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 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 254 302
Rank change year-on-year +73 +48 +44
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 491 294 285
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 0.96% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.37% 3.00% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 186 179
10th Percentile £407 £380 £387
25th Percentile £451 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% -12.13%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £665
90th Percentile £736 £753 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile £26.33 £31.57 £33.35
25th Percentile £31.56 £56.28 £53.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -20.90% +152.86%
75th Percentile £80.25 £74.38 £92.00
90th Percentile £92.48 £82.25 £93.05
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £88.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -20.90% +26.43%

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 11,244 9,786 12,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.14% 32.01% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,081 5,885 8,344
10th Percentile £285 £294 £270
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.08%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £748 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.75% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 308 459
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.85 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.60 £21.05
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.27 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -29.97% -10.42% +25.26%
75th Percentile £57.88 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.37 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.19% -18.82% +21.43%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 +59 239 £550 -2.65% 56
North of England -10 74 £523 +1.95% 49
South East +17 66 £600 +3.09% 74
Midlands -5 59 £520 -11.49% 51
Yorkshire -8 40 £525 +2.44% 20
West Midlands -8 36 £550 -9.28% 23
North West -16 29 £463 -15.73% 26
East Midlands -2 23 £515 +17.71% 27
South West +1 22 £450 -28.00% 20
East of England -13 7 £190 -61.22% 23
North East -6 5 £573 -11.92% 3
South Coast - 1 £550 -
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 13 (2.65%) Confluence
2 12 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.24%) ArcGIS
4 7 (1.43%) Smallworld
5 6 (1.22%) GeoServer
6 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.61%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.61%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.41%) CMS
8 2 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.20%) Apache
9 1 (0.20%) CICS
9 1 (0.20%) Documentum
9 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.20%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.20%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 24 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.41%) Sketch
4 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (5.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.44%) Maximo
4 6 (1.22%) Endur
4 6 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle SCM
5 5 (1.02%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.81%) Primavera
6 4 (0.81%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.41%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 124 (25.25%) Azure
2 72 (14.66%) AWS
3 40 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 26 (5.30%) GCP
5 21 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (3.87%) SaaS
7 18 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (3.67%) GitHub
8 17 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (2.44%) OCI
11 11 (2.24%) Entra ID
11 11 (2.24%) Snowflake
12 10 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.04%) Serverless
13 9 (1.83%) PaaS
14 8 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.83%) Firewall
2 7 (1.43%) Internet
3 5 (1.02%) DNS
3 5 (1.02%) Network Security
3 5 (1.02%) VoIP
3 5 (1.02%) VPN
4 4 (0.81%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.81%) WAN
4 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.61%) VLAN
6 2 (0.41%) BGP
6 2 (0.41%) ISDN
6 2 (0.41%) LAN
6 2 (0.41%) NAS
6 2 (0.41%) OSPF
6 2 (0.41%) PSTN
7 1 (0.20%) Broadband
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) HTTP
7 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.72%) Power BI
2 27 (5.50%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.05%) GIS
5 13 (2.65%) Metadata
6 11 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.83%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.83%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.43%) Oracle Database
8 7 (1.43%) QGIS
8 7 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (1.22%) MySQL
9 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.22%) Tableau
10 5 (1.02%) SAP BW
10 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.81%) DB2
11 4 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (4.28%) JIRA
2 13 (2.65%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.44%) GitLab
4 9 (1.83%) Git
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.61%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.61%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.61%) Jaeger
6 3 (0.61%) JUnit
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.41%) Gradle
7 2 (0.41%) Maven
7 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.20%) Mockito
General
1 154 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 144 (29.33%) Finance
3 68 (13.85%) Public Sector
4 40 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.31%) Banking
6 25 (5.09%) Telecoms
7 23 (4.68%) Retail
8 21 (4.28%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.87%) Local Government
10 16 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (2.85%) Marketing
12 12 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (2.04%) Military
15 9 (1.83%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.83%) Automotive
15 9 (1.83%) Legal
16 8 (1.63%) Law
17 6 (1.22%) Front Office
18 5 (1.02%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 112 (22.81%) Architect
2 60 (12.22%) Developer
3 56 (11.41%) Lead
4 52 (10.59%) Analyst
5 51 (10.39%) Solutions Architect
6 49 (9.98%) Consultant
7 41 (8.35%) Senior
8 33 (6.72%) Business Analyst
9 28 (5.70%) Project Manager
10 24 (4.89%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.26%) Data Analyst
11 16 (3.26%) Technical Architect
12 13 (2.65%) Java Developer
12 13 (2.65%) Lead Architect
13 11 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (2.04%) .NET Developer
14 10 (2.04%) Senior Developer
15 9 (1.83%) Data Architect
15 9 (1.83%) Oracle Consultant
15 9 (1.83%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.33%) .NET
2 20 (4.07%) REST
3 12 (2.44%) React
4 11 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (2.04%) Middleware
5 10 (2.04%) RESTful
5 10 (2.04%) SOAP
6 9 (1.83%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.83%) HTML
6 9 (1.83%) Web Services
7 8 (1.63%) .NET Core
7 8 (1.63%) XML
8 7 (1.43%) JSON
8 7 (1.43%) Kafka
8 7 (1.43%) PySpark
8 7 (1.43%) Spring
8 7 (1.43%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.43%) Swagger
9 6 (1.22%) CSS
9 6 (1.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.13%) Cloud Native
2 21 (4.28%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.24%) Mainframe
7 9 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.83%) IoT
7 9 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.43%) NHS
9 7 (1.43%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.22%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.22%) SCADA
11 5 (1.02%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.28%) Windows
2 18 (3.67%) Linux
3 7 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.22%) Android
4 6 (1.22%) VMS
5 5 (1.02%) OpenVMS
5 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) Unix
7 2 (0.41%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) MVS
8 1 (0.20%) VME
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (42.16%) Migration
2 124 (25.25%) Agile
3 105 (21.38%) Data Migration
4 99 (20.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 82 (16.70%) DevOps
5 82 (16.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 64 (13.03%) CI/CD
7 62 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (12.02%) Roadmaps
9 56 (11.41%) Analytics
10 55 (11.20%) Data Modelling
11 54 (11.00%) AI
12 53 (10.79%) Validation
13 52 (10.59%) ERP
14 45 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (6.92%) Workshop Facilitation
16 32 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (6.52%) Project Management
17 31 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
17 31 (6.31%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 80 (16.29%) SQL
2 47 (9.57%) Python
3 37 (7.54%) C#
4 33 (6.72%) Java
5 21 (4.28%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.24%) Bicep
7 11 (2.24%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.63%) Bash
8 8 (1.63%) PHP
8 8 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.43%) ABAP
10 4 (0.81%) Go
10 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.41%) JCL
12 2 (0.41%) R
12 2 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 82 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.02%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.13%) Degree
4 18 (3.67%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.24%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.61%) CCNP
12 3 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.61%) PMP
12 3 (0.61%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.41%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.16%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.07%) GDPR
2 20 (4.07%) QA
3 12 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.43%) WCAG
5 6 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.02%) PMO
7 3 (0.61%) COBIT
7 3 (0.61%) NCSC
7 3 (0.61%) NIST
7 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.41%) GRC
8 2 (0.41%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.41%) SLA
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) IFRS
9 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 25 (5.09%) Docker
2 17 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.41%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.70%) Terraform
3 18 (3.67%) Ansible
4 6 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.02%) Grafana
5 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.41%) Packer
7 2 (0.41%) SCCM
8 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.20%) CASB
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.20%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.20%) Salt
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 64 (13.03%) Oracle
2 59 (12.02%) Microsoft
3 54 (11.00%) SAP
4 23 (4.68%) IBM
5 22 (4.48%) Workday
6 17 (3.46%) Google
7 16 (3.26%) Salesforce
8 15 (3.05%) Databricks
8 15 (3.05%) VMware
9 14 (2.85%) ESRI
10 8 (1.63%) Hitachi
10 8 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.43%) Cisco
12 6 (1.22%) Intergraph
13 4 (0.81%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.81%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.81%) HP
13 4 (0.81%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.81%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.61%) Dell
250 Legacy Systems jobs in England