Legacy Systems Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 307 295
Rank change year-on-year +107 -12 -7
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 362 262 397
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.36% 0.70% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.93% 2.29% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 172 275
10th Percentile £356 £413 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £665 £639 £650
90th Percentile £738 £757 £754
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 9
10th Percentile £20.88 - £28.25
25th Percentile £31.50 £15.39 £51.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £15.79 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.99% -72.54% +108.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £71.20 £84.40 £65.40
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £34.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +5.43% -40.62% +6.33%

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 9,213 11,418 15,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 30.68% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,873 7,342 11,153
10th Percentile £305 £282 £313
25th Percentile £408 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 823 513
10th Percentile £15.49 £12.24 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £12.25
Median hourly rate £32.77 £37.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +44.23% -1.46%
75th Percentile £59.00 £63.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £36.02 £25.50
% change year-on-year -16.02% +41.26% -5.49%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in England.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in England.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025. 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 +117 192 £585 +6.36% 504
North of England +16 45 £563 +12.50% 130
South East +34 41 £563 +1.35% 132
Midlands +25 39 £500 -16.67% 97
West Midlands +16 29 £500 -16.67% 57
South West +44 24 £475 -19.15% 51
North West +10 21 £625 +25.00% 68
Yorkshire +17 19 £500 -1.23% 43
East Midlands +2 10 £475 -15.93% 38
East of England +11 6 £190 -70.31% 35
North East -4 3 £575 -32.35% 19
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.04%) Confluence
2 8 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.10%) Apache
4 4 (1.10%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.83%) nginx
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.55%) Camunda
6 2 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.55%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.28%) CICS
7 1 (0.28%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.28%) Luigi
7 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.28%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.28%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 11 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (6.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.04%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (2.76%) Endur
4 7 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.38%) Maximo
6 4 (1.10%) SAP PM
6 4 (1.10%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.83%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.83%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.83%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.55%) Avolution ABACUS
8 2 (0.55%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.55%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.55%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (19.61%) Azure
2 56 (15.47%) AWS
3 28 (7.73%) GCP
4 23 (6.35%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.52%) Snowflake
6 13 (3.59%) SaaS
7 12 (3.31%) GitHub
8 10 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.93%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.93%) dbt
10 7 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.93%) Serverless
11 6 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.66%) OCI
12 5 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.38%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.93%) SD-WAN
1 7 (1.93%) WAN
2 4 (1.10%) Firewall
2 4 (1.10%) LAN
2 4 (1.10%) MPLS
3 3 (0.83%) BGP
3 3 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.83%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (0.83%) Multicast
3 3 (0.83%) Network Security
3 3 (0.83%) VPN
4 2 (0.55%) Internet
4 2 (0.55%) OSPF
4 2 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.55%) VoIP
4 2 (0.55%) Wireless
5 1 (0.28%) SDH
5 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
1 21 (5.80%) Power BI
2 20 (5.52%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.42%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (2.76%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.21%) Metadata
7 7 (1.93%) Big Data
7 7 (1.93%) Delta Lake
7 7 (1.93%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.93%) Tableau
8 6 (1.66%) DB2
9 5 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.38%) GIS
9 5 (1.38%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.10%) Redis
11 3 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 25 (6.91%) JIRA
2 9 (2.49%) GitLab
3 8 (2.21%) Postman
4 7 (1.93%) Git
4 7 (1.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.66%) ERwin
5 6 (1.66%) Selenium
6 5 (1.38%) Subversion
7 3 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.83%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.83%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.55%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.55%) JMeter
8 2 (0.55%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.55%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.28%) JUnit
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
General
1 111 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 109 (30.11%) Finance
3 35 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.84%) Banking
4 32 (8.84%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.87%) Retail
6 13 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.59%) Local Government
6 13 (3.59%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.21%) Marketing
10 7 (1.93%) Front Office
10 7 (1.93%) General Ledger
10 7 (1.93%) Legal
11 6 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.38%) Automotive
12 5 (1.38%) Back Office
12 5 (1.38%) Law
13 4 (1.10%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 71 (19.61%) Architect
2 46 (12.71%) Analyst
3 43 (11.88%) Developer
4 36 (9.94%) Lead
5 34 (9.39%) Solutions Architect
6 31 (8.56%) Consultant
7 29 (8.01%) Project Manager
8 24 (6.63%) Business Analyst
8 24 (6.63%) Data Engineer
8 24 (6.63%) Senior
9 13 (3.59%) Data Architect
10 12 (3.31%) Data Analyst
10 12 (3.31%) Migration Engineer
11 9 (2.49%) Data Migration Engineer
12 8 (2.21%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.21%) Programme Manager
12 8 (2.21%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (2.21%) SAP Manager
13 7 (1.93%) IT Engineer
13 7 (1.93%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.87%) .NET
2 13 (3.59%) Kafka
3 10 (2.76%) React
3 10 (2.76%) REST
4 9 (2.49%) RESTful
5 7 (1.93%) .NET Core
5 7 (1.93%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (1.66%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.38%) GraphQL
7 5 (1.38%) JSON
7 5 (1.38%) Node.js
7 5 (1.38%) SOAP
7 5 (1.38%) Web Services
7 5 (1.38%) XML
8 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.10%) HATEOAS
8 4 (1.10%) PySpark
9 3 (0.83%) Blazor
9 3 (0.83%) Spring
9 3 (0.83%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.97%) Data Structures
2 16 (4.42%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.31%) SCADA
4 11 (3.04%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (2.21%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.93%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.66%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.66%) Digital Wallet
8 6 (1.66%) IoT
8 6 (1.66%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.38%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.10%) Derivative
10 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.10%) EPoS
10 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.10%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.59%) Windows
2 6 (1.66%) Linux
3 5 (1.38%) Android
4 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.55%) VMS
6 2 (0.55%) zOS
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) HPUX
7 1 (0.28%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.28%) Solaris
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (46.69%) Migration
2 91 (25.14%) Data Migration
3 72 (19.89%) Agile
4 53 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (14.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (14.09%) ETL
6 50 (13.81%) Data Modelling
7 49 (13.54%) CI/CD
8 47 (12.98%) Validation
9 46 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (11.60%) DevOps
11 37 (10.22%) Roadmaps
12 34 (9.39%) Data Governance
13 31 (8.56%) ERP
13 31 (8.56%) Project Management
14 29 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (7.73%) Data Management
15 28 (7.73%) Microservices
16 26 (7.18%) Analytics
17 25 (6.91%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.93%) SQL
2 44 (12.15%) Python
3 26 (7.18%) Java
4 23 (6.35%) C#
5 18 (4.97%) PL/SQL
6 8 (2.21%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.93%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.93%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.66%) Bash
8 6 (1.66%) COBOL
8 6 (1.66%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.10%) Bicep
9 4 (1.10%) C++
9 4 (1.10%) Go
10 3 (0.83%) JCL
10 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.55%) ABAP
11 2 (0.55%) Ruby
12 1 (0.28%) Korn
12 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (8.01%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.35%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.08%) Degree
4 8 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.38%) ISTQB
5 5 (1.38%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.38%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.83%) ACCA
7 3 (0.83%) CIMA
7 3 (0.83%) PMP
8 2 (0.55%) CCIE
8 2 (0.55%) CCSP
8 2 (0.55%) CISSP
8 2 (0.55%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.55%) GIAC
8 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.55%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.33%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.35%) GDPR
3 10 (2.76%) QA
4 6 (1.66%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.10%) NIST
6 4 (1.10%) PMO
7 3 (0.83%) NCSC
7 3 (0.83%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.28%) MiFID
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (3.87%) Terraform
2 12 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.10%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.83%) Ansible
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.83%) Puppet
5 2 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.55%) Grafana
5 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.55%) SCCM
5 2 (0.55%) SELinux
6 1 (0.28%) CASB
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) Istio
6 1 (0.28%) Podman
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (15.19%) Oracle
2 49 (13.54%) SAP
3 41 (11.33%) Microsoft
4 22 (6.08%) Google
5 18 (4.97%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.59%) IBM
7 12 (3.31%) Workday
8 8 (2.21%) Guidewire
8 8 (2.21%) OpenLink
9 7 (1.93%) Databricks
9 7 (1.93%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.66%) HP
11 5 (1.38%) Hitachi
11 5 (1.38%) Informatica
11 5 (1.38%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.10%) Ariba
12 4 (1.10%) Cisco
12 4 (1.10%) ESRI
13 3 (0.83%) NEC
13 3 (0.83%) Teradata