Legacy Systems Contracts in Manchester

Legacy System
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 78 108
Rank change year-on-year +17 +30 +14
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 15 18 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.66% 1.25% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.77% 4.90% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 4
10th Percentile £438 £428 £443
25th Percentile £595 £459 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +30.50% -14.89% +9.30%
75th Percentile £679 £571 £675
90th Percentile £703 £634 -
North West median daily rate £660 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +32.00% -4.76% -2.33%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 260 367 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.79% 25.56% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 240 394
10th Percentile £220 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £625
90th Percentile £665 £750 £688
North West median daily rate £453 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.11% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 33 24
10th Percentile £24.25 £13.10 £16.69
25th Percentile £40.13 £15.92 £16.85
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.25 £27.60
Median % change year-on-year +147.52% -8.51% +78.06%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.50 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £62.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.76 £25.25 £31.49
% change year-on-year +25.78% -19.82% +61.49%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in Manchester

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in Manchester

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in Manchester

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in Manchester

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Serverless
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
6 1 (6.67%) Automotive
6 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Migration Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Data Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Data Migration Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Manager
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Test Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Business Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (66.67%) Data Mapping
2 10 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 10 (66.67%) Migration
2 10 (66.67%) Validation
3 9 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 9 (60.00%) ETL
4 8 (53.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 2 (13.33%) Test Management
6 2 (13.33%) Test Planning
6 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
6 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Oracle
2 3 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (13.33%) HP