Legacy Code
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 35 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Legacy Code | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | - | 0.47% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 1.11% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £375 | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £375 | - |
All Generic Skills
Cardiff
Legacy Code 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 Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 59 | 90 | 137 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 36.88% | 42.65% | 40.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 55 | 75 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £186 | £344 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £290 | £413 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £503 | £441 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.40% | +13.88% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £480 | £550 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £587 | £583 | £614 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £395 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.00% | +11.11% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £18.73 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £11.75 | £19.77 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £13.50 | £21.53 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.11% | -37.30% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £15.25 | £23.27 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £24.31 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £37.50 | £48.75 | £18.10 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.08% | +169.34% | +27.64% |
Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Legacy Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Code in Cardiff.