Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Legacy System
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.92% 2.55% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.03% 9.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £499 -
25th Percentile £513 £572 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 £625 £520
% change year-on-year -16.00% +20.19% +11.23%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 66 43 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 30.28% 27.39% 21.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 26
10th Percentile £225 £181 £142
25th Percentile £263 £288 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +6.88% -11.26%
75th Percentile £559 £638 £584
90th Percentile £600 £668 £631
South West median daily rate £525 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -4.20% -0.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +84.21%
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.01 £62.50
% change year-on-year -48.47% +4.02% +537.76%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Somerset

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality