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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 204 314
Rank change year-on-year +34 +110 +14
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 606 299 249
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 1.23% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.82% 3.61% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 212 172
10th Percentile £400 £360 £413
25th Percentile £450 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £534
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +8.67% -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £757 £775 £748
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 12
10th Percentile £21.15 £16.97 -
25th Percentile £31.54 £24.86 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +248.32% -68.42%
75th Percentile £82.25 £76.13 £88.00
90th Percentile £86.80 £82.25 £90.03
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year +18.18% +248.32% -68.42%

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 12,580 8,272 11,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.54% 34.07% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 5,392 7,592
10th Percentile £300 £298 £256
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £663
90th Percentile £749 £775 £780
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 621 308 796
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.67 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £22.27 £15.39
Median hourly rate £41.94 £33.50 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.19% +20.72% +18.24%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £84.30 £67.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +23.08% +18.18% +22.22%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +33 320 £540 -10.00% 75
South East 0 75 £550 +18.09% 33
North of England -35 75 £506 -19.00% 34
Midlands -42 57 £475 -7.32% 26
South West +15 47 £513 -18.00% 32
West Midlands -24 44 £475 -13.64% 18
Yorkshire -25 43 £513 +86.36% 6
North West -41 24 £475 -27.20% 18
East of England -30 13 £575 +10.58% 18
East Midlands -35 13 £450 -10.00% 8
North East -4 8 £625 - 11
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 16 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.65%) Confluence
4 8 (1.32%) Appian
5 7 (1.16%) ArcGIS
5 7 (1.16%) IIS
6 6 (0.99%) GeoServer
6 6 (0.99%) Smallworld
7 4 (0.66%) Apache
7 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.66%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.50%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.33%) nginx
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
10 1 (0.17%) SAS
10 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 27 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.33%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.33%) Sketch
5 2 (0.33%) Windchill
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.16%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.83%) iTrent
4 5 (0.83%) Maximo
4 5 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.83%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.66%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.50%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (24.42%) Azure
2 102 (16.83%) AWS
3 45 (7.43%) Power Platform
4 36 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 22 (3.63%) GCP
7 19 (3.14%) Serverless
8 16 (2.64%) SaaS
9 15 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.31%) Power Automate
11 13 (2.15%) Boomi
11 13 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (1.98%) GitHub
13 10 (1.65%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.49%) OCI
14 9 (1.49%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.15%) DNS
2 6 (0.99%) 4G
2 6 (0.99%) 5G
2 6 (0.99%) Network Security
3 4 (0.66%) Internet
3 4 (0.66%) NAS
4 3 (0.50%) HTTP
4 3 (0.50%) WAN
4 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.33%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.33%) Broadband
5 2 (0.33%) Firewall
5 2 (0.33%) SAN
5 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.33%) VoIP
5 2 (0.33%) VPN
6 1 (0.17%) Intranet
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) NaaS
6 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.91%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.94%) Power BI
3 22 (3.63%) Metadata
3 22 (3.63%) Oracle Database
4 20 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.64%) GIS
7 15 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.65%) MySQL
9 9 (1.49%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (1.49%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.32%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.32%) QGIS
10 8 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.16%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.99%) Electronic Patient Records
12 6 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.99%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 37 (6.11%) JIRA
2 21 (3.47%) Git
3 8 (1.32%) MLflow
4 4 (0.66%) GitLab
4 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.33%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.33%) JUnit
6 2 (0.33%) Maven
6 2 (0.33%) Selenium
6 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.17%) Gradle
7 1 (0.17%) Mocha
7 1 (0.17%) Mockito
7 1 (0.17%) MSTest
7 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) tSQLt
General
1 194 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 181 (29.87%) Finance
3 80 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (13.20%) Public Sector
4 39 (6.44%) Banking
5 18 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (2.81%) Manufacturing
7 16 (2.64%) Local Government
7 16 (2.64%) Retail
8 15 (2.48%) Military
9 14 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.49%) Marketing
11 9 (1.49%) Police
12 8 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.16%) Billing
13 7 (1.16%) Front Office
14 6 (0.99%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.99%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (18.32%) Architect
2 74 (12.21%) Lead
3 58 (9.57%) Developer
4 55 (9.08%) Analyst
5 48 (7.92%) Consultant
5 48 (7.92%) Senior
6 43 (7.10%) Data Engineer
7 37 (6.11%) Business Analyst
7 37 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
8 29 (4.79%) Project Manager
9 22 (3.63%) Data Analyst
10 19 (3.14%) Technical Architect
11 16 (2.64%) Project Officer
11 16 (2.64%) Software Engineer
12 13 (2.15%) Administrator
12 13 (2.15%) Migration Engineer
12 13 (2.15%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (1.98%) Data Architect
13 12 (1.98%) Senior Developer
13 12 (1.98%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.10%) .NET
2 22 (3.63%) REST
3 21 (3.47%) RESTful
4 19 (3.14%) .NET Framework
5 16 (2.64%) Middleware
6 14 (2.31%) React
7 13 (2.15%) OAuth
7 13 (2.15%) OpenAPI
7 13 (2.15%) Swagger
7 13 (2.15%) Web Services
8 12 (1.98%) Kafka
9 11 (1.82%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.82%) HTML
9 11 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (1.65%) PySpark
11 9 (1.49%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.32%) Faiss
12 8 (1.32%) FastAPI
12 8 (1.32%) Hugging Face
12 8 (1.32%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.58%) Cloud Native
2 36 (5.94%) Data Structures
3 26 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.96%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.14%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (2.48%) Mainframe
8 13 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.65%) Legacy Code
10 10 (1.65%) LIMS
11 9 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.49%) NHS
12 8 (1.32%) Reference Data
12 8 (1.32%) Replication
13 7 (1.16%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.83%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.78%) Windows
2 29 (4.79%) Linux
3 20 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.49%) Unix
5 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.66%) VMS
6 3 (0.50%) OpenVMS
7 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.33%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Solaris
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.33%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.17%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (46.53%) Migration
2 156 (25.74%) Data Migration
3 126 (20.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 106 (17.49%) Validation
5 104 (17.16%) Agile
6 99 (16.34%) Data Modelling
7 96 (15.84%) DevOps
8 87 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (12.87%) Analytics
10 75 (12.38%) Roadmaps
10 75 (12.38%) User Acceptance Testing
11 73 (12.05%) CI/CD
11 73 (12.05%) ERP
12 70 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 69 (11.39%) ETL
14 64 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (9.74%) AI
16 47 (7.76%) Data Cleansing
16 47 (7.76%) Data Governance
17 46 (7.59%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 126 (20.79%) SQL
2 72 (11.88%) Python
3 42 (6.93%) C#
4 39 (6.44%) Java
5 20 (3.30%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.81%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.82%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.82%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.99%) Bicep
8 6 (0.99%) Perl
8 6 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.66%) Ada
10 4 (0.66%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.50%) C
11 3 (0.50%) COBOL
11 3 (0.50%) Korn
11 3 (0.50%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 92 (15.18%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.79%) Degree
4 16 (2.64%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.66%) PMP
10 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.50%) CISSP
10 3 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.33%) CCSP
11 2 (0.33%) CIMA
11 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (16.50%) Data Quality
2 37 (6.11%) QA
3 36 (5.94%) GDPR
4 15 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.32%) PMO
7 6 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.66%) NCSC
9 4 (0.66%) NIST
9 4 (0.66%) WCAG
10 3 (0.50%) HL7
11 2 (0.33%) BS7666
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.33%) SEPA
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (5.45%) Docker
2 17 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) NFS
6 2 (0.33%) QEMU
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.33%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 37 (6.11%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.81%) Terraform
3 11 (1.82%) Ansible
4 9 (1.49%) Grafana
5 5 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.33%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.33%) Packer
7 2 (0.33%) Podman
7 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.33%) vMotion
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) SELinux
8 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (12.38%) Oracle
2 70 (11.55%) Microsoft
3 55 (9.08%) SAP
4 34 (5.61%) Workday
5 32 (5.28%) Salesforce
6 25 (4.13%) Databricks
7 21 (3.47%) VMware
8 18 (2.97%) IBM
9 14 (2.31%) MuleSoft
10 13 (2.15%) OpenAI
10 13 (2.15%) Talend
11 10 (1.65%) ESRI
11 10 (1.65%) UiPath
12 9 (1.49%) Automation Anywhere
13 7 (1.16%) Avaloq
13 7 (1.16%) Informatica
13 7 (1.16%) NEC
14 6 (0.99%) Denodo
14 6 (0.99%) Google
14 6 (0.99%) Intergraph
204 Legacy Systems jobs in England