Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Legacy System
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 9 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.12% - 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.63% - 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £538 - £386
25th Percentile £542 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £577 - £728
90th Percentile £583 - £770
South West median daily rate £450 £625 £465
% change year-on-year -28.00% +34.41% -0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Bristol

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 248 176 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 30.85% 23.56% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 71 217
10th Percentile £268 £143 £230
25th Percentile £442 £219 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £675
90th Percentile £693 £688 £738
South West median daily rate £537 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -1.83% -0.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 30 28
10th Percentile £6.00 £43.93 £58.63
25th Percentile £15.60 £62.69 £70.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £80.39
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% -12.92% +23.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £67.25 - £83.77
South West median hourly rate £33.09 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -50.99% -3.57% +7.69%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Bristol

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Facilities Management Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Facilities Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Facilities Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Architect
3 1 (11.11%) IT Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Change Control
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Network Management
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
5 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
5 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Use Case
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
5 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) VMware