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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 206 319
Rank change year-on-year +43 +113 -5
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 641 303 229
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.23% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.93% 3.61% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 202 161
10th Percentile £400 £360 £413
25th Percentile £450 £452 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% -5.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £653
90th Percentile £750 £773 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 9
10th Percentile £22.88 £17.59 -
25th Percentile £32.31 £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 £70.00 £16.20
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% -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 12,991 8,392 11,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.58% 34.13% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,252 5,485 7,542
10th Percentile £304 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 660 324 821
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.46 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.25 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.46 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.73% +20.18% +26.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £83.82 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £32.28 £28.25
% change year-on-year +40.85% +14.25% +25.56%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +46 332 £550 -8.33% 69
North of England -29 82 £500 -20.00% 24
South East -9 80 £550 +37.50% 33
Midlands -37 56 £450 -10.00% 16
South West -8 53 £500 -20.00% 26
West Midlands -29 47 £450 -10.00% 12
North West -26 40 £550 -16.67% 10
Yorkshire -36 33 £500 +17.65% 7
East of England -31 18 £540 +8.00% 16
North East -12 9 £490 -14.78% 7
East Midlands -41 8 £444 -11.25% 4
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 (2.34%) Confluence
1 15 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.25%) Appian
3 8 (1.25%) IIS
4 7 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.09%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.94%) Apache
6 5 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.47%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.31%) Camunda
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.31%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.31%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 27 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.31%) Windchill
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 37 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.09%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.78%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.62%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.62%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.47%) iTrent
6 3 (0.47%) Maximo
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.47%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.47%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.31%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 154 (24.02%) Azure
2 115 (17.94%) AWS
3 46 (7.18%) Power Platform
4 36 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (3.28%) Serverless
7 20 (3.12%) GCP
7 20 (3.12%) SaaS
8 17 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (2.50%) Boomi
10 13 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (2.03%) GitHub
11 12 (1.87%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.87%) Snowflake
12 10 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
12 10 (1.56%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.56%) OCI
13 9 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.34%) DNS
2 6 (0.94%) 4G
2 6 (0.94%) 5G
2 6 (0.94%) Network Security
3 4 (0.62%) Firewall
3 4 (0.62%) NAS
4 3 (0.47%) HTTP
4 3 (0.47%) Internet
4 3 (0.47%) WAN
5 2 (0.31%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.31%) Broadband
5 2 (0.31%) Intranet
5 2 (0.31%) MQTT
5 2 (0.31%) SAN
5 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.31%) VLAN
5 2 (0.31%) VoIP
6 1 (0.16%) NGN
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.77%) Power BI
3 24 (3.74%) Metadata
4 21 (3.28%) Oracle Database
4 21 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (2.96%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.56%) GIS
8 10 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.40%) MySQL
10 8 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (1.25%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.25%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.09%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.09%) Pentaho
11 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.94%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 45 (7.02%) JIRA
2 19 (2.96%) Git
3 8 (1.25%) MLflow
4 4 (0.62%) Selenium
5 3 (0.47%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.16%) git-flow
7 1 (0.16%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) Maven
7 1 (0.16%) MSTest
7 1 (0.16%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 211 (32.92%) Finance
2 190 (29.64%) Social Skills
3 87 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (12.95%) Public Sector
5 47 (7.33%) Banking
6 24 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.65%) Local Government
7 17 (2.65%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.34%) Retail
9 13 (2.03%) Military
9 13 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.72%) Billing
12 10 (1.56%) Marketing
13 9 (1.40%) Police
13 9 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.25%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.94%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 109 (17.00%) Architect
2 79 (12.32%) Lead
3 64 (9.98%) Analyst
4 58 (9.05%) Developer
5 44 (6.86%) Data Engineer
5 44 (6.86%) Senior
6 41 (6.40%) Consultant
7 39 (6.08%) Business Analyst
8 32 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
9 30 (4.68%) Project Manager
10 24 (3.74%) Data Analyst
11 19 (2.96%) Technical Architect
12 16 (2.50%) Data Architect
12 16 (2.50%) Project Officer
12 16 (2.50%) Tester
13 15 (2.34%) Migration Engineer
14 14 (2.18%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (2.18%) Migration Manager
14 14 (2.18%) Software Engineer
15 12 (1.87%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (7.80%) .NET
2 24 (3.74%) REST
3 22 (3.43%) .NET Framework
4 21 (3.28%) RESTful
5 17 (2.65%) React
6 16 (2.50%) Kafka
6 16 (2.50%) Middleware
7 14 (2.18%) .NET Core
8 13 (2.03%) OAuth
8 13 (2.03%) OpenAPI
8 13 (2.03%) Swagger
9 11 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (1.72%) Web Services
10 10 (1.56%) HTML
11 9 (1.40%) CSS
11 9 (1.40%) FastAPI
11 9 (1.40%) Flask
11 9 (1.40%) Pandas
11 9 (1.40%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.25%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 61 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.40%) Data Structures
3 27 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.90%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (2.96%) Legacy Applications
8 18 (2.81%) Mainframe
9 15 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.56%) Legacy Code
11 10 (1.56%) NHS
12 9 (1.40%) LIMS
12 9 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.25%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.25%) Reference Data
14 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.09%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.24%) Windows
2 36 (5.62%) Linux
3 20 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.18%) Unix
5 6 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.94%) Solaris
6 5 (0.78%) HPUX
7 4 (0.62%) AIX
7 4 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (0.62%) SUSE
7 4 (0.62%) VMS
8 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.31%) Debian
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.31%) zOS
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.16%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (48.05%) Migration
2 162 (25.27%) Data Migration
3 136 (21.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 114 (17.78%) Validation
5 112 (17.47%) Data Modelling
6 105 (16.38%) Agile
7 98 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (14.04%) DevOps
9 85 (13.26%) Roadmaps
9 85 (13.26%) User Acceptance Testing
10 83 (12.95%) CI/CD
10 83 (12.95%) ERP
11 74 (11.54%) ETL
12 72 (11.23%) Analytics
13 66 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (7.96%) AI
15 51 (7.96%) Data Cleansing
16 50 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
17 48 (7.49%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 136 (21.22%) SQL
2 70 (10.92%) Python
3 42 (6.55%) C#
4 35 (5.46%) Java
5 19 (2.96%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.18%) PL/SQL
7 12 (1.87%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.87%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.25%) Bicep
9 6 (0.94%) Perl
9 6 (0.94%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.62%) Ada
11 4 (0.62%) COBOL
11 4 (0.62%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.62%) VBA
12 3 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.47%) C
12 3 (0.47%) Korn
12 3 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 118 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 98 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.12%) Degree
4 16 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.03%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (1.25%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.09%) CISSP
9 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.62%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.62%) PMP
11 4 (0.62%) RHCE
12 3 (0.47%) ACCA
12 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.47%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (15.76%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.55%) QA
3 37 (5.77%) GDPR
4 12 (1.87%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.56%) PMO
6 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.78%) GRC
7 5 (0.78%) HL7
7 5 (0.78%) NCSC
7 5 (0.78%) NIST
8 4 (0.62%) BS7666
9 3 (0.47%) DICOM
9 3 (0.47%) SEPA
10 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
11 1 (0.16%) MiFID
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (4.84%) Docker
2 15 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.18%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.31%) NFS
5 2 (0.31%) QEMU
5 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.28%) Terraform
3 10 (1.56%) Grafana
4 5 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.62%) Ansible
6 3 (0.47%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.31%) Podman
7 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.31%) 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 (12.95%) Oracle
2 77 (12.01%) Microsoft
3 68 (10.61%) SAP
4 40 (6.24%) Salesforce
5 31 (4.84%) Workday
6 28 (4.37%) Databricks
7 21 (3.28%) VMware
8 16 (2.50%) IBM
9 14 (2.18%) Talend
10 13 (2.03%) MuleSoft
10 13 (2.03%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.56%) UiPath
12 9 (1.40%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.25%) Avaloq
14 7 (1.09%) Denodo
14 7 (1.09%) HP
14 7 (1.09%) Informatica
14 7 (1.09%) NEC
15 6 (0.94%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.94%) Siebel
164 Legacy Systems jobs in England