Legacy Systems Contracts in the North of England

Legacy System
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 153 178
Rank change year-on-year +31 +25 +30
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 44 31 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.32% 0.66% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.23% 2.49% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 21
10th Percentile £410 £425 £413
25th Percentile £456 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £550 £575
90th Percentile £725 £634 £675
England median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £67.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £15.79 £57.50
% change year-on-year +127.99% -72.54% +108.50%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,041 1,243 1,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 31.13% 26.41% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 753 1,119
10th Percentile £222 £263 £285
25th Percentile £374 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -3.33% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £606
90th Percentile £641 £656 £688
England median daily rate £533 £550 £572
% change year-on-year -3.09% -3.89% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 153 83
10th Percentile £20.38 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.80 £15.17 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +96.44% -9.97% -11.32%
75th Percentile £57.59 £34.21 £42.19
90th Percentile £75.50 £48.24 £66.55
England median hourly rate £33.91 £35.65 £22.34
% change year-on-year -4.88% +59.61% -15.72%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the North of England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in the North of England

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the North of England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in the North of England

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
North West +10 23 £660 +32.00% 24
Yorkshire +27 16 £500 +23.08% 19
North East -1 3 £575 -32.35% 8
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 13 (29.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (22.73%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (4.55%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.27%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.27%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (2.27%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.82%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.55%) AWS
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Serverless
3 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.27%) OCI
3 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.27%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) PBX
1 1 (2.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Metadata
2 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.27%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.36%) Finance
5 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Local Government
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
7 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Developer
1 9 (20.45%) Migration Engineer
2 8 (18.18%) Architect
2 8 (18.18%) Data Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Data Migration Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) SAP Manager
5 4 (9.09%) SQL Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Lead
7 2 (4.55%) Data Migration Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Migration Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) SAP Test Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Node.js
1 2 (4.55%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (2.27%) IDoc
2 1 (2.27%) Middleware
2 1 (2.27%) PySpark
2 1 (2.27%) REST
2 1 (2.27%) RESTful
2 1 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.27%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.27%) SAPUI5
2 1 (2.27%) SOAP
2 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.55%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.27%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.27%) NHS
3 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.27%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.27%) Replication
3 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) HPUX
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Solaris
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (56.82%) Migration
2 20 (45.45%) Data Migration
3 14 (31.82%) ETL
4 13 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 12 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (25.00%) Validation
7 10 (22.73%) Data Mapping
8 8 (18.18%) Agile
8 8 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (11.36%) SQL Optimisation
9 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (9.09%) Data Analysis
10 4 (9.09%) ERP
10 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (6.82%) Data Management
11 3 (6.82%) Information Architecture
11 3 (6.82%) Test Automation
11 3 (6.82%) Test Strategy
12 2 (4.55%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.91%) SQL
2 10 (22.73%) PL/SQL
3 2 (4.55%) Java
3 2 (4.55%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) Ruby
4 1 (2.27%) ABAP
4 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (6.82%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.27%) CSPO
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.82%) GDPR
3 1 (2.27%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 15 (34.09%) SAP
2 12 (27.27%) Oracle
3 3 (6.82%) Ariba
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.55%) HP
4 2 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.27%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.27%) IBM
5 1 (2.27%) Mitel
5 1 (2.27%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.27%) Siemens
5 1 (2.27%) Sun
5 1 (2.27%) Unisys