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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 212 318
Rank change year-on-year +46 +106 -27
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 687 314 233
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 1.30% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.08% 3.78% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 213 156
10th Percentile £400 £357 £419
25th Percentile £450 £450 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £639
90th Percentile £750 £748 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 10
10th Percentile £23.38 £18.22 -
25th Percentile £34.44 £31.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +80.56% +127.99% -72.54%
75th Percentile £82.25 £63.75 £56.55
90th Percentile £84.70 £82.25 £88.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year +80.56% +127.99% -72.54%

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 13,517 8,311 11,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.32% 34.28% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,501 5,394 7,332
10th Percentile £313 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -3.41% -3.51%
75th Percentile £635 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 707 347 835
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.82 £15.32
Median hourly rate £42.30 £34.34 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +23.18% -3.67% +58.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £86.60 £83.28 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.21% -5.71% +59.09%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +53 349 £550 -8.33% 112
North of England -33 85 £540 -10.00% 55
South West +25 77 £513 +2.50% 27
South East -15 71 £500 +25.00% 49
Midlands -32 62 £495 -1.00% 25
North West -20 47 £550 -16.67% 30
West Midlands -36 47 £485 -5.37% 9
Yorkshire -49 26 £575 +15.00% 16
East of England -15 24 £575 -2.13% 18
East Midlands -26 14 £505 +1.00% 16
North East -17 12 £480 -16.52% 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 25 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.18%) Confluence
3 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.16%) Appian
4 8 (1.16%) IIS
5 7 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.87%) Apache
6 6 (0.87%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.58%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.29%) Camunda
8 2 (0.29%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.29%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 25 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 37 (5.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.46%) NEC Housing
3 9 (1.31%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.73%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.73%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.58%) Magento
6 4 (0.58%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.58%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.44%) iTrent
7 3 (0.44%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.44%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.44%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 168 (24.45%) Azure
2 146 (21.25%) AWS
3 46 (6.70%) Power Platform
4 36 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (4.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (3.78%) SaaS
7 24 (3.49%) GCP
7 24 (3.49%) Serverless
8 18 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (2.33%) GitHub
9 16 (2.33%) Power Automate
10 13 (1.89%) Boomi
11 11 (1.60%) Anthropic Claude
11 11 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.46%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.75%) DNS
2 6 (0.87%) 4G
2 6 (0.87%) 5G
3 5 (0.73%) Firewall
3 5 (0.73%) Network Security
4 3 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.44%) HTTP
4 3 (0.44%) Intranet
4 3 (0.44%) SSH
4 3 (0.44%) VoIP
4 3 (0.44%) WAN
5 2 (0.29%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.29%) Broadband
5 2 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.29%) MQTT
5 2 (0.29%) NAS
5 2 (0.29%) SAN
5 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.15%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.24%) Power BI
3 27 (3.93%) Metadata
3 27 (3.93%) Oracle Database
4 20 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (2.62%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.75%) MySQL
7 12 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.16%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.16%) GIS
8 8 (1.16%) Pinecone
8 8 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.02%) Pentaho
10 6 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.73%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 46 (6.70%) JIRA
2 24 (3.49%) Git
3 8 (1.16%) MLflow
4 5 (0.73%) Selenium
5 4 (0.58%) CircleCI
5 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.58%) Subversion
6 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.29%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.29%) GitLab
7 2 (0.29%) Mocha
7 2 (0.29%) MSTest
7 2 (0.29%) tSQLt
8 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.15%) Mockito
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 218 (31.73%) Finance
2 198 (28.82%) Social Skills
3 88 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (12.23%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.70%) Banking
6 29 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.47%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.33%) Billing
8 16 (2.33%) Local Government
8 16 (2.33%) Retail
9 12 (1.75%) Military
9 12 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.60%) Marketing
11 9 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.16%) Legal
13 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.02%) Police
13 7 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (15.72%) Architect
2 92 (13.39%) Lead
3 73 (10.63%) Analyst
4 58 (8.44%) Senior
5 51 (7.42%) Developer
6 46 (6.70%) Data Engineer
7 43 (6.26%) Project Manager
8 39 (5.68%) Business Analyst
9 35 (5.09%) Consultant
10 33 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
11 29 (4.22%) Product Manager
12 28 (4.08%) Data Analyst
13 19 (2.77%) Technical Architect
14 18 (2.62%) Data Architect
15 16 (2.33%) Digital Product Manager
15 16 (2.33%) Software Engineer
16 14 (2.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 14 (2.04%) Migration Manager
16 14 (2.04%) Project Officer
16 14 (2.04%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.86%) .NET
2 23 (3.35%) REST
3 21 (3.06%) React
3 21 (3.06%) RESTful
4 20 (2.91%) .NET Framework
5 17 (2.47%) Middleware
6 14 (2.04%) Kafka
7 13 (1.89%) CSS
7 13 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (1.75%) FastAPI
8 12 (1.75%) OAuth
9 11 (1.60%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.60%) Django
9 11 (1.60%) OpenAPI
9 11 (1.60%) Swagger
10 10 (1.46%) HTML
10 10 (1.46%) JSON
10 10 (1.46%) Spring
10 10 (1.46%) Spring Boot
10 10 (1.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.61%) Cloud Native
2 45 (6.55%) Data Structures
3 37 (5.39%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (4.08%) Management Information System
6 21 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
9 13 (1.89%) Mainframe
10 11 (1.60%) Legacy Code
11 10 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.16%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.16%) LIMS
12 8 (1.16%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.87%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.87%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.87%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.11%) Linux
2 38 (5.53%) Windows
3 21 (3.06%) Unix
4 19 (2.77%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.31%) Solaris
6 7 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.87%) HPUX
8 4 (0.58%) AIX
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.58%) SUSE
9 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.44%) VMS
10 2 (0.29%) Debian
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (46.58%) Migration
2 168 (24.45%) Data Migration
3 142 (20.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (19.94%) Agile
5 121 (17.61%) Validation
6 117 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (16.59%) Roadmaps
8 112 (16.30%) Data Modelling
9 105 (15.28%) DevOps
10 104 (15.14%) CI/CD
11 87 (12.66%) User Acceptance Testing
12 85 (12.37%) ERP
13 82 (11.94%) Analytics
14 81 (11.79%) ETL
15 77 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (8.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 56 (8.15%) AI
18 51 (7.42%) Data Pipeline
19 49 (7.13%) Data Governance
20 48 (6.99%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 133 (19.36%) SQL
2 87 (12.66%) Python
3 45 (6.55%) C#
4 40 (5.82%) Java
5 23 (3.35%) TypeScript
6 22 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 19 (2.77%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.33%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.46%) Bicep
10 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.87%) C++
11 6 (0.87%) Perl
11 6 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.73%) Ruby
13 4 (0.58%) Ada
13 4 (0.58%) Korn
13 4 (0.58%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.58%) VBA
14 3 (0.44%) C
14 3 (0.44%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 130 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 112 (16.30%) SC Cleared
3 33 (4.80%) Degree
4 13 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.02%) CISSP
7 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (0.58%) ACCA
9 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.58%) CIMA
9 4 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.58%) RHCE
10 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.44%) PMP
10 3 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (15.87%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.55%) QA
3 42 (6.11%) GDPR
4 15 (2.18%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.31%) PMO
7 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.73%) GRC
8 5 (0.73%) NIST
9 4 (0.58%) BS7666
9 4 (0.58%) HL7
9 4 (0.58%) NCSC
9 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.44%) DICOM
10 3 (0.44%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.44%) SEPA
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.15%) GMP
12 1 (0.15%) SLA
12 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 38 (5.53%) Docker
2 14 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.29%) NFS
6 2 (0.29%) QEMU
6 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.64%) Terraform
3 13 (1.89%) Grafana
4 9 (1.31%) Ansible
5 5 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.44%) Kibana
8 2 (0.29%) Avamar
8 2 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
8 2 (0.29%) Podman
8 2 (0.29%) vMotion
9 1 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.15%) SELinux
Vendors
1 87 (12.66%) Oracle
2 85 (12.37%) Microsoft
3 67 (9.75%) SAP
4 46 (6.70%) Salesforce
5 31 (4.51%) Databricks
6 24 (3.49%) Workday
7 14 (2.04%) Talend
7 14 (2.04%) VMware
8 13 (1.89%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.60%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.46%) NEC
11 9 (1.31%) Automation Anywhere
11 9 (1.31%) IBM
11 9 (1.31%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.31%) UiPath
12 7 (1.02%) Avaloq
12 7 (1.02%) Denodo
12 7 (1.02%) HP
12 7 (1.02%) Informatica
12 7 (1.02%) Red Hat
271 Legacy Systems jobs in England