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

6 months to
22 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 202 317
Rank change year-on-year +43 +115 -17
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 666 306 233
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.28% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.03% 3.73% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 208 158
10th Percentile £400 £356 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £543
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% -1.36%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.70% -3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 9
10th Percentile £23.38 £17.91 -
25th Percentile £34.44 £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 £66.88 £16.20
90th Percentile £84.70 £82.25 £88.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year +80.56% +127.99% -72.54%

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 13,228 8,200 11,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.03% 34.20% 30.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,350 5,365 7,328
10th Percentile £313 £300 £268
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -2.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £630 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 674 328 818
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.03 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.59 £15.17
Median hourly rate £44.94 £33.91 £34.11
Median % change year-on-year +32.51% -0.57% +51.68%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.47 £84.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £31.91 £31.50
% change year-on-year +31.45% +1.29% +41.51%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +51 335 £550 -8.33% 86
North of England -24 86 £506 -18.71% 48
South West +26 74 £500 - 26
South East -16 69 £500 +25.00% 42
Midlands -48 59 £475 -5.00% 26
North West -17 47 £550 -17.36% 26
West Midlands -37 44 £475 -7.32% 9
Yorkshire -38 28 £500 +5.26% 14
East of England -12 23 £575 -2.13% 19
East Midlands -24 14 £505 +1.00% 17
North East -20 11 £490 -14.78% 9
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 21 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.10%) Confluence
3 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.20%) Appian
4 8 (1.20%) IIS
5 7 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.90%) Apache
6 6 (0.90%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.60%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) Camunda
8 2 (0.30%) nginx
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.30%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 25 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.35%) NEC Housing
4 7 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.60%) Magento
7 4 (0.60%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.60%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.60%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.60%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.45%) iTrent
8 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.45%) SAP PM
8 3 (0.45%) SAP Retail
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 155 (23.27%) Azure
2 134 (20.12%) AWS
3 45 (6.76%) Power Platform
4 33 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (3.90%) SaaS
7 23 (3.45%) Serverless
8 19 (2.85%) GCP
9 17 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (2.55%) GitHub
10 14 (2.10%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.95%) Boomi
12 11 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.50%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.80%) DNS
2 6 (0.90%) 4G
2 6 (0.90%) 5G
3 5 (0.75%) Firewall
3 5 (0.75%) Network Security
4 3 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.45%) HTTP
4 3 (0.45%) Intranet
4 3 (0.45%) VoIP
5 2 (0.30%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.30%) Broadband
5 2 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.30%) MQTT
5 2 (0.30%) NAS
5 2 (0.30%) SAN
5 2 (0.30%) SSH
5 2 (0.30%) VLAN
5 2 (0.30%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.56%) Power BI
3 26 (3.90%) Metadata
4 24 (3.60%) Oracle Database
5 20 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (2.70%) Data Lake
7 16 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.80%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.50%) MySQL
10 8 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.20%) Delta Lake
10 8 (1.20%) GIS
10 8 (1.20%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.05%) Pentaho
12 6 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.75%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (6.76%) JIRA
2 23 (3.45%) Git
3 8 (1.20%) MLflow
4 5 (0.75%) Selenium
5 4 (0.60%) CircleCI
5 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.60%) Subversion
6 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.45%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.30%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.30%) GitLab
7 2 (0.30%) Mocha
7 2 (0.30%) MSTest
7 2 (0.30%) tSQLt
8 1 (0.15%) Mockito
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 211 (31.68%) Finance
2 190 (28.53%) Social Skills
3 89 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (12.46%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.76%) Banking
6 26 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.25%) Local Government
8 14 (2.10%) Billing
8 14 (2.10%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.10%) Military
9 13 (1.95%) Retail
10 11 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.65%) Marketing
10 11 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.20%) Legal
13 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.05%) Police
14 6 (0.90%) Automotive
14 6 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 99 (14.86%) Architect
2 81 (12.16%) Lead
3 73 (10.96%) Analyst
4 56 (8.41%) Senior
5 50 (7.51%) Developer
6 44 (6.61%) Data Engineer
7 42 (6.31%) Project Manager
8 40 (6.01%) Business Analyst
9 35 (5.26%) Consultant
10 28 (4.20%) Data Analyst
10 28 (4.20%) Product Manager
11 25 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (2.85%) Technical Architect
13 18 (2.70%) Data Architect
14 16 (2.40%) Migration Manager
14 16 (2.40%) Software Engineer
14 16 (2.40%) Tester
15 15 (2.25%) Digital Product Manager
15 15 (2.25%) Project Officer
16 13 (1.95%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.66%) .NET
2 22 (3.30%) REST
3 21 (3.15%) RESTful
4 19 (2.85%) .NET Framework
4 19 (2.85%) React
5 16 (2.40%) Middleware
6 15 (2.25%) Kafka
7 14 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (1.80%) CSS
8 12 (1.80%) FastAPI
8 12 (1.80%) OAuth
9 11 (1.65%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.65%) Django
9 11 (1.65%) OpenAPI
9 11 (1.65%) Swagger
10 10 (1.50%) HTML
10 10 (1.50%) PySpark
10 10 (1.50%) Spring
10 10 (1.50%) Spring Boot
10 10 (1.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.76%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.61%) Data Structures
3 33 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
7 18 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.25%) Mainframe
9 11 (1.65%) Legacy Code
10 10 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.20%) LIMS
11 8 (1.20%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.05%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.90%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.90%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.86%) Linux
2 36 (5.41%) Windows
3 19 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.70%) Unix
5 8 (1.20%) Solaris
6 7 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.75%) HPUX
8 4 (0.60%) AIX
8 4 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.60%) SUSE
9 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.45%) VMS
10 2 (0.30%) Debian
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (47.00%) Migration
2 168 (25.23%) Data Migration
3 138 (20.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (19.97%) Agile
5 120 (18.02%) Validation
6 113 (16.97%) Data Modelling
7 109 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (15.77%) Roadmaps
9 100 (15.02%) CI/CD
10 98 (14.71%) DevOps
11 92 (13.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 85 (12.76%) ERP
13 79 (11.86%) ETL
14 76 (11.41%) Analytics
14 76 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (8.26%) AI
16 52 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 49 (7.36%) Data Cleansing
17 49 (7.36%) Data Pipeline
18 48 (7.21%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 130 (19.52%) SQL
2 82 (12.31%) Python
3 41 (6.16%) C#
3 41 (6.16%) Java
4 21 (3.15%) TypeScript
5 20 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.55%) JavaScript
7 16 (2.40%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.50%) Bicep
9 6 (0.90%) Perl
9 6 (0.90%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.90%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.75%) C++
10 5 (0.75%) Ruby
11 4 (0.60%) Ada
11 4 (0.60%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.45%) Bash
12 3 (0.45%) Korn
12 3 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 106 (15.92%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.50%) Degree
4 12 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (1.80%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.65%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.05%) CISSP
6 7 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (0.60%) ACCA
8 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.60%) CIMA
8 4 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (0.60%) RHCE
9 3 (0.45%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.45%) PMP
10 2 (0.30%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (15.77%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.61%) QA
3 42 (6.31%) GDPR
4 15 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.50%) PMO
7 6 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.75%) GRC
8 5 (0.75%) NIST
9 4 (0.60%) BS7666
9 4 (0.60%) HL7
9 4 (0.60%) NCSC
9 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.45%) DICOM
10 3 (0.45%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.45%) SEPA
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.15%) GMP
12 1 (0.15%) SLA
12 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 36 (5.41%) Docker
2 13 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.30%) NFS
6 2 (0.30%) QEMU
6 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.75%) Terraform
3 13 (1.95%) Grafana
4 8 (1.20%) Ansible
5 5 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.45%) Kibana
7 2 (0.30%) Avamar
7 2 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.30%) Podman
7 2 (0.30%) vMotion
8 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Packer
8 1 (0.15%) SELinux
Vendors
1 83 (12.46%) Oracle
2 76 (11.41%) Microsoft
3 66 (9.91%) SAP
4 43 (6.46%) Salesforce
5 29 (4.35%) Databricks
6 26 (3.90%) Workday
7 15 (2.25%) Talend
8 14 (2.10%) VMware
9 11 (1.65%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.50%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.50%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.35%) Automation Anywhere
11 9 (1.35%) NEC
11 9 (1.35%) UiPath
12 8 (1.20%) IBM
12 8 (1.20%) Informatica
13 7 (1.05%) Avaloq
13 7 (1.05%) Denodo
13 7 (1.05%) HP
13 7 (1.05%) Red Hat
233 Legacy Systems jobs in England