Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in East London

Legacy System
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 24 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in East London 4.81% 2.31% 2.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% 6.67% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £560
Median % change year-on-year - +11.61% -
75th Percentile - £638 £560
90th Percentile - - £561
London median daily rate £550 £579 £562
% change year-on-year -5.01% +3.09% -10.14%

All Generic Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 40 45 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 38.46% 34.62% 44.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 43 113
10th Percentile £159 £353 £340
25th Percentile £416 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £456 £575
Median % change year-on-year +26.10% -20.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £800 £569 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £636 £765
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in East London

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Tower Hamlets +1 5 - -
Legacy Systems
London

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (100.00%) Automotive
1 5 (100.00%) Back Office
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Endur Architect
1 3 (60.00%) OpenLink Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Back Office Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Endur Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Endur Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) React
1 3 (60.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (60.00%) Grid Computing
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) API Design
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (60.00%) Batch Processing
2 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (40.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Hitachi
2 2 (40.00%) ION Trading
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink
2 2 (40.00%) SAP