Legacy Applications Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Legacy Application
Suffolk > Ipswich

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Applications 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.13% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £625 - -

All Generic Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 37.23% 46.15% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 9 10
10th Percentile £504 £177 -
25th Percentile £513 £413 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £150
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +200.00% -78.57%
75th Percentile £725 £600 £522
90th Percentile £750 £630 £555
Suffolk median daily rate £525 £300 £158
% change year-on-year +75.00% +90.48% -77.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.38
25th Percentile £19.00 - £22.94
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £29.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +82.81%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £35.94
90th Percentile - - £39.73
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 - £14.13
% change year-on-year - - -11.72%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Legacy Applications
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared