Legacy Applications Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Legacy Application
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Applications 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.88% - 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.83% - 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £301 - -
25th Percentile £303 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £588
75th Percentile £328 - £594
90th Percentile £334 - -
South West median daily rate £563 £613 £631
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.97% +23.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -48.00% - -

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

Legacy Applications 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 106 75 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 30.99% 27.08% 22.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 61 59
10th Percentile £165 £357 £218
25th Percentile £356 £460 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% -0.36% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £668
90th Percentile £675 £700 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 11
10th Percentile £30.75 £26.66 -
25th Percentile £31.31 £27.47 £14.00
Median hourly rate £33.09 £29.56 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% +40.76% -74.79%
75th Percentile £75.24 £32.41 £72.95
90th Percentile £89.73 £33.66 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £56.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +40.63% +202.00%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Legacy Applications
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Legacy Applications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Legacy Applications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Gloucester - 2 £313 -
Legacy Applications
South West

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) AdminStudio
1 2 (66.67%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Applications Packager
2 1 (33.33%) Relationships Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Application Packager
2 1 (33.33%) Site Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Application Discovery
2 2 (66.67%) Application Packaging
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Software Distribution
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) SAP