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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 317 301
Rank change year-on-year +116 -16 -6
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 306 233 399
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.28% 0.64% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.73% 2.09% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 158 278
10th Percentile £356 £413 £380
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £678 £649 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £759
UK median daily rate £550 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 8
10th Percentile £17.91 - £27.38
25th Percentile £31.50 £15.39 £45.94
Median hourly rate £36.00 £15.79 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.99% -72.54% +108.50%
75th Percentile £66.88 £16.20 £60.31
90th Percentile £82.25 £88.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £15.79 £57.50
% change year-on-year +127.99% -72.54% +108.50%

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 8,195 11,160 16,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.16% 30.70% 33.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,356 7,317 11,230
10th Percentile £300 £268 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £571
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% -3.64% +3.77%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £698
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 818 572
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £34.11 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% +51.68% -15.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.19
90th Percentile £83.88 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year +0.83% +41.54% -19.07%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +99 162 £600 +9.09% 230
Midlands +27 40 £500 -18.37% 57
North of England +26 40 £623 +24.50% 76
South East +43 28 £400 -21.99% 126
West Midlands +14 26 £513 -16.33% 42
North West +8 21 £666 +33.10% 36
South West +41 19 £500 -4.99% 43
Yorkshire +20 14 £475 +16.92% 27
East Midlands +15 14 £500 -11.50% 14
East of England +10 7 £588 -0.84% 25
North East +2 3 £575 -32.35% 14
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 7 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.63%) Confluence
2 5 (1.63%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.31%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.98%) nginx
4 3 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.65%) Camunda
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) CICS
6 1 (0.33%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.33%) Luigi
6 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (7.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.59%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.96%) Endur
4 4 (1.31%) SAP CO
4 4 (1.31%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (1.31%) SAP PM
4 4 (1.31%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.98%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.98%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.65%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.65%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.65%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.65%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.65%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.65%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 62 (20.26%) Azure
2 51 (16.67%) AWS
3 20 (6.54%) GCP
4 18 (5.88%) Snowflake
5 17 (5.56%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.59%) GitHub
6 11 (3.59%) SaaS
7 10 (3.27%) Amazon S3
7 10 (3.27%) Serverless
8 9 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 9 (2.94%) OCI
9 7 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.63%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (1.63%) CloudFront
11 5 (1.63%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.31%) MPLS
1 4 (1.31%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.31%) WAN
2 3 (0.98%) BGP
2 3 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (0.98%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (0.98%) LAN
2 3 (0.98%) Multicast
2 3 (0.98%) VoIP
3 2 (0.65%) Firewall
3 2 (0.65%) Network Security
3 2 (0.65%) OSPF
3 2 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.65%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.65%) Wireless
4 1 (0.33%) Extranet
4 1 (0.33%) Intranet
4 1 (0.33%) VPN
4 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.58%) Power BI
4 11 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (3.59%) Oracle Database
4 11 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.27%) Metadata
6 9 (2.94%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.61%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.29%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.29%) Big Data
8 7 (2.29%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.96%) Redis
10 5 (1.63%) DB2
10 5 (1.63%) DocumentDB
10 5 (1.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.31%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.31%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.31%) GIS
12 3 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 16 (5.23%) JIRA
2 8 (2.61%) GitLab
2 8 (2.61%) Postman
3 6 (1.96%) Git
4 5 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.31%) Selenium
5 4 (1.31%) Subversion
6 3 (0.98%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.98%) ERwin
6 3 (0.98%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.65%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.65%) JMeter
7 2 (0.65%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.65%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.33%) LSMW
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 95 (31.05%) Social Skills
2 84 (27.45%) Finance
3 38 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.50%) Banking
5 25 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.58%) Retail
7 11 (3.59%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.61%) Law
9 8 (2.61%) Legal
9 8 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.29%) Front Office
10 7 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.29%) Local Government
11 6 (1.96%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.96%) Marketing
12 5 (1.63%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.31%) Military
14 3 (0.98%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 63 (20.59%) Architect
2 38 (12.42%) Developer
3 36 (11.76%) Analyst
4 33 (10.78%) Consultant
5 27 (8.82%) Lead
5 27 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (8.17%) Project Manager
7 22 (7.19%) Senior
8 20 (6.54%) Data Architect
8 20 (6.54%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.88%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.59%) Migration Engineer
11 10 (3.27%) SAP Consultant
12 9 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (2.94%) Data Analyst
13 8 (2.61%) Data Consultant
13 8 (2.61%) Data Migration Engineer
13 8 (2.61%) Functional Consultant
14 7 (2.29%) Migration Consultant
14 7 (2.29%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.56%) .NET
2 14 (4.58%) Kafka
3 11 (3.59%) .NET Core
3 11 (3.59%) RESTful
4 9 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (1.96%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.96%) React
5 6 (1.96%) Web Services
6 5 (1.63%) GraphQL
6 5 (1.63%) Node.js
6 5 (1.63%) XML
7 4 (1.31%) Blazor
7 4 (1.31%) REST
7 4 (1.31%) SOAP
7 4 (1.31%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.98%) Middleware
8 3 (0.98%) PySpark
8 3 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.65%) Redux
9 2 (0.65%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.21%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.23%) Data Structures
3 14 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.59%) SCADA
5 10 (3.27%) Cloud Native
5 10 (3.27%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.27%) Reference Data
6 7 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.96%) Derivative
7 6 (1.96%) Digital Wallet
8 4 (1.31%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.31%) IoT
8 4 (1.31%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.31%) TWAP
8 4 (1.31%) VWAP
9 3 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.98%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.92%) Windows
2 5 (1.63%) Linux
3 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.65%) zOS
5 1 (0.33%) HPUX
5 1 (0.33%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.33%) Solaris
5 1 (0.33%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) VMS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (42.81%) Migration
2 76 (24.84%) Data Migration
3 61 (19.93%) Agile
4 53 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (16.01%) ETL
6 47 (15.36%) Data Modelling
7 43 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (13.40%) Validation
9 36 (11.76%) CI/CD
10 34 (11.11%) ERP
11 31 (10.13%) Data Governance
12 27 (8.82%) Data Management
13 25 (8.17%) DevOps
13 25 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (7.84%) Project Management
14 24 (7.84%) Roadmaps
15 23 (7.52%) Analytics
15 23 (7.52%) Microservices
16 22 (7.19%) CRM
17 20 (6.54%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.82%) SQL
2 43 (14.05%) Python
3 18 (5.88%) C#
3 18 (5.88%) Java
3 18 (5.88%) PL/SQL
4 9 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.29%) T-SQL
5 7 (2.29%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.63%) Bash
7 5 (1.63%) C++
7 5 (1.63%) COBOL
7 5 (1.63%) Go
8 3 (0.98%) Bicep
8 3 (0.98%) JCL
8 3 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.65%) ABAP
9 2 (0.65%) Ruby
10 1 (0.33%) Fortran
10 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (10.46%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.50%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.19%) Degree
4 7 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.31%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.31%) PMP
7 3 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.65%) ACCA
8 2 (0.65%) CCIE
8 2 (0.65%) CIMA
8 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.33%) CASP
9 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.33%) CSSLP
9 1 (0.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.46%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.52%) GDPR
3 10 (3.27%) QA
4 6 (1.96%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.98%) NIST
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 15022
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.65%) PMO
7 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.33%) EMIR
8 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.33%) MiFID
8 1 (0.33%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.33%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.94%) Terraform
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.98%) Puppet
4 2 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (0.65%) Grafana
4 2 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.65%) SCCM
5 1 (0.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.33%) Istio
5 1 (0.33%) Podman
5 1 (0.33%) SELinux
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (17.65%) Oracle
2 46 (15.03%) SAP
3 36 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 19 (6.21%) Salesforce
5 16 (5.23%) Google
6 12 (3.92%) Databricks
7 8 (2.61%) Workday
8 7 (2.29%) IBM
9 6 (1.96%) Ariba
9 6 (1.96%) OpenLink
9 6 (1.96%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.31%) Cisco
11 4 (1.31%) Guidewire
11 4 (1.31%) Informatica
12 3 (0.98%) Citrix
12 3 (0.98%) Sun
12 3 (0.98%) Talend
13 2 (0.65%) Apple
13 2 (0.65%) Fortinet