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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 203 320
Rank change year-on-year +47 +117 -25
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 744 334 251
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.33% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.22% 3.83% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 229 165
10th Percentile £400 £355 £413
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £656 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £770
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 13
10th Percentile £29.00 £19.55 -
25th Percentile £33.38 £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 £65.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.35 £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 14,245 8,718 11,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.81% 34.73% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,889 5,602 7,324
10th Percentile £313 £303 £276
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.57%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £801
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 782 400 852
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.16
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.45 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -8.42% +64.54%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.24 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.23 £81.35 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £32.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year +32.61% -10.97% +60.11%

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 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 25 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 25 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 +44 367 £550 -8.33% 87
North of England -16 102 £550 -4.35% 26
South West +17 87 £505 +15.43% 25
South East -21 76 £500 -3.24% 43
Midlands -30 69 £508 +1.50% 15
North West +2 63 £550 -12.00% 13
West Midlands -34 52 £510 +2.00% 6
Yorkshire -44 27 £575 +9.52% 10
East of England -13 19 £575 +202.63% 10
East Midlands -11 16 £505 +6.32% 9
North East -26 12 £480 -16.52% 5
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 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.42%) Confluence
3 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.94%) Appian
4 7 (0.94%) IIS
5 6 (0.81%) Apache
5 6 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.54%) nginx
6 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.54%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 20 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (4.44%) 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
5 5 (0.67%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.54%) Magento
6 4 (0.54%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.54%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.40%) iTrent
7 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.40%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 185 (24.87%) Azure
2 157 (21.10%) AWS
3 55 (7.39%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 30 (4.03%) SaaS
6 28 (3.76%) GCP
7 26 (3.49%) Serverless
8 24 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (2.82%) Power Automate
10 17 (2.28%) GitHub
11 15 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (1.61%) Boomi
13 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (1.61%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
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
4 4 (0.54%) Intranet
4 4 (0.54%) PSTN
5 3 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.40%) IP Telephony
5 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.40%) SSH
5 3 (0.40%) WAN
6 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
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 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 45 (6.05%) Power BI
3 30 (4.03%) Oracle Database
4 28 (3.76%) Metadata
5 21 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.75%) MySQL
10 11 (1.48%) Delta Lake
10 11 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.48%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
12 8 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.94%) Pentaho
13 7 (0.94%) Pinecone
13 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.81%) Data Mart
14 6 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 52 (6.99%) JIRA
2 33 (4.44%) 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%) 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%) MSI
7 3 (0.40%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
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%) tSQLt
General
1 226 (30.38%) Finance
2 211 (28.36%) Social Skills
3 94 (12.63%) Public Sector
4 85 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (7.12%) Banking
6 29 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.36%) Retail
8 23 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.55%) Billing
9 19 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.15%) Local Government
11 13 (1.75%) Military
12 12 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.48%) Legal
13 11 (1.48%) Marketing
14 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.08%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.94%) Police
16 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.81%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 118 (15.86%) Architect
2 95 (12.77%) Lead
3 78 (10.48%) Analyst
4 69 (9.27%) Senior
5 58 (7.80%) Developer
6 56 (7.53%) Data Engineer
7 46 (6.18%) Project Manager
8 38 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
9 36 (4.84%) Consultant
10 35 (4.70%) Business Analyst
11 29 (3.90%) Product Manager
12 27 (3.63%) Data Analyst
13 20 (2.69%) Data Architect
14 18 (2.42%) Software Engineer
14 18 (2.42%) Technical Architect
15 16 (2.15%) Digital Product Manager
16 14 (1.88%) Tester
17 13 (1.75%) Migration Engineer
17 13 (1.75%) Product Owner
17 13 (1.75%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (8.06%) .NET
2 35 (4.70%) REST
3 25 (3.36%) .NET Framework
4 24 (3.23%) React
5 23 (3.09%) RESTful
6 19 (2.55%) Middleware
7 17 (2.28%) CSS
8 16 (2.15%) Kafka
9 15 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
9 15 (2.02%) Spring
9 15 (2.02%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.88%) .NET Core
10 14 (1.88%) OAuth
11 13 (1.75%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.75%) HTML
11 13 (1.75%) PySpark
12 11 (1.48%) Django
12 11 (1.48%) JSON
13 9 (1.21%) SOAP
13 9 (1.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.22%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.32%) Data Structures
3 40 (5.38%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.76%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.28%) Legacy Applications
8 12 (1.61%) Mainframe
9 11 (1.48%) Legacy Code
10 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.21%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.21%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.08%) LIMS
12 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.94%) PKI
12 7 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.91%) Windows
2 43 (5.78%) Linux
3 25 (3.36%) Unix
4 20 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.34%) Solaris
6 8 (1.08%) 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 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (45.70%) Migration
2 181 (24.33%) Data Migration
3 165 (22.18%) Agile
4 153 (20.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 126 (16.94%) Validation
6 122 (16.40%) CI/CD
7 120 (16.13%) Data Modelling
7 120 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (15.99%) Roadmaps
9 117 (15.73%) DevOps
10 99 (13.31%) Analytics
11 86 (11.56%) User Acceptance Testing
12 82 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 82 (11.02%) ERP
13 81 (10.89%) ETL
14 61 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 60 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
15 60 (8.06%) Data Pipeline
15 60 (8.06%) Decision-Making
16 58 (7.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 153 (20.56%) SQL
2 102 (13.71%) Python
3 51 (6.85%) C#
4 37 (4.97%) Java
5 36 (4.84%) TypeScript
6 31 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.09%) PL/SQL
8 19 (2.55%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.75%) Bicep
10 9 (1.21%) C
11 8 (1.08%) 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%) Bash
Qualifications
1 151 (20.30%) Security Cleared
2 131 (17.61%) SC Cleared
3 34 (4.57%) Degree
4 15 (2.02%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.21%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.94%) CISSP
9 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.67%) RHCE
11 4 (0.54%) ACCA
11 4 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.54%) CIMA
11 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.40%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (14.65%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.18%) QA
3 44 (5.91%) GDPR
4 18 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.61%) PMO
6 7 (0.94%) NCSC
7 6 (0.81%) GRC
7 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.67%) NIST
9 4 (0.54%) BS7666
9 4 (0.54%) HL7
9 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.40%) DICOM
10 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.40%) SEPA
10 3 (0.40%) WCAG
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 42 (5.65%) Docker
2 19 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) Firmware
5 3 (0.40%) OpenAM
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.27%) NFS
6 2 (0.27%) QEMU
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (5.78%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.03%) Terraform
3 14 (1.88%) Grafana
4 10 (1.34%) 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%) Podman
9 2 (0.27%) vMotion
10 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) SELinux
Vendors
1 105 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 100 (13.44%) Oracle
3 65 (8.74%) SAP
4 52 (6.99%) Salesforce
5 33 (4.44%) Databricks
6 23 (3.09%) Workday
7 15 (2.02%) 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
10 9 (1.21%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.08%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.08%) HP
11 8 (1.08%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.08%) UiPath
12 7 (0.94%) Denodo
13 6 (0.81%) Siebel