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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 217 320
Rank change year-on-year +46 +103 +2
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 630 303 228
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.24% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.90% 3.64% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 206 161
10th Percentile £400 £358 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% -7.83%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £760 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £519
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.02% -2.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 10
10th Percentile £22.30 £17.59 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +80.56% +127.99% -74.22%
75th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £19.05
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.25 £88.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year +80.56% +127.99% -74.22%

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 12,869 8,330 11,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.59% 34.01% 31.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,162 5,466 7,547
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 658 315 820
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.67 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.06 £22.85 £15.13
Median hourly rate £45.46 £36.48 £28.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.62% +28.56% +26.20%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £85.00 £68.99
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% +16.07% +24.53%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +51 329 £550 -8.33% 106
South East +5 79 £550 +34.47% 52
North of England -39 78 £503 -19.52% 44
Midlands -45 56 £446 -10.85% 29
South West +8 53 £500 -20.00% 28
West Midlands -34 46 £463 -7.50% 17
North West -33 37 £550 -16.67% 21
Yorkshire -33 33 £500 +17.65% 15
East of England -22 18 £540 +3.85% 30
East Midlands -36 10 £431 -13.75% 12
North East -10 8 £500 -13.04% 8
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 14 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.06%) Confluence
3 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.27%) Appian
4 8 (1.27%) IIS
5 7 (1.11%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.63%) Apache
7 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.48%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.32%) Camunda
9 2 (0.32%) nginx
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.32%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.16%) CICS
10 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
10 1 (0.16%) SAS
10 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 25 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.32%) Sketch
5 2 (0.32%) Windchill
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 36 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.11%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.79%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.63%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.63%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.48%) iTrent
6 3 (0.48%) Maximo
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.48%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.48%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.32%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.32%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (23.49%) Azure
2 116 (18.41%) AWS
3 44 (6.98%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (3.02%) SaaS
6 19 (3.02%) Serverless
7 18 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.86%) GCP
8 15 (2.38%) Boomi
9 13 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (1.90%) Snowflake
11 11 (1.75%) GitHub
11 11 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.59%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.59%) OCI
13 9 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.38%) DNS
2 6 (0.95%) 4G
2 6 (0.95%) 5G
2 6 (0.95%) Network Security
3 4 (0.63%) Firewall
3 4 (0.63%) NAS
4 3 (0.48%) HTTP
4 3 (0.48%) Internet
4 3 (0.48%) WAN
5 2 (0.32%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.32%) Broadband
5 2 (0.32%) SAN
5 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.32%) VLAN
5 2 (0.32%) VoIP
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) NGN
6 1 (0.16%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (9.37%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.56%) Power BI
3 22 (3.49%) Metadata
4 20 (3.17%) Oracle Database
4 20 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (2.86%) Data Lake
5 18 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.59%) GIS
8 9 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (1.43%) MySQL
8 9 (1.43%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (1.27%) Pinecone
9 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.11%) Pentaho
10 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.95%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 42 (6.67%) JIRA
2 19 (3.02%) Git
3 8 (1.27%) MLflow
4 3 (0.48%) Selenium
4 3 (0.48%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.16%) git-flow
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) Mocha
6 1 (0.16%) Mockito
6 1 (0.16%) MSTest
6 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.16%) tSQLt
General
1 209 (33.17%) Finance
2 192 (30.48%) Social Skills
3 84 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (13.17%) Public Sector
5 46 (7.30%) Banking
6 24 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.02%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.70%) Local Government
9 16 (2.54%) Retail
10 13 (2.06%) Military
10 13 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.59%) Billing
12 10 (1.59%) Marketing
13 9 (1.43%) Police
13 9 (1.43%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.27%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.11%) Automotive
16 6 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 110 (17.46%) Architect
2 76 (12.06%) Lead
3 61 (9.68%) Analyst
4 52 (8.25%) Developer
5 45 (7.14%) Senior
6 43 (6.83%) Data Engineer
7 41 (6.51%) Consultant
8 40 (6.35%) Business Analyst
9 33 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
10 32 (5.08%) Project Manager
11 22 (3.49%) Data Analyst
12 19 (3.02%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.54%) Data Architect
13 16 (2.54%) Project Officer
13 16 (2.54%) Tester
14 15 (2.38%) Software Engineer
15 14 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (2.22%) Migration Engineer
15 14 (2.22%) Migration Manager
16 12 (1.90%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.46%) .NET
2 21 (3.33%) .NET Framework
2 21 (3.33%) REST
2 21 (3.33%) RESTful
3 16 (2.54%) Middleware
4 15 (2.38%) Kafka
4 15 (2.38%) React
5 13 (2.06%) OAuth
5 13 (2.06%) OpenAPI
5 13 (2.06%) Swagger
6 12 (1.90%) .NET Core
7 11 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.75%) Web Services
8 9 (1.43%) FastAPI
8 9 (1.43%) Flask
8 9 (1.43%) HTML
8 9 (1.43%) Pandas
8 9 (1.43%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.27%) Hugging Face
9 8 (1.27%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.51%) Data Structures
3 27 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.13%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.17%) Legacy Applications
7 18 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.70%) Mainframe
9 16 (2.54%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.43%) Legacy Code
11 9 (1.43%) LIMS
11 9 (1.43%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.43%) NHS
11 9 (1.43%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.27%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.11%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.11%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.03%) Windows
2 32 (5.08%) Linux
3 20 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.75%) Unix
5 7 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.79%) Solaris
7 3 (0.48%) AIX
7 3 (0.48%) HPUX
7 3 (0.48%) OpenVMS
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.48%) SUSE
7 3 (0.48%) VMS
8 2 (0.32%) Debian
8 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.32%) zOS
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (47.94%) Migration
2 164 (26.03%) Data Migration
3 137 (21.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 111 (17.62%) Validation
5 110 (17.46%) Data Modelling
6 102 (16.19%) Agile
7 90 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (14.13%) DevOps
9 86 (13.65%) User Acceptance Testing
10 83 (13.17%) ERP
11 82 (13.02%) Roadmaps
12 79 (12.54%) CI/CD
13 73 (11.59%) ETL
14 71 (11.27%) Analytics
15 65 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (10.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 51 (8.10%) Data Cleansing
17 49 (7.78%) Data Mapping
18 48 (7.62%) AI
18 48 (7.62%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 131 (20.79%) SQL
2 67 (10.63%) Python
3 41 (6.51%) C#
4 37 (5.87%) Java
5 18 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.22%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.59%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.43%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.11%) Bicep
10 6 (0.95%) Perl
11 5 (0.79%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.63%) Ada
12 4 (0.63%) COBOL
12 4 (0.63%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.63%) VBA
13 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.48%) C
13 3 (0.48%) Korn
14 2 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 115 (18.25%) Security Cleared
2 95 (15.08%) SC Cleared
3 21 (3.33%) Degree
4 15 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.06%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.95%) CISSP
9 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.63%) PMP
12 3 (0.48%) ACCA
12 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.48%) CIMA
12 3 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.48%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (16.03%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.35%) QA
3 36 (5.71%) GDPR
4 13 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.59%) PMO
7 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.79%) HL7
8 5 (0.79%) NCSC
9 4 (0.63%) BS7666
9 4 (0.63%) GRC
9 4 (0.63%) NIST
10 3 (0.48%) DICOM
11 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.32%) SEPA
11 2 (0.32%) WCAG
12 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (4.60%) Docker
2 15 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.32%) NFS
5 2 (0.32%) QEMU
5 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.02%) Terraform
3 10 (1.59%) Grafana
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.63%) Ansible
6 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.32%) Podman
7 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.32%) vMotion
8 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.16%) Avamar
8 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.16%) SELinux
8 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 83 (13.17%) Oracle
2 74 (11.75%) Microsoft
3 64 (10.16%) SAP
4 39 (6.19%) Salesforce
5 32 (5.08%) Workday
6 27 (4.29%) Databricks
7 21 (3.33%) VMware
8 16 (2.54%) IBM
9 14 (2.22%) Talend
10 13 (2.06%) MuleSoft
10 13 (2.06%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.59%) UiPath
12 9 (1.43%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.27%) Avaloq
14 7 (1.11%) Denodo
14 7 (1.11%) Informatica
14 7 (1.11%) NEC
14 7 (1.11%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.95%) HP
15 6 (0.95%) Siebel
272 Legacy Systems jobs in England