Legacy Systems Contracts in Glasgow

Legacy System
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 73 76 71
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +7
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 10 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.31% 0.48% 1.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.32% 1.57% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £408 £426 £372
25th Percentile £413 £449 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £479 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.76% +20.34%
75th Percentile £653 £492 £569
90th Percentile £727 £500 £619
Scotland median daily rate £470 £460 £479
% change year-on-year +2.17% -3.97% -7.88%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 301 255 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 39.45% 30.76% 40.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 156 227
10th Percentile £313 £259 £269
25th Percentile £404 £350 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £435 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -10.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £578
90th Percentile £589 £616 £700
Scotland median daily rate £465 £458 £489
% change year-on-year +1.53% -6.44% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 19
10th Percentile £16.24 £15.40 -
25th Percentile £19.75 £16.38 -
Median hourly rate £19.97 £18.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +69.33% -74.21%
75th Percentile - £54.69 £16.63
90th Percentile £57.91 £57.50 £37.55
Scotland median hourly rate £20.99 £18.13 £12.73
% change year-on-year +15.75% +42.42% -70.40%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in Glasgow

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in Glasgow

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Glasgow over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in Glasgow

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MariaDB
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Python Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Head of Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) JSON
1 3 (30.00%) REST
1 3 (30.00%) SOAP
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
1 3 (30.00%) XML
2 2 (20.00%) Spring
2 2 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (30.00%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) DevOps
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (30.00%) Data Encryption
3 3 (30.00%) Data Extraction
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (30.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (30.00%) IT Asset Management
3 3 (30.00%) ITSM
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (30.00%) Service Management
3 3 (30.00%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (30.00%) Time Management
4 2 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
4 2 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (20.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Java
3 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow