Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Essex

Legacy System
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.71% 1.16% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.56% 4.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £221 - -
25th Percentile £268 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.07% - -
75th Percentile £428 £738 -
90th Percentile £476 - -
East of England median daily rate £190 £520 £400
% change year-on-year -63.46% +30.00% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 36 24 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 30.77% 27.91% 37.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 14 35
10th Percentile £183 £263 £130
25th Percentile £190 £316 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £350 £315
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +11.11% -8.70%
75th Percentile £508 £516 £470
90th Percentile £662 £664 £537
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile - - £16.65
25th Percentile - - £16.75
Median hourly rate £12.75 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.59%
75th Percentile - - £40.31
90th Percentile - - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -35.61% +10.00% +14.29%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legacy Systems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Essex

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Essex over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in Essex

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Colchester - 1 £190 -
Witham - 1 £505 -
Legacy Systems
East of England

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (50.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Express.js
1 1 (50.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft