Legacy Systems Contracts in the North West

Legacy System
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 107 137
Rank change year-on-year +4 +30 +16
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 21 26 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.07% 0.98% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.78% 3.77% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 8
10th Percentile £450 £450 £474
25th Percentile £612 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +33.10% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £703 £525 £626
90th Percentile £763 £634 £675
England median daily rate £563 £543 £550
% change year-on-year +3.69% -1.36% -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 556 689 1,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.35% 25.98% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 453 663
10th Percentile £203 £284 £304
25th Percentile £360 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £553 £575 £612
90th Percentile £650 £685 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £572
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.76% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 78 40
10th Percentile £22.72 £13.00 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.27 £25.25 £31.49
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -19.82% +57.45%
75th Percentile £59.30 £37.44 £66.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £57.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £34.11 £22.49
% change year-on-year -3.24% +51.68% -15.15%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the North West

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in the North West

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the North West over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the North West

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in the North West

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Manchester +10 14 £660 +32.00% 30
Cheshire +5 3 £688 +44.74% 2
Merseyside +3 2 £500 - 5
Lancashire +1 1 £775 +29.17% 6
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.76%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (19.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.76%) SAP MM
3 1 (4.76%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.76%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
1 2 (9.52%) Serverless
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) PBX
1 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Metadata
2 1 (4.76%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Automotive
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Migration Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Data Migration Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Architect
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Data Architect
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Developer
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Test Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Node.js
1 2 (9.52%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (4.76%) IDoc
2 1 (4.76%) Middleware
2 1 (4.76%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (4.76%) SAP PI
2 1 (4.76%) SAPUI5
2 1 (4.76%) SOAP
2 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
1 2 (9.52%) Taxonomies
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Migration
2 12 (57.14%) Data Migration
3 11 (52.38%) Data Modelling
3 11 (52.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (47.62%) Data Mapping
4 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (47.62%) Validation
5 9 (42.86%) ETL
6 8 (38.10%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (23.81%) Agile
8 3 (14.29%) Data Management
9 2 (9.52%) Data Architecture
9 2 (9.52%) Data Cleansing
9 2 (9.52%) ERP
9 2 (9.52%) Information Architecture
9 2 (9.52%) Ontologies
9 2 (9.52%) Supply Chain Planning
9 2 (9.52%) Use Case
10 1 (4.76%) High Availability
10 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) PL/SQL
1 10 (47.62%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) Ruby
3 1 (4.76%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Oracle
2 5 (23.81%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) Ericsson
3 1 (4.76%) HP
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Mitel
3 1 (4.76%) Siemens