Legacy Application
Central London > City of London
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 121 | 122 | 170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | +48 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing Legacy Applications | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London | 0.17% | 0.14% | 0.086% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.47% | 0.44% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £623 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £655 | £638 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £656 | £675 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.89% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £656 | £688 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Central London median daily rate | £650 | £675 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | +50.00% | -34.55% |
All Generic Skills
City of London
Legacy Applications 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 the City of London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 639 | 675 | 1,173 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London | 35.26% | 31.60% | 33.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 417 | 444 | 788 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £290 | £348 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £431 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £575 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -8.00% | +6.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £711 | £700 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £846 | £863 |
| Central London median daily rate | £600 | £575 | £615 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -6.50% | +6.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.90 | £12.75 | £17.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.77 | £14.38 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £23.00 | £52.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.30% | -55.98% | +12.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.37 | £27.00 | £87.16 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.13 | £36.30 | £88.30 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £29.07 | £23.40 | £39.83 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.23% | -41.25% | -14.34% |
Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Legacy Applications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Legacy Applications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Applications in the City of London.
Legacy Applications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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: