Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Legacy System
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.27% 0.69% 1.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.52% 1.92% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £540 - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £52.25
25th Percentile - - £53.75
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate - £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +21.74% -

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 42 52 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 23.86% 36.11% 37.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 29 62
10th Percentile £262 - £350
25th Percentile £464 £360 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +12.82% +6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £690 £538
90th Percentile £700 £700 £600
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -2.82% +8.05% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 13
10th Percentile £32.94 - £50.25
25th Percentile £34.96 £31.25 £51.42
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -39.13% -11.54%
75th Percentile £53.75 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £61.13 £92.37 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.89 £32.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.26% -38.10% -12.50%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in Portsmouth

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) OSPF
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (50.00%) Juniper
1 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Micro Focus
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) OpenText