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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 194 287
Rank change year-on-year +19 +93 +12
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 741 393 258
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 1.43% 0.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.84% 4.00% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 256 152
10th Percentile £375 £404 £403
25th Percentile £431 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £661 £638
90th Percentile £738 £729 £756
UK median daily rate £527 £547 £530
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.11% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 5
10th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £37.06
25th Percentile £61.25 £31.88 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £36.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -48.57% +21.74%
75th Percentile £72.50 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.73 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £36.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +94.44% -48.57% +21.74%

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 15,323 9,821 10,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.54% 35.65% 30.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,362 6,198 6,538
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 955 500 506
10th Percentile £14.85 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £19.53
Median hourly rate £41.00 £32.72 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.30% -34.56% +8.98%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.71 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -33.33% +2.66%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +29 362 £550 -8.33% 141
North of England -8 115 £525 - 26
South West +14 84 £503 +11.67% 21
North West +10 77 £550 +13.40% 17
South East -43 70 £500 -13.04% 33
Midlands -51 64 £508 -5.58% 24
West Midlands -32 51 £500 -6.98% 11
Yorkshire -35 28 £500 -6.98% 6
East of England -4 23 £575 +202.63% 16
East Midlands -22 12 £525 -1.87% 13
North East -33 10 £480 -12.33% 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 28 (3.78%) Confluence
2 24 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.48%) Apache
5 9 (1.21%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.94%) IIS
7 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.40%) nginx
9 3 (0.40%) OpenROAD
9 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.27%) Camunda
10 2 (0.27%) CMS
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
11 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.13%) Appian
11 1 (0.13%) Mule
11 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 26 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 29 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.67%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.67%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.54%) Magento
7 4 (0.54%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.40%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.27%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.27%) Maximo
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 203 (27.40%) Azure
2 176 (23.75%) AWS
3 59 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 51 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (4.72%) GCP
6 33 (4.45%) SaaS
7 28 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (3.37%) Serverless
9 22 (2.97%) dbt
9 22 (2.97%) GitHub
10 16 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 16 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.16%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.02%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.02%) Snowflake
12 14 (1.89%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.89%) OCI
13 11 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.81%) DNS
2 5 (0.67%) Firewall
2 5 (0.67%) Network Security
2 5 (0.67%) PSTN
3 4 (0.54%) Intranet
3 4 (0.54%) IP Telephony
3 4 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (0.40%) ATM
4 3 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.40%) HTTP
4 3 (0.40%) SSH
4 3 (0.40%) SSL
4 3 (0.40%) WAN
5 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.27%) Modbus
5 2 (0.27%) MPLS
5 2 (0.27%) MQTT
5 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.21%) Power BI
2 45 (6.07%) Metadata
3 38 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.43%) Oracle Database
8 16 (2.16%) MySQL
9 13 (1.75%) Delta Lake
10 11 (1.48%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.21%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
12 8 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.08%) Data Mining
12 8 (1.08%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.94%) Pentaho
13 7 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.81%) Data Mart
14 6 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (6.48%) JIRA
2 46 (6.21%) Git
3 9 (1.21%) MSI
4 8 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 5 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.67%) Gatling
6 5 (0.67%) Selenium
7 4 (0.54%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.54%) Subversion
8 3 (0.40%) JUnit
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.40%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.27%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.27%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 221 (29.82%) Finance
2 205 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 115 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 86 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.96%) Banking
6 33 (4.45%) Retail
7 28 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.51%) Billing
9 25 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.24%) Manufacturing
11 22 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (2.02%) Local Government
13 13 (1.75%) Legal
13 13 (1.75%) Military
14 12 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.35%) Back Office
16 8 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
16 8 (1.08%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.08%) Law
17 7 (0.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 125 (16.87%) Architect
2 105 (14.17%) Lead
3 78 (10.53%) Senior
4 76 (10.26%) Analyst
5 74 (9.99%) Data Engineer
6 69 (9.31%) Developer
7 46 (6.21%) Project Manager
8 45 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (4.32%) Consultant
10 30 (4.05%) Business Analyst
11 27 (3.64%) Data Architect
12 26 (3.51%) Product Manager
13 24 (3.24%) Data Analyst
14 16 (2.16%) Lead Data Engineer
14 16 (2.16%) Systems Analyst
15 15 (2.02%) Digital Product Manager
16 14 (1.89%) Senior Manager
17 13 (1.75%) DevOps Engineer
18 12 (1.62%) Azure Engineer
18 12 (1.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.50%) .NET
2 46 (6.21%) REST
3 44 (5.94%) Terraform
4 23 (3.10%) .NET Framework
5 21 (2.83%) Kafka
6 20 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 20 (2.70%) PySpark
7 19 (2.56%) React
7 19 (2.56%) RESTful
7 19 (2.56%) Spring
7 19 (2.56%) Spring Boot
8 17 (2.29%) CSS
8 17 (2.29%) Middleware
8 17 (2.29%) SOAP
9 16 (2.16%) JSON
10 15 (2.02%) XML
11 14 (1.89%) .NET Core
12 13 (1.75%) HTML
13 10 (1.35%) Django
13 10 (1.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.63%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.34%) Data Structures
3 43 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 39 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 36 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.78%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
8 14 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.62%) Mainframe
9 12 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.48%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.21%) Legacy Code
12 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.08%) NHS
12 8 (1.08%) Reference Data
13 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.94%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.94%) PKI
13 7 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.80%) Windows
2 40 (5.40%) Linux
3 34 (4.59%) Unix
4 12 (1.62%) Solaris
5 11 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.94%) HPUX
7 5 (0.67%) AIX
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.67%) SUSE
8 4 (0.54%) CentOS
8 4 (0.54%) VMS
9 3 (0.40%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (47.50%) Migration
2 201 (27.13%) Agile
3 165 (22.27%) Data Migration
4 164 (22.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 142 (19.16%) CI/CD
6 139 (18.76%) DevOps
7 136 (18.35%) Data Modelling
8 124 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
8 124 (16.73%) Roadmaps
9 116 (15.65%) Analytics
10 107 (14.44%) Validation
11 84 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 80 (10.80%) ERP
13 78 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
14 74 (9.99%) AI
15 73 (9.85%) Microservices
16 68 (9.18%) Data Governance
17 67 (9.04%) ETL
18 64 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
19 63 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 142 (19.16%) SQL
2 120 (16.19%) Python
3 50 (6.75%) C#
4 46 (6.21%) Java
5 44 (5.94%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 23 (3.10%) PL/SQL
8 21 (2.83%) Bicep
9 17 (2.29%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.35%) C
11 9 (1.21%) C++
12 8 (1.08%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.81%) Bash
14 6 (0.81%) Ruby
14 6 (0.81%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.67%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.67%) ProC
15 5 (0.67%) R
15 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 148 (19.97%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.40%) Degree
4 20 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.08%) CISSP
9 8 (1.08%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.81%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.81%) PMP
11 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.67%) RHCE
12 4 (0.54%) CCNA
12 4 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (13.63%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.75%) QA
3 37 (4.99%) GDPR
4 25 (3.37%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.02%) WCAG
6 14 (1.89%) NCSC
7 13 (1.75%) PMO
8 11 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.81%) GRC
9 6 (0.81%) NIST
9 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.54%) BS7666
10 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.40%) HL7
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.27%) DICOM
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 39 (5.26%) Docker
2 14 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.54%) Firmware
4 3 (0.40%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 42 (5.67%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.89%) Grafana
3 11 (1.48%) Ansible
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.54%) Kibana
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle ZFS
5 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.27%) Avamar
7 2 (0.27%) Control-M
7 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.27%) Packer
8 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 121 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 106 (14.30%) Oracle
3 60 (8.10%) SAP
4 45 (6.07%) Salesforce
5 41 (5.53%) Databricks
6 15 (2.02%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.89%) IBM
7 14 (1.89%) Workday
8 9 (1.21%) Talend
9 8 (1.08%) Google
9 8 (1.08%) HP
10 7 (0.94%) Cisco
10 7 (0.94%) Denodo
10 7 (0.94%) Informatica
11 6 (0.81%) Baan
11 6 (0.81%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.81%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.81%) VMware
12 5 (0.67%) Infor
12 5 (0.67%) NEC
253 Legacy Systems jobs in England