Legacy Code Contracts in the North West

Legacy Code
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Contract jobs citing Legacy Code 0 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West - - 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £364
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.07%
75th Percentile - - £626
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £388 £648
% change year-on-year +3.23% -40.15% +40.00%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 560 742 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.46% 26.93% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 493 722
10th Percentile £203 £289 £296
25th Percentile £360 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £584 £625
90th Percentile £653 £672 £675
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 77 47
10th Percentile £22.05 £13.00 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.00 £20.74
Median hourly rate £29.52 £25.25 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% -9.76% +51.24%
75th Percentile £33.75 £37.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £57.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Code in the North West

Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Legacy Code in the North West