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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 210 306
Rank change year-on-year +54 +96 -11
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 731 322 244
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.30% 0.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.24% 3.78% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 218 161
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 £645
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 13
10th Percentile £31.25 £18.22 -
25th Percentile £47.21 £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 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.80 £82.25 £84.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £34.15
% change year-on-year +80.56% +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 13,957 8,527 11,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.57% 34.53% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,710 5,491 7,300
10th Percentile £316 £300 £275
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.24% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 755 381 852
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.24
25th Percentile £21.15 £20.64 £15.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.46 £82.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +28.79% -7.04% +57.88%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +50 368 £550 -7.41% 101
North of England -26 94 £506 -15.67% 77
South West +32 87 £523 +16.11% 42
South East -14 72 £500 -4.31% 80
Midlands -30 65 £500 - 43
North West -9 55 £550 -16.67% 40
West Midlands -36 50 £500 -2.44% 20
Yorkshire -44 27 £575 +9.52% 26
East of England -13 24 £575 -2.13% 45
East Midlands -19 14 £505 +6.32% 23
North East -25 12 £480 -16.52% 13
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 24 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.46%) Confluence
3 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.09%) Appian
5 7 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.96%) IIS
6 6 (0.82%) Apache
6 6 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.55%) nginx
7 4 (0.55%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.55%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) Camunda
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 25 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.50%) NEC Housing
3 10 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.68%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.55%) Magento
6 4 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.55%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.41%) iTrent
7 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.41%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.41%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.27%) Maximo
8 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 169 (23.12%) Azure
2 149 (20.38%) AWS
3 53 (7.25%) Power Platform
4 36 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (3.69%) SaaS
7 25 (3.42%) Serverless
8 23 (3.15%) GCP
9 20 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (2.60%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.19%) GitHub
12 12 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (1.64%) Boomi
12 12 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.50%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
13 11 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.64%) DNS
2 6 (0.82%) 4G
2 6 (0.82%) 5G
3 5 (0.68%) Firewall
3 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 5 (0.68%) Network Security
4 4 (0.55%) Intranet
5 3 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.41%) PSTN
5 3 (0.41%) SSH
5 3 (0.41%) WAN
6 2 (0.27%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) DHCP
6 2 (0.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.27%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.27%) MQTT
6 2 (0.27%) NAS
6 2 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 42 (5.75%) Power BI
3 33 (4.51%) Metadata
4 28 (3.83%) Oracle Database
5 22 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.46%) Data Lake
7 16 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.64%) MySQL
8 12 (1.64%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.23%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.09%) Pinecone
11 8 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.96%) Pentaho
12 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 50 (6.84%) JIRA
2 30 (4.10%) Git
3 8 (1.09%) MLflow
4 6 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.68%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.68%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.68%) Gatling
5 5 (0.68%) Selenium
6 4 (0.55%) Subversion
7 3 (0.41%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.41%) JUnit
7 3 (0.41%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.27%) GitLab
8 2 (0.27%) Mocha
8 2 (0.27%) MSI
8 2 (0.27%) MSTest
8 2 (0.27%) tSQLt
9 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 228 (31.19%) Finance
2 208 (28.45%) Social Skills
3 93 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (12.45%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.25%) Banking
6 30 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.60%) Billing
8 18 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.46%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.46%) Retail
9 16 (2.19%) Local Government
10 12 (1.64%) Military
10 12 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.50%) Legal
11 11 (1.50%) Marketing
11 11 (1.50%) Publishing
12 9 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.09%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.96%) Police
Job Titles
1 112 (15.32%) Architect
2 94 (12.86%) Lead
3 75 (10.26%) Analyst
4 67 (9.17%) Senior
5 57 (7.80%) Developer
6 53 (7.25%) Data Engineer
7 46 (6.29%) Project Manager
8 37 (5.06%) Business Analyst
8 37 (5.06%) Consultant
9 35 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (3.97%) Product Manager
11 28 (3.83%) Data Analyst
12 20 (2.74%) Data Architect
13 19 (2.60%) Software Engineer
14 18 (2.46%) Technical Architect
15 16 (2.19%) Digital Product Manager
16 15 (2.05%) Tester
17 14 (1.92%) Migration Manager
18 13 (1.78%) Data Migration Lead
18 13 (1.78%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.52%) .NET
2 29 (3.97%) REST
3 22 (3.01%) .NET Framework
3 22 (3.01%) React
3 22 (3.01%) RESTful
4 19 (2.60%) Middleware
5 16 (2.19%) CSS
5 16 (2.19%) Kafka
6 15 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (2.05%) Spring
6 15 (2.05%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.92%) FastAPI
8 13 (1.78%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.64%) Django
9 12 (1.64%) HTML
9 12 (1.64%) OAuth
10 11 (1.50%) JSON
11 10 (1.37%) PySpark
11 10 (1.37%) Swagger
11 10 (1.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.71%) Cloud Native
2 46 (6.29%) Data Structures
3 41 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 33 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (3.97%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.69%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
9 13 (1.78%) Mainframe
10 11 (1.50%) Legacy Code
11 10 (1.37%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.23%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.09%) LIMS
13 8 (1.09%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.02%) Linux
2 43 (5.88%) Windows
3 23 (3.15%) Unix
4 20 (2.74%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.37%) Solaris
6 8 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.96%) HPUX
8 5 (0.68%) AIX
8 5 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.68%) SUSE
9 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.41%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (46.24%) Migration
2 181 (24.76%) Data Migration
3 157 (21.48%) Agile
4 154 (21.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 129 (17.65%) Validation
6 122 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (16.55%) Data Modelling
8 116 (15.87%) Roadmaps
9 112 (15.32%) CI/CD
10 110 (15.05%) DevOps
11 95 (13.00%) Analytics
12 89 (12.18%) User Acceptance Testing
13 84 (11.49%) ERP
13 84 (11.49%) ETL
14 82 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 59 (8.07%) Decision-Making
17 58 (7.93%) AI
18 57 (7.80%) Data Pipeline
19 54 (7.39%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 153 (20.93%) SQL
2 96 (13.13%) Python
3 49 (6.70%) C#
4 42 (5.75%) Java
5 33 (4.51%) TypeScript
6 26 (3.56%) JavaScript
7 24 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.01%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.64%) Bicep
10 8 (1.09%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.96%) C
11 7 (0.96%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.82%) C++
12 6 (0.82%) Perl
12 6 (0.82%) Ruby
12 6 (0.82%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.55%) Korn
14 4 (0.55%) ProC
Qualifications
1 150 (20.52%) Security Cleared
2 129 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 33 (4.51%) Degree
4 14 (1.92%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.09%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.96%) CISSP
9 5 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (0.68%) RHCE
9 5 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.55%) ACCA
10 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.55%) CIMA
10 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (15.32%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.29%) QA
3 44 (6.02%) GDPR
4 18 (2.46%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.50%) PMO
7 6 (0.82%) GRC
7 6 (0.82%) NCSC
7 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.68%) NIST
9 4 (0.55%) BS7666
9 4 (0.55%) HL7
9 4 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.41%) DICOM
10 3 (0.41%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.41%) SEPA
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.27%) WCAG
12 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 42 (5.75%) Docker
2 16 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.27%) NFS
6 2 (0.27%) QEMU
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.56%) Terraform
3 14 (1.92%) Grafana
4 9 (1.23%) Ansible
5 6 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.55%) Kibana
7 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.41%) HP ALM
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%) Podman
9 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) vMotion
10 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.14%) SELinux
Vendors
1 97 (13.27%) Oracle
2 93 (12.72%) Microsoft
3 66 (9.03%) SAP
4 48 (6.57%) Salesforce
5 30 (4.10%) Databricks
6 23 (3.15%) Workday
7 15 (2.05%) VMware
8 14 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.92%) Talend
9 13 (1.78%) IBM
10 11 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.50%) NEC
11 9 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
11 9 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.23%) UiPath
12 8 (1.09%) HP
12 8 (1.09%) Informatica
12 8 (1.09%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.96%) Denodo
14 6 (0.82%) Siebel
367 Legacy Systems jobs in England