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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 208 298
Rank change year-on-year +59 +90 +1
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 732 321 251
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.29% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.21% 3.73% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 218 166
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £438 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £661 £638
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 14,053 8,610 11,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.60% 34.62% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,769 5,532 7,351
10th Percentile £313 £303 £275
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.48%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.14% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 768 390 859
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.07 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -7.16% +62.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.52 £82.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £35.65
% change year-on-year +37.16% -10.10% +58.55%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +48 363 £550 -8.33% 79
North of England -19 96 £523 -10.98% 33
South West +38 88 £514 +17.43% 26
South East -19 74 £500 -4.31% 35
Midlands -29 66 £500 - 16
North West 0 58 £550 -13.39% 17
West Midlands -38 50 £500 -2.44% 7
Yorkshire -50 26 £575 +9.52% 13
East of England -11 23 £575 +15.00% 9
East Midlands -12 15 £505 +6.32% 8
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 24 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.60%) Confluence
3 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.96%) Appian
4 7 (0.96%) IIS
5 6 (0.82%) Apache
5 6 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.55%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.55%) nginx
6 4 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.55%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 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 33 (4.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.50%) NEC Housing
3 10 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
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 MM
7 3 (0.41%) iTrent
7 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
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%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 173 (23.63%) Azure
2 150 (20.49%) AWS
3 53 (7.24%) Power Platform
4 39 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 29 (3.96%) SaaS
6 25 (3.42%) Serverless
7 23 (3.14%) GCP
8 22 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (2.73%) Power Automate
10 16 (2.19%) GitHub
11 13 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (1.64%) Boomi
12 12 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.50%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
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 51 (6.97%) SQL Server
2 43 (5.87%) Power BI
3 33 (4.51%) Metadata
4 28 (3.83%) Oracle Database
5 21 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (2.32%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.64%) MySQL
10 11 (1.50%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.37%) Delta Lake
11 10 (1.37%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
13 8 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.96%) Pentaho
14 7 (0.96%) Pinecone
14 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
16 5 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (7.10%) JIRA
2 32 (4.37%) Git
3 7 (0.96%) 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%) MSI
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%) MSTest
8 2 (0.27%) tSQLt
9 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 226 (30.87%) Finance
2 204 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 92 (12.57%) Public Sector
4 91 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (7.10%) Banking
6 30 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.60%) Billing
7 19 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.60%) Retail
8 18 (2.46%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.19%) Local Government
10 13 (1.78%) Military
11 12 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.50%) Legal
12 11 (1.50%) Marketing
12 11 (1.50%) Publishing
13 9 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.09%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.96%) Police
Job Titles
1 115 (15.71%) Architect
2 91 (12.43%) Lead
3 74 (10.11%) Analyst
4 69 (9.43%) Senior
5 58 (7.92%) Developer
6 54 (7.38%) Data Engineer
7 47 (6.42%) Project Manager
8 37 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
9 36 (4.92%) Business Analyst
10 35 (4.78%) Consultant
11 29 (3.96%) Product Manager
12 28 (3.83%) Data Analyst
13 20 (2.73%) Data Architect
14 19 (2.60%) Software Engineer
15 18 (2.46%) Technical Architect
16 16 (2.19%) Digital Product Manager
17 15 (2.05%) Tester
18 14 (1.91%) Migration Manager
19 13 (1.78%) Data Migration Lead
19 13 (1.78%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.79%) .NET
2 31 (4.23%) REST
3 23 (3.14%) .NET Framework
3 23 (3.14%) React
4 22 (3.01%) RESTful
5 19 (2.60%) Middleware
6 17 (2.32%) CSS
7 16 (2.19%) Kafka
8 15 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
8 15 (2.05%) Spring
8 15 (2.05%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.91%) .NET Core
10 13 (1.78%) FastAPI
10 13 (1.78%) HTML
11 12 (1.64%) OAuth
12 11 (1.50%) Django
12 11 (1.50%) JSON
12 11 (1.50%) PySpark
13 9 (1.23%) OpenAPI
13 9 (1.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.97%) Cloud Native
2 46 (6.28%) Data Structures
3 41 (5.60%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.83%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.32%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (1.78%) Mainframe
9 11 (1.50%) Legacy Code
10 9 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.23%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.09%) LIMS
11 8 (1.09%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.01%) Windows
2 43 (5.87%) Linux
3 24 (3.28%) Unix
4 20 (2.73%) 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
1 337 (46.04%) Migration
2 183 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 160 (21.86%) Agile
4 151 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 128 (17.49%) Validation
6 121 (16.53%) Data Modelling
6 121 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (15.85%) CI/CD
7 116 (15.85%) Roadmaps
8 114 (15.57%) DevOps
9 97 (13.25%) Analytics
10 88 (12.02%) User Acceptance Testing
11 83 (11.34%) ERP
12 82 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 81 (11.07%) ETL
14 61 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 59 (8.06%) Decision-Making
16 58 (7.92%) Data Pipeline
17 57 (7.79%) AI
17 57 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 154 (21.04%) SQL
2 98 (13.39%) Python
3 53 (7.24%) C#
4 42 (5.74%) Java
5 34 (4.64%) TypeScript
6 30 (4.10%) JavaScript
7 24 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.01%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.78%) Bicep
10 8 (1.09%) C
10 8 (1.09%) Kotlin
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
13 5 (0.68%) ProC
14 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 150 (20.49%) Security Cleared
2 131 (17.90%) SC Cleared
3 32 (4.37%) Degree
4 15 (2.05%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.96%) CISSP
8 7 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.68%) RHCE
11 4 (0.55%) ACCA
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.55%) CIMA
11 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (14.89%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.28%) QA
3 44 (6.01%) GDPR
4 19 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.64%) PMO
6 7 (0.96%) NCSC
7 6 (0.82%) GRC
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
10 3 (0.41%) WCAG
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 42 (5.74%) Docker
2 17 (2.32%) 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
7 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 42 (5.74%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.83%) Terraform
3 14 (1.91%) 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
8 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.14%) SELinux
Vendors
1 98 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 97 (13.25%) Oracle
3 65 (8.88%) SAP
4 48 (6.56%) Salesforce
5 31 (4.23%) Databricks
6 23 (3.14%) Workday
7 15 (2.05%) VMware
8 14 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.91%) Talend
9 13 (1.78%) IBM
10 11 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.50%) NEC
11 8 (1.09%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.09%) HP
11 8 (1.09%) Informatica
11 8 (1.09%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.09%) UiPath
12 7 (0.96%) Denodo
13 6 (0.82%) Siebel
172 Legacy Systems jobs in England