Legacy Applications Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Legacy Application
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 76 109
Rank change year-on-year -39 +33 +12
Contract jobs citing Legacy Applications 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.095% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.46% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £338 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -21.05% -22.76%
75th Percentile £638 £413 £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £518 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -17.20% +8.70% -4.96%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 599 431 554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.51% 46.10% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 243 283
10th Percentile £185 £225 £190
25th Percentile £318 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £572 £619 £552
90th Percentile £681 £688 £650
England median daily rate £513 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -6.35% -0.50% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 76 126
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.95 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.35 £30.34 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £66.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.29% +21.36% -15.71%
75th Percentile £67.88 £84.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £87.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.89% +25.00% +24.44%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in the East of England

Legacy Applications
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Legacy Applications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Legacy Applications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 April 2026. 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
Suffolk - 2 £625 - 2
Legacy Applications
England

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared