Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Legacy System
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 22 27 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 1.97% 0.60% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.09% 1.96% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 £363 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £375 £675
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -44.44% -
75th Percentile £238 £388 £700
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £515 £500 £665
% change year-on-year +3.00% -24.81% +11.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £15.10 -
% change year-on-year +45.70% - -

All Generic Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 33 51 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 21.71% 30.72% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 17
10th Percentile £187 £229 £213
25th Percentile £213 £316 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £500 £478 £488
90th Percentile £658 £658 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £463 £495
% change year-on-year -8.11% -6.57% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £19.60 - -
25th Percentile £20.74 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.08 £50.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -49.85% +182.17% +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.36 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £27.50 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.30 £31.76 £21.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +51.24% +19.59%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Derby +4 3 £225 -40.00% 2
Legacy Systems
East Midlands

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Alfresco
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Documentum
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) FrameMaker
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
1 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Twin
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) PLM
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
1 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) OpenText
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle