Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Legacy System
South East > Oxfordshire

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 26
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.54% 1.90% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% 8.00% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £365
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +91.78% -22.13%
75th Percentile £538 - £373
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £584 £585 £475
% change year-on-year -0.21% +23.16% -5.00%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 57 25 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 30.65% 23.81% 32.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 16 45
10th Percentile £193 £219 £173
25th Percentile £263 £431 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.95% +6.89%
75th Percentile £550 £644 £613
90th Percentile £668 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £492 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.38% +4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £15.66 - -
25th Percentile £15.72 - -
Median hourly rate £20.85 £25.99 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -19.77% -19.59% +41.51%
75th Percentile £25.56 - -
90th Percentile £26.58 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -32.86% -34.58% +59.70%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Oxford -6 1 £525 -25.00%
Legacy Systems
South East

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Manager
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP