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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 194 311
Rank change year-on-year +38 +117 -11
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 774 384 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.41% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.20% 4.05% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 254 174
10th Percentile £400 £361 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £665 £649
90th Percentile £738 £768 £775
UK median daily rate £529 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -3.82% +3.77% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 12
10th Percentile £31.25 £20.88 -
25th Percentile £44.88 £31.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £62.50 £36.00 £42.90
Median % change year-on-year +73.61% -16.07% -25.40%
75th Percentile £73.13 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.20 £86.20
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £36.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +73.61% -31.43% -8.70%

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 14,875 9,488 11,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.21% 34.87% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,238 6,018 7,226
10th Percentile £317 £306 £290
25th Percentile £420 £409 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £653 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 798 471 743
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.05 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.01% -17.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £72.50 £61.12 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.97 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £30.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year +45.32% -19.33% +25.00%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +38 396 £550 -5.98% 76
North of England -13 117 £525 -4.55% 30
South West +16 85 £500 +5.26% 21
North West +3 76 £545 -12.80% 13
South East -34 75 £513 -10.87% 53
Midlands -39 62 £503 -4.29% 23
West Midlands -45 46 £500 -4.76% 10
Yorkshire -33 31 £525 - 14
East of England -11 16 £588 +209.21% 12
East Midlands -11 15 £505 -2.88% 13
North East -31 10 £480 -12.33% 4
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 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.71%) Confluence
3 9 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.03%) Apache
5 7 (0.90%) IIS
6 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.52%) Appian
7 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.52%) nginx
7 4 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.52%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.39%) OpenROAD
9 2 (0.26%) Camunda
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 19 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 31 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.55%) NEC Housing
3 10 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.52%) Magento
6 4 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.52%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.39%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.39%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.39%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.26%) Maximo
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 204 (26.36%) Azure
2 169 (21.83%) AWS
3 63 (8.14%) Power Platform
4 48 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (4.52%) SaaS
6 32 (4.13%) GCP
7 31 (4.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (3.23%) Serverless
9 20 (2.58%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.20%) GitHub
12 16 (2.07%) dbt
13 14 (1.81%) Boomi
13 14 (1.81%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
15 12 (1.55%) OCI
16 11 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.55%) DNS
2 6 (0.78%) 4G
2 6 (0.78%) 5G
3 5 (0.65%) Firewall
3 5 (0.65%) HTTP
3 5 (0.65%) Network Security
3 5 (0.65%) PSTN
4 4 (0.52%) Intranet
4 4 (0.52%) IP Telephony
4 4 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.39%) SSH
5 3 (0.39%) WAN
6 2 (0.26%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.26%) MQTT
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 2 (0.26%) SSL
6 2 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 50 (6.46%) Power BI
3 32 (4.13%) Metadata
4 29 (3.75%) Oracle Database
5 23 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (2.71%) Data Lake
7 19 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.68%) MySQL
10 12 (1.55%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.42%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
13 9 (1.16%) Relational Database
14 8 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (0.90%) Pentaho
15 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 6 (0.78%) Data Mart
17 5 (0.65%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 51 (6.59%) JIRA
2 36 (4.65%) Git
3 6 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.78%) MSI
4 5 (0.65%) CircleCI
4 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
4 5 (0.65%) Gatling
4 5 (0.65%) MLflow
4 5 (0.65%) Selenium
5 4 (0.52%) GitLab
5 4 (0.52%) Subversion
6 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.39%) JUnit
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.26%) Mocha
7 2 (0.26%) MSTest
7 2 (0.26%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.26%) tSQLt
General
1 245 (31.65%) Finance
2 213 (27.52%) Social Skills
3 101 (13.05%) Public Sector
4 83 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.36%) Banking
6 32 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (3.75%) Retail
8 25 (3.23%) Billing
9 24 (3.10%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.07%) Local Government
12 14 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.81%) Military
13 13 (1.68%) Legal
14 12 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.42%) Marketing
16 9 (1.16%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.90%) Back Office
17 7 (0.90%) Law
17 7 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (16.54%) Architect
2 105 (13.57%) Lead
3 84 (10.85%) Analyst
4 78 (10.08%) Senior
5 70 (9.04%) Developer
6 65 (8.40%) Data Engineer
7 46 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 46 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.78%) Business Analyst
9 30 (3.88%) Consultant
10 27 (3.49%) Product Manager
11 26 (3.36%) Data Analyst
12 20 (2.58%) Data Architect
13 16 (2.07%) Software Engineer
14 15 (1.94%) Digital Product Manager
15 14 (1.81%) Lead Data Engineer
15 14 (1.81%) Systems Analyst
15 14 (1.81%) Technical Architect
15 14 (1.81%) Tester
16 13 (1.68%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (8.40%) .NET
2 43 (5.56%) REST
3 27 (3.49%) .NET Framework
4 25 (3.23%) React
5 24 (3.10%) Middleware
6 21 (2.71%) RESTful
7 20 (2.58%) Kafka
8 19 (2.45%) CSS
9 18 (2.33%) Spring
9 18 (2.33%) Spring Boot
10 17 (2.20%) .NET Core
11 16 (2.07%) HTML
12 15 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.94%) PySpark
13 14 (1.81%) SOAP
14 13 (1.68%) JSON
14 13 (1.68%) OAuth
15 12 (1.55%) XML
16 10 (1.29%) AngularJS
16 10 (1.29%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 98 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.33%) Data Structures
3 42 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.78%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (4.39%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.84%) Legacy Applications
6 22 (2.84%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.55%) Mainframe
9 11 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.29%) Legacy Code
11 9 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.16%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.03%) LIMS
13 7 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.90%) PKI
14 6 (0.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.20%) Linux
2 47 (6.07%) Windows
3 32 (4.13%) Unix
4 20 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.81%) Solaris
6 12 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.90%) HPUX
8 5 (0.65%) AIX
8 5 (0.65%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.65%) SUSE
9 4 (0.52%) CentOS
9 4 (0.52%) VMS
10 3 (0.39%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (45.99%) Migration
2 184 (23.77%) Agile
3 181 (23.39%) Data Migration
4 159 (20.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (17.18%) DevOps
6 132 (17.05%) Data Modelling
7 131 (16.93%) Roadmaps
8 129 (16.67%) CI/CD
9 123 (15.89%) Validation
10 121 (15.63%) Analytics
11 119 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
12 85 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 82 (10.59%) ERP
14 81 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
15 77 (9.95%) ETL
16 70 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
17 66 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
17 66 (8.53%) Microservices
18 64 (8.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 62 (8.01%) AI
Programming Languages
1 155 (20.03%) SQL
2 109 (14.08%) Python
3 52 (6.72%) C#
4 44 (5.68%) Java
5 40 (5.17%) JavaScript
5 40 (5.17%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.23%) PL/SQL
7 18 (2.33%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.20%) Bicep
9 9 (1.16%) C
10 8 (1.03%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.78%) C++
12 6 (0.78%) ProC
12 6 (0.78%) Ruby
12 6 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.65%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.65%) VBA
14 4 (0.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 172 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 149 (19.25%) SC Cleared
3 34 (4.39%) Degree
4 22 (2.84%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.45%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.16%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.03%) CISSP
10 6 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.65%) RHCE
12 4 (0.52%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.52%) CCNA
12 4 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (14.21%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.59%) QA
3 47 (6.07%) GDPR
4 21 (2.71%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.94%) PMO
6 13 (1.68%) NCSC
7 12 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.90%) GRC
8 7 (0.90%) WCAG
9 6 (0.78%) NIST
9 6 (0.78%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.52%) BS7666
10 4 (0.52%) HL7
10 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.39%) DICOM
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.39%) SEPA
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 45 (5.81%) Docker
2 20 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.52%) Firmware
6 3 (0.39%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.26%) NFS
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.91%) Terraform
3 14 (1.81%) Grafana
4 9 (1.16%) Ansible
5 5 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.52%) Kibana
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle ZFS
7 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.26%) Avamar
8 2 (0.26%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.26%) Packer
8 2 (0.26%) vMotion
9 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) SELinux
Vendors
1 120 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 111 (14.34%) Oracle
3 65 (8.40%) SAP
4 52 (6.72%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.78%) Databricks
6 23 (2.97%) Workday
7 15 (1.94%) VMware
8 14 (1.81%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.81%) Talend
9 13 (1.68%) IBM
10 12 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.55%) NEC
11 9 (1.16%) Informatica
12 8 (1.03%) HP
12 8 (1.03%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.90%) Cisco
13 7 (0.90%) Denodo
14 6 (0.78%) Baan
14 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.78%) Siebel