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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 240 281
Rank change year-on-year +59 +41 +59
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 492 266 285
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.01% 0.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.39% 3.07% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 165 184
10th Percentile £400 £371 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £644 £700 £669
90th Percentile £721 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 12
10th Percentile £20.30 - -
25th Percentile £31.50 £78.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £80.50 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +409.82% -54.89%
75th Percentile £82.25 £84.88 £88.00
90th Percentile £87.90 £86.45 £90.03
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £80.50 £15.79
% change year-on-year -23.91% +409.82% -54.89%

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 11,208 8,663 11,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.73% 32.75% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,157 5,204 7,808
10th Percentile £283 £270 £252
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 243 670
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.51 £14.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.05 £37.50 £34.61
Median % change year-on-year -19.86% +8.37% +53.90%
75th Percentile £63.08 £67.51 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £35.00 £33.36
% change year-on-year -19.74% +4.93% +48.59%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +60 244 £550 -8.33% 66
Midlands -8 66 £520 -9.57% 59
North of England -16 66 £513 -6.82% 62
South East -7 50 £500 -17.01% 101
West Midlands -12 45 £550 -8.33% 22
Yorkshire -13 39 £525 +90.91% 25
South West +3 32 £525 -16.00% 49
North West -20 22 £475 -24.00% 29
East Midlands -15 21 £513 +2.50% 36
East of England -12 13 £478 -2.55% 43
North East -15 5 £625 - 8
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 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.03%) Confluence
3 6 (1.22%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.22%) GeoServer
3 6 (1.22%) Smallworld
4 5 (1.02%) Appian
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.61%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) CICS
7 1 (0.20%) Documentum
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (0.41%) Sketch
3 2 (0.41%) Windchill
4 1 (0.20%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (6.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.22%) Maximo
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle SCM
4 5 (1.02%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.02%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.02%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.02%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.81%) iTrent
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle FAH
5 4 (0.81%) Primavera
5 4 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.81%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.61%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.61%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 136 (27.64%) Azure
2 77 (15.65%) AWS
3 35 (7.11%) Power Platform
4 28 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (4.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (4.27%) GCP
7 18 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.66%) SaaS
8 16 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
9 15 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (2.64%) OCI
10 13 (2.64%) Serverless
11 12 (2.44%) GitHub
11 12 (2.44%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.03%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (2.03%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
13 9 (1.83%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (1.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.22%) Firewall
2 5 (1.02%) DNS
2 5 (1.02%) Internet
2 5 (1.02%) Network Security
3 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.61%) NAS
4 3 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.61%) VPN
4 3 (0.61%) WAN
5 2 (0.41%) Broadband
5 2 (0.41%) ISDN
5 2 (0.41%) PSTN
5 2 (0.41%) VLAN
5 2 (0.41%) VoIP
6 1 (0.20%) BGP
6 1 (0.20%) LAN
6 1 (0.20%) NGN
6 1 (0.20%) OSPF
6 1 (0.20%) SAN
6 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.28%) Power BI
3 19 (3.86%) Metadata
4 16 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (3.05%) GIS
6 14 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.42%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.42%) QGIS
9 6 (1.22%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.02%) DB2
10 5 (1.02%) Pinecone
10 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.81%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.81%) MySQL
11 4 (0.81%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.81%) SAP BW
11 4 (0.81%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (4.47%) JIRA
2 10 (2.03%) Git
2 10 (2.03%) GitLab
3 9 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.02%) MLflow
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.61%) Jaeger
6 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.41%) Gradle
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Maven
8 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.20%) Mockito
8 1 (0.20%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 167 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 133 (27.03%) Finance
3 68 (13.82%) Public Sector
4 52 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.71%) Banking
6 22 (4.47%) Retail
7 21 (4.27%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 15 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.85%) Local Government
10 14 (2.85%) Marketing
11 11 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.83%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.83%) Military
12 9 (1.83%) Police
13 8 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.63%) Law
14 7 (1.42%) Legal
14 7 (1.42%) Publishing
15 6 (1.22%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 99 (20.12%) Architect
2 57 (11.59%) Lead
3 54 (10.98%) Consultant
4 53 (10.77%) Developer
5 49 (9.96%) Analyst
6 44 (8.94%) Solutions Architect
7 36 (7.32%) Senior
8 33 (6.71%) Business Analyst
9 29 (5.89%) Project Manager
10 20 (4.07%) Data Engineer
11 17 (3.46%) Data Analyst
12 15 (3.05%) SAP Consultant
13 14 (2.85%) Technical Architect
14 13 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (2.24%) Lead Architect
16 10 (2.03%) Functional Consultant
16 10 (2.03%) Migration Manager
16 10 (2.03%) Oracle Consultant
16 10 (2.03%) Senior Developer
17 9 (1.83%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.11%) .NET
2 20 (4.07%) REST
3 17 (3.46%) RESTful
4 15 (3.05%) Web Services
5 13 (2.64%) OAuth
6 11 (2.24%) .NET Framework
6 11 (2.24%) Middleware
7 10 (2.03%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (2.03%) React
8 9 (1.83%) HTML
8 9 (1.83%) Swagger
8 9 (1.83%) XML
9 8 (1.63%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.63%) Kafka
9 8 (1.63%) OpenAPI
9 8 (1.63%) PySpark
9 8 (1.63%) SOAP
10 7 (1.42%) ARM Templates
10 7 (1.42%) Django
11 6 (1.22%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.30%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.69%) Data Structures
3 25 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.85%) Legacy Applications
7 13 (2.64%) Mainframe
7 13 (2.64%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.42%) NHS
10 7 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.22%) IoT
11 6 (1.22%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.22%) Replication
12 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.02%) SCADA
13 4 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.27%) Linux
2 19 (3.86%) Windows
3 6 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.02%) OpenVMS
4 5 (1.02%) VMS
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.41%) Debian
5 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.41%) zOS
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (43.29%) Migration
2 116 (23.58%) Data Migration
3 104 (21.14%) Agile
4 89 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 76 (15.45%) Data Modelling
7 73 (14.84%) DevOps
7 73 (14.84%) Validation
8 69 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (12.80%) ERP
10 60 (12.20%) CI/CD
11 51 (10.37%) Analytics
12 49 (9.96%) AI
13 48 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
14 45 (9.15%) ETL
15 44 (8.94%) Roadmaps
16 36 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
18 34 (6.91%) Data Mapping
19 33 (6.71%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 90 (18.29%) SQL
2 56 (11.38%) Python
3 35 (7.11%) C#
4 33 (6.71%) Java
5 19 (3.86%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.66%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.24%) Bicep
8 9 (1.83%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.63%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.22%) ABAP
10 6 (1.22%) Bash
10 6 (1.22%) Perl
10 6 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.81%) Go
11 4 (0.81%) PHP
12 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 89 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 65 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.71%) Degree
4 19 (3.86%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.02%) CISSP
10 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.41%) AAT
12 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.41%) PMP
12 2 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.23%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.07%) GDPR
3 17 (3.46%) QA
4 13 (2.64%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.42%) WCAG
6 5 (1.02%) NIST
7 4 (0.81%) NCSC
7 4 (0.81%) PMO
8 3 (0.61%) COBIT
8 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.41%) SLA
10 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) MiFID
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 27 (5.49%) Docker
2 15 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.41%) QEMU
6 2 (0.41%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) NFS
7 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.08%) Terraform
3 15 (3.05%) Ansible
4 6 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.61%) Grafana
8 2 (0.41%) Packer
8 2 (0.41%) Podman
9 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.20%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.20%) Salt
9 1 (0.20%) SELinux
9 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) vMotion
9 1 (0.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 60 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 57 (11.59%) SAP
3 55 (11.18%) Oracle
4 24 (4.88%) Workday
5 20 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.86%) Databricks
7 16 (3.25%) IBM
8 15 (3.05%) VMware
9 10 (2.03%) ESRI
10 9 (1.83%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.42%) Avaloq
11 7 (1.42%) Cisco
11 7 (1.42%) Google
12 6 (1.22%) Intergraph
12 6 (1.22%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.22%) UiPath
13 5 (1.02%) Automation Anywhere
14 4 (0.81%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.81%) OpenText
15 3 (0.61%) Guidewire
355 Legacy Systems jobs in England