Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in England

Legacy System
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 206 311
Rank change year-on-year +51 +105 -9
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 745 345 257
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.35% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.17% 3.87% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 234 169
10th Percentile £400 £356 £414
25th Percentile £436 £449 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £654 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £765
UK median daily rate £525 £547 £525
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 13
10th Percentile £31.25 £20.88 -
25th Percentile £44.88 £31.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £62.50 £36.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +73.61% +127.99% -72.54%
75th Percentile £69.38 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.20 £84.40
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £36.00 £34.15
% change year-on-year +73.61% +5.43% -40.62%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,397 8,905 11,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.85% 34.74% 30.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,957 5,698 7,319
10th Percentile £313 £303 £280
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.64% -1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 782 426 840
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.70 £12.23
25th Percentile £21.14 £19.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.21% -10.81% +56.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.07 £81.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £31.29 £35.65
% change year-on-year +35.21% -12.24% +58.44%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in England

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
London +39 371 £550 -5.98% 129
North of England -17 104 £545 -5.22% 37
South West +28 87 £500 +11.11% 29
South East -23 76 £500 -3.24% 57
Midlands -31 66 £508 +1.50% 18
North West +5 65 £550 -12.00% 16
West Midlands -32 49 £510 +2.00% 7
Yorkshire -39 28 £650 +23.81% 19
East of England -10 17 £575 +202.63% 12
East Midlands -6 16 £505 +6.32% 11
North East -24 11 £480 -16.52% 4
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.68%) Confluence
3 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.94%) Apache
5 7 (0.94%) IIS
6 6 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.81%) Appian
7 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.54%) nginx
7 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) Camunda
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 18 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (4.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.48%) NEC Housing
3 10 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.54%) Magento
6 4 (0.54%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.40%) iTrent
7 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.40%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.27%) Maximo
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.27%) Shopify
8 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 186 (24.97%) Azure
2 163 (21.88%) AWS
3 53 (7.11%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.03%) GCP
5 30 (4.03%) SaaS
6 27 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (3.62%) Serverless
7 24 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (2.68%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.28%) GitHub
10 14 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (1.61%) Boomi
12 12 (1.61%) dbt
12 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (1.61%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (1.34%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.61%) DNS
2 6 (0.81%) 4G
2 6 (0.81%) 5G
3 5 (0.67%) Firewall
3 5 (0.67%) HTTP
3 5 (0.67%) Network Security
3 5 (0.67%) PSTN
4 4 (0.54%) Intranet
4 4 (0.54%) IP Telephony
4 4 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.40%) SSH
5 3 (0.40%) WAN
6 2 (0.27%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.27%) DHCP
6 2 (0.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.27%) MQTT
6 2 (0.27%) NAS
6 2 (0.27%) SAN
6 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 43 (5.77%) Power BI
3 29 (3.89%) Oracle Database
4 28 (3.76%) Metadata
5 21 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.28%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.74%) MySQL
9 12 (1.61%) Delta Lake
10 11 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.48%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.34%) Semantic Layer
12 8 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.94%) Pentaho
13 7 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.81%) Data Mart
14 6 (0.81%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 51 (6.85%) JIRA
2 34 (4.56%) Git
3 7 (0.94%) MLflow
4 6 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.67%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.67%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.67%) Gatling
5 5 (0.67%) MSI
5 5 (0.67%) Selenium
6 4 (0.54%) Subversion
7 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.40%) GitLab
7 3 (0.40%) JUnit
7 3 (0.40%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.27%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.27%) Mocha
8 2 (0.27%) MSTest
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.27%) tSQLt
General
1 228 (30.60%) Finance
2 207 (27.79%) Social Skills
3 95 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 85 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.25%) Banking
6 29 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.36%) Retail
8 23 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 20 (2.68%) Billing
10 19 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.15%) Local Government
12 13 (1.74%) Military
13 12 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.48%) Legal
14 11 (1.48%) Marketing
15 10 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.94%) Police
17 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 122 (16.38%) Architect
2 98 (13.15%) Lead
3 79 (10.60%) Analyst
4 72 (9.66%) Senior
5 62 (8.32%) Developer
6 57 (7.65%) Data Engineer
7 45 (6.04%) Project Manager
8 38 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (4.70%) Business Analyst
9 35 (4.70%) Consultant
10 29 (3.89%) Product Manager
11 25 (3.36%) Data Analyst
12 21 (2.82%) Data Architect
13 18 (2.42%) Technical Architect
14 17 (2.28%) Software Engineer
15 16 (2.15%) Digital Product Manager
16 13 (1.74%) Product Owner
16 13 (1.74%) Senior Manager
16 13 (1.74%) Systems Analyst
16 13 (1.74%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.46%) .NET
2 37 (4.97%) REST
3 27 (3.62%) .NET Framework
4 26 (3.49%) React
5 23 (3.09%) RESTful
6 21 (2.82%) Middleware
7 19 (2.55%) CSS
8 18 (2.42%) Kafka
9 17 (2.28%) .NET Core
10 15 (2.01%) HTML
10 15 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (2.01%) Spring
10 15 (2.01%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.74%) OAuth
12 12 (1.61%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.61%) PySpark
13 11 (1.48%) JSON
14 10 (1.34%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.34%) Django
15 9 (1.21%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.74%) Cloud Native
2 44 (5.91%) Data Structures
3 43 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
5 31 (4.16%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.28%) Legacy Applications
8 11 (1.48%) Legacy Code
8 11 (1.48%) Mainframe
9 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.07%) LIMS
10 8 (1.07%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.94%) PKI
11 7 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.17%) Windows
2 43 (5.77%) Linux
3 26 (3.49%) Unix
4 20 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.34%) Solaris
6 8 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.94%) HPUX
8 5 (0.67%) AIX
8 5 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.67%) SUSE
9 4 (0.54%) VMS
10 3 (0.40%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (46.04%) Migration
2 177 (23.76%) Data Migration
3 174 (23.36%) Agile
4 151 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 125 (16.78%) CI/CD
6 123 (16.51%) Roadmaps
7 120 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (16.11%) Validation
8 118 (15.84%) DevOps
9 117 (15.70%) Data Modelling
10 103 (13.83%) Analytics
11 82 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (11.01%) User Acceptance Testing
12 80 (10.74%) ERP
13 75 (10.07%) ETL
14 63 (8.46%) Data Pipeline
15 61 (8.19%) Decision-Making
16 60 (8.05%) AI
17 59 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
17 59 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 151 (20.27%) SQL
2 105 (14.09%) Python
3 52 (6.98%) C#
4 40 (5.37%) TypeScript
5 36 (4.83%) Java
6 35 (4.70%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.09%) PL/SQL
8 18 (2.42%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.15%) Bicep
10 9 (1.21%) C
11 8 (1.07%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.94%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.81%) C++
13 6 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.81%) ProC
13 6 (0.81%) Ruby
13 6 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.67%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.67%) VBA
15 4 (0.54%) Ada
Qualifications
1 152 (20.40%) Security Cleared
2 132 (17.72%) SC Cleared
3 34 (4.56%) Degree
4 15 (2.01%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.74%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.21%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.94%) CISSP
8 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.67%) RHCE
10 4 (0.54%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.54%) CCNA
10 4 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (14.36%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.44%) QA
3 44 (5.91%) GDPR
4 19 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.48%) PMO
7 9 (1.21%) NCSC
8 6 (0.81%) GRC
8 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.67%) NIST
9 5 (0.67%) WCAG
10 4 (0.54%) BS7666
10 4 (0.54%) HL7
10 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.40%) DICOM
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.40%) SEPA
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 45 (6.04%) Docker
2 19 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.54%) Firmware
6 3 (0.40%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.27%) NFS
7 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 46 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.43%) Terraform
3 14 (1.88%) Grafana
4 9 (1.21%) Ansible
5 6 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.54%) Kibana
7 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) Avamar
9 2 (0.27%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.27%) Packer
9 2 (0.27%) vMotion
10 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Podman
10 1 (0.13%) SELinux
Vendors
1 108 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 100 (13.42%) Oracle
3 62 (8.32%) SAP
4 54 (7.25%) Salesforce
5 33 (4.43%) Databricks
6 22 (2.95%) Workday
7 15 (2.01%) VMware
8 14 (1.88%) IBM
8 14 (1.88%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.88%) Talend
9 11 (1.48%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.48%) NEC
10 9 (1.21%) Informatica
11 8 (1.07%) HP
11 8 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.07%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.94%) Automation Anywhere
12 7 (0.94%) Cisco
12 7 (0.94%) Denodo
12 7 (0.94%) UiPath