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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 214 318
Rank change year-on-year +41 +104 +14
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 611 295 230
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 1.21% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.77% 3.55% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 206 168
10th Percentile £400 £359 £411
25th Percentile £450 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% -7.08%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £646
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 8 10
10th Percentile £21.73 £17.28 -
25th Percentile £31.44 £28.18 £15.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.50 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +188.16% -68.42%
75th Percentile £82.69 £73.06 £19.05
90th Percentile £86.75 £82.25 £88.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £45.50 £15.79
% change year-on-year +42.86% +188.16% -68.42%

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 12,798 8,317 11,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.03% 34.13% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,139 5,454 7,584
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 £670 £674
90th Percentile £749 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 639 312 804
10th Percentile £15.97 £16.67 £12.31
25th Percentile £20.31 £22.27 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.39% +22.32% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.42 £84.90 £67.26
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +36.92% +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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +40 323 £533 -11.25% 75
South East -2 76 £550 +18.09% 33
North of England -38 74 £500 -20.00% 34
Midlands -42 55 £450 -10.00% 26
South West +13 50 £500 -20.00% 32
West Midlands -28 45 £475 -9.52% 18
Yorkshire -26 38 £500 +81.82% 6
North West -43 27 £550 -16.67% 18
East of England -22 17 £575 +10.58% 18
East Midlands -37 10 £431 -13.75% 8
North East -6 9 £563 -2.17% 11
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 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.96%) Confluence
2 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.47%) ArcGIS
4 8 (1.31%) Appian
4 8 (1.31%) IIS
5 4 (0.65%) Apache
5 4 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.49%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.33%) Camunda
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 1 (0.16%) SAS
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 25 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.33%) Sketch
4 2 (0.33%) Windchill
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (5.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.15%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.82%) Maximo
4 5 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.82%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.65%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.49%) iTrent
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.49%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.33%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 147 (24.06%) Azure
2 113 (18.49%) AWS
3 44 (7.20%) Power Platform
4 37 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (3.27%) Serverless
7 19 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (3.11%) GCP
8 18 (2.95%) SaaS
9 12 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (1.96%) Boomi
9 12 (1.96%) GitHub
9 12 (1.96%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (1.64%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.47%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.45%) DNS
2 6 (0.98%) 4G
2 6 (0.98%) 5G
2 6 (0.98%) Network Security
3 4 (0.65%) Firewall
3 4 (0.65%) NAS
4 3 (0.49%) HTTP
4 3 (0.49%) Internet
4 3 (0.49%) WAN
4 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.33%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.33%) Broadband
5 2 (0.33%) SAN
5 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.33%) VoIP
5 2 (0.33%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) NaaS
6 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (9.17%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.73%) Power BI
3 21 (3.44%) Oracle Database
4 20 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (3.11%) Metadata
6 17 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.62%) Data Lake
7 16 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (1.96%) GIS
9 10 (1.64%) MySQL
10 9 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.47%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.31%) Pinecone
11 8 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.15%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.15%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.15%) Pentaho
13 6 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.82%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (6.55%) JIRA
2 21 (3.44%) Git
3 8 (1.31%) MLflow
4 3 (0.49%) Selenium
4 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.33%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.33%) GitLab
5 2 (0.33%) JUnit
5 2 (0.33%) Maven
5 2 (0.33%) 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%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.16%) tSQLt
General
1 193 (31.59%) Finance
2 190 (31.10%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (12.60%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.06%) Banking
6 19 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.95%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.62%) Local Government
9 15 (2.45%) Retail
10 14 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.13%) Military
12 11 (1.80%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.47%) Billing
14 9 (1.47%) Marketing
14 9 (1.47%) Police
15 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.15%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.15%) Automotive
17 6 (0.98%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 104 (17.02%) Architect
2 74 (12.11%) Lead
3 57 (9.33%) Analyst
4 55 (9.00%) Developer
5 47 (7.69%) Senior
6 44 (7.20%) Data Engineer
7 43 (7.04%) Consultant
8 39 (6.38%) Business Analyst
9 36 (5.89%) Solutions Architect
10 32 (5.24%) Project Manager
11 20 (3.27%) Data Analyst
12 18 (2.95%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.62%) Project Officer
13 16 (2.62%) Software Engineer
14 14 (2.29%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (2.29%) Migration Engineer
15 13 (2.13%) Data Migration Lead
15 13 (2.13%) Support Engineer
15 13 (2.13%) Tester
16 12 (1.96%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.04%) .NET
2 22 (3.60%) REST
2 22 (3.60%) RESTful
3 19 (3.11%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.45%) Kafka
4 15 (2.45%) Middleware
4 15 (2.45%) React
5 13 (2.13%) OAuth
5 13 (2.13%) OpenAPI
5 13 (2.13%) Swagger
6 12 (1.96%) Web Services
7 10 (1.64%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.47%) FastAPI
8 9 (1.47%) Flask
8 9 (1.47%) HTML
8 9 (1.47%) Pandas
8 9 (1.47%) PySpark
8 9 (1.47%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.06%) Data Structures
3 27 (4.42%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.09%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (3.44%) Legacy Applications
7 18 (2.95%) Mainframe
8 15 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.64%) LIMS
11 9 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.47%) Legacy Code
11 9 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.47%) NHS
11 9 (1.47%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.31%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.98%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.22%) Windows
2 30 (4.91%) Linux
3 21 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.47%) Unix
5 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.65%) VMS
6 3 (0.49%) OpenVMS
7 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.33%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Solaris
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.33%) zOS
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (47.14%) Migration
2 157 (25.70%) Data Migration
3 130 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (17.68%) Validation
5 104 (17.02%) Data Modelling
6 96 (15.71%) Agile
7 89 (14.57%) DevOps
8 86 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (13.09%) ERP
10 77 (12.60%) Roadmaps
11 75 (12.27%) CI/CD
12 74 (12.11%) User Acceptance Testing
13 71 (11.62%) ETL
14 66 (10.80%) Analytics
15 63 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (10.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 50 (8.18%) AI
17 50 (8.18%) Data Cleansing
18 48 (7.86%) Data Mapping
19 46 (7.53%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 127 (20.79%) SQL
2 72 (11.78%) Python
3 42 (6.87%) C#
4 41 (6.71%) Java
5 21 (3.44%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.29%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.64%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.47%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.15%) Bicep
10 6 (0.98%) Perl
10 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.65%) Ada
11 4 (0.65%) COBOL
11 4 (0.65%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.65%) VBA
12 3 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.49%) Bash
12 3 (0.49%) C
12 3 (0.49%) Korn
Qualifications
1 118 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 96 (15.71%) SC Cleared
3 24 (3.93%) Degree
4 15 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.29%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.29%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.47%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.65%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.65%) PMP
9 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.49%) CISSP
10 2 (0.33%) ACCA
10 2 (0.33%) CCSP
10 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (15.88%) Data Quality
2 37 (6.06%) GDPR
2 37 (6.06%) QA
3 13 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.47%) PMO
6 6 (0.98%) NCSC
6 6 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.65%) BS7666
7 4 (0.65%) HL7
7 4 (0.65%) NIST
8 3 (0.49%) WCAG
9 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.33%) DICOM
9 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.33%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.33%) SEPA
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (5.24%) Docker
2 17 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) NFS
6 2 (0.33%) QEMU
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.33%) vSphere
7 1 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 34 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.27%) Terraform
3 10 (1.64%) Grafana
4 6 (0.98%) Ansible
5 5 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.49%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.33%) Podman
8 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.33%) vMotion
9 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.16%) SCCM
9 1 (0.16%) SELinux
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (12.60%) Oracle
2 69 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 56 (9.17%) SAP
4 37 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 33 (5.40%) Workday
6 26 (4.26%) Databricks
7 21 (3.44%) VMware
8 19 (3.11%) IBM
9 14 (2.29%) Talend
10 13 (2.13%) MuleSoft
10 13 (2.13%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.64%) UiPath
12 9 (1.47%) Automation Anywhere
13 7 (1.15%) Avaloq
13 7 (1.15%) Denodo
13 7 (1.15%) Informatica
13 7 (1.15%) NEC
14 6 (0.98%) ESRI
14 6 (0.98%) Siebel
15 4 (0.65%) Red Hat
204 Legacy Systems jobs in England