.26%) DNS
3 1 (0.26%) FTP
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Modbus
3 1 (0.26%) Multicast
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 41 (10.68%) Relational Database
3 34 (8.85%) Geospatial Data
4 33 (8.59%) MySQL
5 32 (8.33%) NoSQL
6 23 (5.99%) Power BI
7 19 (4.95%) Big Data
8 18 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.60%) Oracle Database
9 10 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.08%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.08%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.82%) Apache Hive
12 7 (1.82%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.82%) HBase
13 6 (1.56%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (1.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (12.76%) Git
2 38 (9.90%) JIRA
3 33 (8.59%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (2.86%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
6 6 (1.56%) JUnit
6 6 (1.56%) NUnit
6 6 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (1.30%) LabVIEW
8 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.04%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.52%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.52%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.52%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.52%) Postman
9 2 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.26%) Selenium
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 126 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.92%) Finance
3 37 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.55%) Law
5 28 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (7.03%) Retail
7 24 (6.25%) Marketing
8 17 (4.43%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.17%) Banking
10 13 (3.39%) Back Office
11 12 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.34%) Legal
12 9 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.08%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.56%) Local Government
14 6 (1.56%) Private Banking
15 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.04%) Police
16 3 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 138 (35.94%) Developer
2 100 (26.04%) Architect
3 60 (15.63%) Senior
4 36 (9.38%) Senior Developer
5 35 (9.11%) Lead
6 34 (8.85%) Geospatial Architect
6 34 (8.85%) Software Architect
7 26 (6.77%) Technical Architect
8 25 (6.51%) PHP Developer
9 23 (5.99%) Consultant
10 22 (5.73%) ServiceNow Developer
11 19 (4.95%) C# Developer
12 18 (4.69%) Full Stack Developer
13 16 (4.17%) Data Architect
14 15 (3.91%) Java Developer
15 14 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.39%) .NET Developer
16 13 (3.39%) Analyst
16 13 (3.39%) Functional Consultant
16 13 (3.39%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (17.19%) HTML
2 58 (15.10%) Web Services
3 56 (14.58%) .NET
4 48 (12.50%) CSS
5 35 (9.11%) REST
6 32 (8.33%) AngularJS
7 25 (6.51%) Laravel
8 23 (5.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 22 (5.73%) HTML5
10 21 (5.47%) Symfony
11 19 (4.95%) JSON
11 19 (4.95%) RabbitMQ
12 18 (4.69%) .NET Core
12 18 (4.69%) Spring
13 17 (4.43%) jQuery
13 17 (4.43%) Kafka
13 17 (4.43%) SOAP
14 15 (3.91%) .NET Framework
14 15 (3.91%) ASP.NET
14 15 (3.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.84%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.73%) CMDB
3 16 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.65%) Clustering
5 12 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.60%) Replication
7 9 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.08%) NHS
9 7 (1.82%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.56%) PMI
11 5 (1.30%) BBC
11 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.04%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.69%) Linux
1 18 (4.69%) Windows
2 9 (2.34%) Unix
3 6 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (35.94%) Agile
2 105 (27.34%) Migration
3 94 (24.48%) DevOps
4 73 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (14.06%) Microservices
6 49 (12.76%) Project Management
7 48 (12.50%) Mentoring
8 44 (11.46%) Software Testing
9 43 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (11.20%) Software Engineering
10 40 (10.42%) Data Management
11 38 (9.90%) Data Migration
12 36 (9.38%) Analytics
12 36 (9.38%) SDLC
13 35 (9.11%) Software Architecture
14 34 (8.85%) Code Quality
14 34 (8.85%) Visualisation
15 33 (8.59%) Actionable Insight
16 32 (8.33%) Service Management
16 32 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 98 (25.52%) SQL
2 70 (18.23%) JavaScript
3 59 (15.36%) C#
4 36 (9.38%) Python
5 34 (8.85%) Java
6 31 (8.07%) PHP
7 14 (3.65%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.13%) Go
8 12 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.60%) Delphi
10 8 (2.08%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.82%) Perl
12 6 (1.56%) Bash
12 6 (1.56%) VB
12 6 (1.56%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.78%) C
13 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.78%) Rust
13 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (10.42%) Degree
2 28 (7.29%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.60%) CISM
5 10 (2.60%) CISSP
6 9 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CBAP
10 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.52%) IIBA
11 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CRISC
11 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) FFIEC
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.25%) QA
2 20 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.82%) GRC
4 7 (1.82%) NIST
5 6 (1.56%) NCSC
5 6 (1.56%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.30%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.78%) ISO 9000
7 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.26%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) COSO
9 1 (0.26%) GAMP
9 1 (0.26%) PSD2
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (9.64%) Docker
2 8 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.82%) HDFS
4 6 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.04%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (7.29%) Terraform
2 27 (7.03%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.95%) Ansible
4 7 (1.82%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.30%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) MIIS
7 1 (0.26%) Nagios
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.68%) ServiceNow
3 37 (9.64%) Oracle
4 21 (5.47%) SAP
5 15 (3.91%) Databricks
6 9 (2.34%) WSO2
7 8 (2.08%) Informatica
8 7 (1.82%) BMC
8 7 (1.82%) Cloudera
8 7 (1.82%) HP
8 7 (1.82%) Remedy
9 6 (1.56%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.56%) Splunk
10 5 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
10 5 (1.30%) Blue Prism
11 4 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco
12 2 (0.52%) JDA
12 2 (0.52%) Thales
12 2 (0.52%) Zend