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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 216 314
Rank change year-on-year +43 +98 +13
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 595 297 248
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 1.21% 0.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.81% 3.57% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 209 172
10th Percentile £400 £359 £413
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -11.76%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £645
90th Percentile £740 £775 £748
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 12
10th Percentile £20.00 £16.97 -
25th Percentile £31.50 £35.36 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +343.32% -45.08%
75th Percentile £82.25 £82.25 £88.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £84.35 £90.03
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £70.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year -8.93% +343.32% -45.08%

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 12,380 8,316 11,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.61% 33.85% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,863 5,377 7,632
10th Percentile £299 £296 £258
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% - -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £749 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 609 301 787
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £12.58
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.27 £15.46
Median hourly rate £37.58 £32.81 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% +17.18% +17.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £84.20 £84.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +16.07% +24.44%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +44 321 £540 -10.00% 63
North of England -39 71 £500 -20.00% 34
South East -1 70 £538 +15.41% 38
Midlands -28 58 £488 -4.88% 25
South West +10 43 £513 -18.00% 26
West Midlands -36 43 £488 -15.22% 16
Yorkshire -23 41 £519 +88.64% 9
North West -42 21 £475 -27.20% 17
East Midlands -32 15 £480 -4.00% 9
East of England -26 13 £575 +17.35% 12
North East -3 9 £563 - 9
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 15 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.51%) Confluence
4 8 (1.34%) Appian
5 6 (1.01%) ArcGIS
5 6 (1.01%) GeoServer
5 6 (1.01%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.84%) IIS
7 4 (0.67%) Apache
7 4 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.67%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.50%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.34%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.17%) CICS
10 1 (0.17%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.34%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Sketch
4 2 (0.34%) Windchill
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.18%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.84%) iTrent
4 5 (0.84%) Maximo
4 5 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.84%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.50%) Primavera
6 3 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.50%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.50%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 149 (25.04%) Azure
2 92 (15.46%) AWS
3 46 (7.73%) Power Platform
4 37 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (4.54%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (3.53%) GCP
7 17 (2.86%) SaaS
7 17 (2.86%) Serverless
8 16 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (2.35%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.18%) Boomi
11 12 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (2.02%) GitHub
12 11 (1.85%) OCI
13 10 (1.68%) Azure AI
14 9 (1.51%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.34%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.18%) DNS
2 6 (1.01%) 4G
2 6 (1.01%) 5G
2 6 (1.01%) Network Security
3 4 (0.67%) Internet
3 4 (0.67%) NAS
4 3 (0.50%) HTTP
4 3 (0.50%) WAN
4 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.34%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.34%) Broadband
5 2 (0.34%) Firewall
5 2 (0.34%) SAN
5 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.34%) VoIP
5 2 (0.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.17%) Intranet
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) NaaS
6 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.91%) SQL Server
2 36 (6.05%) Power BI
3 22 (3.70%) Metadata
3 22 (3.70%) Oracle Database
4 20 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (2.52%) GIS
8 14 (2.35%) Data Lake
9 13 (2.18%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (1.51%) MySQL
10 9 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.34%) Pinecone
12 7 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.18%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.18%) QGIS
13 6 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.84%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (6.39%) JIRA
2 20 (3.36%) Git
3 8 (1.34%) MLflow
4 5 (0.84%) GitLab
4 5 (0.84%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.50%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.34%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.34%) Gradle
6 2 (0.34%) JUnit
6 2 (0.34%) Maven
6 2 (0.34%) Selenium
6 2 (0.34%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.17%) git-flow
7 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.17%) tSQLt
General
1 196 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 179 (30.08%) Finance
3 79 (13.28%) Public Sector
4 78 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (6.72%) Banking
6 17 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 16 (2.69%) Local Government
7 16 (2.69%) Retail
8 15 (2.52%) Military
9 13 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.51%) Marketing
11 9 (1.51%) Police
12 7 (1.18%) Front Office
12 7 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.01%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 110 (18.49%) Architect
2 72 (12.10%) Lead
3 58 (9.75%) Developer
4 56 (9.41%) Analyst
5 52 (8.74%) Consultant
6 49 (8.24%) Senior
7 40 (6.72%) Data Engineer
8 39 (6.55%) Business Analyst
9 37 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (4.87%) Project Manager
11 21 (3.53%) Data Analyst
12 19 (3.19%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.69%) Project Officer
14 14 (2.35%) Software Engineer
15 13 (2.18%) Administrator
15 13 (2.18%) Migration Engineer
15 13 (2.18%) SAP Consultant
16 12 (2.02%) Data Architect
16 12 (2.02%) Senior Developer
17 11 (1.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.39%) .NET
2 23 (3.87%) REST
3 21 (3.53%) RESTful
4 18 (3.03%) .NET Framework
5 17 (2.86%) Middleware
6 14 (2.35%) OAuth
6 14 (2.35%) Web Services
7 13 (2.18%) OpenAPI
7 13 (2.18%) React
7 13 (2.18%) Swagger
8 12 (2.02%) HTML
8 12 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (1.85%) .NET Core
10 10 (1.68%) Django
10 10 (1.68%) Kafka
10 10 (1.68%) PySpark
11 9 (1.51%) CSS
11 9 (1.51%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.34%) FastAPI
12 8 (1.34%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.40%) Cloud Native
2 33 (5.55%) Data Structures
3 26 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.19%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.35%) Mainframe
9 10 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.68%) LIMS
10 9 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.51%) NHS
11 8 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.34%) Legacy Code
11 8 (1.34%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.34%) Replication
12 6 (1.01%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.01%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.71%) Windows
2 29 (4.87%) Linux
3 19 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.51%) Unix
5 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.67%) VMS
6 3 (0.50%) OpenVMS
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.34%) Debian
7 2 (0.34%) Solaris
7 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.34%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.17%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (45.04%) Migration
2 150 (25.21%) Data Migration
3 126 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 105 (17.65%) Agile
5 103 (17.31%) Validation
6 96 (16.13%) Data Modelling
7 95 (15.97%) DevOps
8 86 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (12.77%) Analytics
10 75 (12.61%) User Acceptance Testing
11 74 (12.44%) ERP
12 71 (11.93%) CI/CD
12 71 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 66 (11.09%) ETL
13 66 (11.09%) Roadmaps
14 63 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (9.41%) AI
16 46 (7.73%) Data Mapping
17 45 (7.56%) Data Cleansing
17 45 (7.56%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 127 (21.34%) SQL
2 73 (12.27%) Python
3 42 (7.06%) C#
4 41 (6.89%) Java
5 18 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.86%) PL/SQL
7 14 (2.35%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.02%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.01%) Bicep
9 6 (1.01%) Perl
9 6 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.67%) Ada
11 4 (0.67%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.67%) Rust
12 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.50%) C
12 3 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.50%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (20.17%) Security Cleared
2 93 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.87%) Degree
4 16 (2.69%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.51%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.51%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.67%) CISSP
10 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.50%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.50%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.50%) PMP
11 2 (0.34%) CCSP
11 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (15.80%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.88%) QA
3 32 (5.38%) GDPR
4 15 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.18%) PMO
7 5 (0.84%) NIST
8 4 (0.67%) NCSC
8 4 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.67%) WCAG
9 3 (0.50%) HL7
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.34%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.34%) SEPA
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (5.55%) Docker
2 18 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.34%) NFS
6 2 (0.34%) QEMU
6 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.34%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 37 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.69%) Terraform
3 12 (2.02%) Ansible
4 7 (1.18%) Grafana
5 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
6 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.34%) Packer
6 2 (0.34%) Podman
6 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.34%) vMotion
7 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.17%) SCCM
7 1 (0.17%) SELinux
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 77 (12.94%) Oracle
2 72 (12.10%) Microsoft
3 50 (8.40%) SAP
4 35 (5.88%) Workday
5 27 (4.54%) Salesforce
6 24 (4.03%) Databricks
7 21 (3.53%) VMware
8 18 (3.03%) IBM
9 14 (2.35%) MuleSoft
10 13 (2.18%) OpenAI
11 12 (2.02%) Talend
12 10 (1.68%) UiPath
13 9 (1.51%) Automation Anywhere
13 9 (1.51%) ESRI
14 7 (1.18%) Avaloq
14 7 (1.18%) Informatica
14 7 (1.18%) NEC
15 6 (1.01%) Google
15 6 (1.01%) Intergraph
16 5 (0.84%) Denodo
185 Legacy Systems jobs in England