Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Legacy System
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 33 52
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 12 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 3.52% 2.46% 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.88% 9.52% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £501 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 - £588
75th Percentile £590 - £594
90th Percentile £635 - -
South West median daily rate £523 £450 £588
% change year-on-year +16.11% -23.40% +26.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.34 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% - -
75th Percentile £33.75 £36.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £34.34 -
% change year-on-year -5.36% - -

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 101 63 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 29.62% 25.82% 22.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 44 64
10th Percentile £195 £216 £313
25th Percentile £303 £278 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% -2.73% +9.45%
75th Percentile £606 £664 £594
90th Percentile £625 £851 £689
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 10
10th Percentile £29.75 £29.89 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.17 £17.45
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +101.61% -78.37%
75th Percentile £33.75 £45.75 £57.75
90th Percentile £46.65 £75.00 £70.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £29.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +97.76% -47.27% +461.22%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in Gloucestershire

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Legacy Systems
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 Systems within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Cheltenham - 3 £550 - 4
Gloucester - 3 - -
Filton 0 1 - -
Tetbury - 1 - - 1
Legacy Systems
South West

Legacy Systems
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) MS Access
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Data Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Site Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) ERP Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) FastAPI
1 1 (8.33%) ODBC
1 1 (8.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (8.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (8.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) AI
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) ERP
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Demand Management
2 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Data Science
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) VB
1 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle