Legacy Code Contracts in Central London

Legacy Code
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 130 166
Rank change year-on-year +2 +36 +31
Contract jobs citing Legacy Code 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.050% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.40% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £519
25th Percentile - £988 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £1,025 £700
Median % change year-on-year - +46.43% +2.26%
75th Percentile - £1,063 £763
90th Percentile - - £775
London median daily rate £305 £525 £750
% change year-on-year -41.90% -30.00% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 681 749 1,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 34.10% 30.62% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 524 960
10th Percentile £361 £275 £313
25th Percentile £465 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £750
90th Percentile £780 £850 £850
London median daily rate £575 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 16
10th Percentile £23.78 £12.75 £18.42
25th Percentile £26.45 £16.73 £24.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.08%
75th Percentile £31.00 £26.25 £84.89
90th Percentile £72.40 £29.78 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Legacy Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Code in Central London

Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Code in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Code in Central London

Legacy Code
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Code within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +6 1 - - 1
Legacy Code
London

Legacy Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development