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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 205 298
Rank change year-on-year +52 +93 +2
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 785 371 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.37% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 3.95% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 247 173
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £664 £650
90th Percentile £737 £760 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 13
10th Percentile £31.25 £20.88 -
25th Percentile £49.56 £31.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £63.75 £36.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +77.08% +127.99% -72.54%
75th Percentile £72.81 £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 14,937 9,404 11,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.17% 34.69% 30.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,287 5,985 7,320
10th Percentile £313 £305 £288
25th Percentile £416 £408 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 456 799
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £18.89 £15.62
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.03 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.11% -14.22% +21.26%
75th Percentile £71.62 £60.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.73 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £31.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +39.58% -13.71% +32.73%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +50 398 £550 -5.98% 98
North of England -14 113 £503 -8.55% 31
South West +26 88 £500 +5.26% 18
South East -26 79 £500 -9.09% 51
North West -1 73 £540 -13.60% 15
Midlands -31 67 £510 +2.00% 17
West Midlands -45 50 £511 -0.24% 8
Yorkshire -41 30 £500 -4.76% 14
East Midlands -14 16 £505 +6.32% 9
East of England -15 16 £588 +209.21% 15
North East -26 10 £480 -12.33% 3
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 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.68%) Confluence
3 9 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.02%) Apache
5 7 (0.89%) IIS
6 6 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.51%) Appian
7 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.51%) nginx
7 4 (0.51%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.51%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.25%) Camunda
8 2 (0.25%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 19 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 31 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.40%) NEC Housing
4 10 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.51%) Magento
7 4 (0.51%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.51%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.38%) iTrent
8 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.38%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.25%) Maximo
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 204 (25.99%) Azure
2 170 (21.66%) AWS
3 61 (7.77%) Power Platform
4 46 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (4.46%) SaaS
6 32 (4.08%) GCP
7 31 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (3.44%) Serverless
9 25 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.55%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 18 (2.29%) GitHub
12 16 (2.04%) dbt
13 14 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (1.78%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.66%) Boomi
15 12 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
15 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
15 12 (1.53%) OCI
16 11 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.53%) DNS
2 6 (0.76%) 4G
2 6 (0.76%) 5G
3 5 (0.64%) Firewall
3 5 (0.64%) HTTP
3 5 (0.64%) Network Security
3 5 (0.64%) PSTN
4 4 (0.51%) Intranet
4 4 (0.51%) IP Telephony
4 4 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.38%) SSH
5 3 (0.38%) WAN
6 2 (0.25%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.25%) DHCP
6 2 (0.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.25%) MQTT
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) SAN
6 2 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 50 (6.37%) Power BI
3 32 (4.08%) Metadata
4 29 (3.69%) Oracle Database
5 23 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (2.68%) Data Lake
7 20 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.66%) MySQL
10 12 (1.53%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.40%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.40%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.27%) Semantic Layer
13 8 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.89%) Pentaho
15 6 (0.76%) Data Mart
15 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 49 (6.24%) JIRA
2 35 (4.46%) Git
3 6 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.76%) MSI
4 5 (0.64%) CircleCI
4 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
4 5 (0.64%) Gatling
4 5 (0.64%) MLflow
4 5 (0.64%) Selenium
5 4 (0.51%) Subversion
6 3 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.38%) GitLab
6 3 (0.38%) JUnit
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.25%) Mocha
7 2 (0.25%) MSTest
7 2 (0.25%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.25%) tSQLt
General
1 241 (30.70%) Finance
2 208 (26.50%) Social Skills
3 104 (13.25%) Public Sector
4 86 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (7.39%) Banking
6 31 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.57%) Retail
8 25 (3.18%) Billing
9 24 (3.06%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.04%) Local Government
12 14 (1.78%) Military
13 13 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.66%) Legal
14 12 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.40%) Marketing
16 9 (1.15%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.02%) Police
18 7 (0.89%) Law
18 7 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (16.69%) Architect
2 104 (13.25%) Lead
3 84 (10.70%) Analyst
4 78 (9.94%) Senior
5 69 (8.79%) Developer
6 66 (8.41%) Data Engineer
7 46 (5.86%) Project Manager
8 44 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (4.84%) Business Analyst
10 33 (4.20%) Consultant
11 29 (3.69%) Product Manager
12 26 (3.31%) Data Analyst
13 20 (2.55%) Data Architect
14 18 (2.29%) Technical Architect
15 17 (2.17%) Software Engineer
16 16 (2.04%) Digital Product Manager
17 14 (1.78%) Migration Engineer
17 14 (1.78%) Senior Manager
17 14 (1.78%) Systems Analyst
17 14 (1.78%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (8.41%) .NET
2 41 (5.22%) REST
3 28 (3.57%) .NET Framework
4 26 (3.31%) React
5 23 (2.93%) Middleware
6 21 (2.68%) Kafka
6 21 (2.68%) RESTful
7 20 (2.55%) CSS
8 18 (2.29%) .NET Core
9 17 (2.17%) HTML
10 16 (2.04%) Spring
10 16 (2.04%) Spring Boot
11 15 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.91%) PySpark
12 13 (1.66%) OAuth
13 12 (1.53%) JSON
13 12 (1.53%) SOAP
14 10 (1.27%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.27%) Node.js
14 10 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (12.48%) Cloud Native
2 46 (5.86%) Data Structures
3 44 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.18%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.68%) Legacy Applications
8 17 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.66%) Mainframe
10 11 (1.40%) Legacy Code
10 11 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.15%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.02%) LIMS
13 8 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.89%) PKI
15 6 (0.76%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.99%) Linux
1 47 (5.99%) Windows
2 31 (3.95%) Unix
3 20 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.78%) Solaris
5 12 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.89%) HPUX
7 5 (0.64%) AIX
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.64%) SUSE
8 4 (0.51%) CentOS
8 4 (0.51%) VMS
9 3 (0.38%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (46.50%) Migration
2 188 (23.95%) Data Migration
3 182 (23.18%) Agile
4 154 (19.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (16.94%) Data Modelling
6 132 (16.82%) CI/CD
6 132 (16.82%) Roadmaps
7 130 (16.56%) Validation
8 129 (16.43%) DevOps
9 121 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (15.29%) Analytics
11 83 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 83 (10.57%) ERP
12 79 (10.06%) User Acceptance Testing
13 78 (9.94%) ETL
14 71 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
15 67 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
16 66 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 64 (8.15%) Microservices
18 62 (7.90%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 158 (20.13%) SQL
2 112 (14.27%) Python
3 54 (6.88%) C#
4 41 (5.22%) TypeScript
5 39 (4.97%) Java
5 39 (4.97%) JavaScript
6 25 (3.18%) PL/SQL
7 18 (2.29%) Bicep
7 18 (2.29%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.15%) C
9 8 (1.02%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.89%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.76%) C++
11 6 (0.76%) ProC
11 6 (0.76%) Ruby
11 6 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.64%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.64%) VBA
13 4 (0.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 171 (21.78%) Security Cleared
2 149 (18.98%) SC Cleared
3 34 (4.33%) Degree
4 22 (2.80%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.02%) CISSP
9 6 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.64%) RHCE
11 4 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.51%) CCNA
11 4 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (14.27%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.50%) QA
3 46 (5.86%) GDPR
4 21 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.78%) PMO
6 13 (1.66%) NCSC
7 12 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.89%) GRC
8 7 (0.89%) WCAG
9 6 (0.76%) NIST
9 6 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.51%) BS7666
10 4 (0.51%) HL7
10 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.38%) DICOM
11 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.38%) SEPA
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 45 (5.73%) Docker
2 20 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.51%) Firmware
6 3 (0.38%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.25%) NFS
7 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.84%) Terraform
3 14 (1.78%) Grafana
4 8 (1.02%) Ansible
5 6 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.51%) Kibana
7 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle ZFS
8 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.25%) Avamar
9 2 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.25%) Packer
9 2 (0.25%) vMotion
10 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) SELinux
Vendors
1 122 (15.54%) Microsoft
2 109 (13.89%) Oracle
3 64 (8.15%) SAP
4 55 (7.01%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.84%) Databricks
6 22 (2.80%) Workday
7 15 (1.91%) VMware
8 14 (1.78%) IBM
8 14 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.78%) Talend
9 12 (1.53%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.40%) NEC
11 9 (1.15%) Informatica
12 8 (1.02%) HP
12 8 (1.02%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.89%) Cisco
13 7 (0.89%) Denodo
14 6 (0.76%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.76%) Siebel
15 5 (0.64%) Baan