Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Legacy System
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 10 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.23% 8.33% 2.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.00% 15.38% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £501 £353 -
25th Percentile £503 £358 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £530 £365
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +45.21% -
75th Percentile £528 £700 £373
90th Percentile £534 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £530 £365
% change year-on-year -5.66% +45.21% -

All Generic Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20 26 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 32.26% 54.17% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 13
10th Percentile £220 £260 £250
25th Percentile £350 £358 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £525
90th Percentile £645 £696 £571
Oxfordshire median daily rate £460 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -8.00% +2.56% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £16.63 - -
25th Percentile £18.15 £13.08 -
Median hourly rate £21.57 £14.08 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.27% -78.35% +208.94%
75th Percentile £24.82 £15.07 -
90th Percentile £26.22 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £24.73 £14.08 £52.50
% change year-on-year +75.70% -73.19% +118.75%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legacy Systems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Oxford

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) dbt
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce Manager
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality