Legacy Code Contracts in the North of England

Legacy Code
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 186 202
Rank change year-on-year - +16 -22
Contract jobs citing Legacy Code 0 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England - 0.021% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.079% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 13
10th Percentile - - £365
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £340 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -43.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile - - £626
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £388 £630
% change year-on-year +3.23% -38.49% +36.22%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Legacy Code 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,013 1,273 1,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.66% 26.96% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 782 1,220
10th Percentile £213 £263 £287
25th Percentile £366 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -5.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £581 £584 £620
90th Percentile £663 £662 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 155 85
10th Percentile £22.20 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £15.17 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +109.36% -12.01% -7.81%
75th Percentile £46.18 £26.66 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £48.75 £66.41
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.12 £22.49
% change year-on-year +5.59% +42.83% -16.66%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Legacy Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Code in the North of England

Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Code in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Code in the North of England