Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in the South East

Legacy System
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 137 173
Rank change year-on-year +25 +36 +33
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 52 45 45
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.46% 1.03% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.68% 3.44% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 28 26
10th Percentile £408 £458 £360
25th Percentile £500 £498 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £575 £528
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +9.00% +8.21%
75th Percentile £700 £632 £550
90th Percentile £720 £690 £619
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £63.10 - £53.75
25th Percentile £65.88 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £71.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +21.74% -
75th Percentile £75.75 - £58.75
90th Percentile £78.30 - £74.50
England median hourly rate £35.17 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -49.76% +21.74% -

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,111 1,310 1,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.29% 29.95% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 694 752 1,185
10th Percentile £204 £240 £205
25th Percentile £350 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -1.32% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 84 111
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +142.61%
75th Percentile £58.00 £75.00 £65.84
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.16 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £46.03
% change year-on-year -47.69% +24.59% +79.04%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in the South East

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the South East over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the South East

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in the South East over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the South East

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Thames Valley +15 28 £550 -5.17% 7
Berkshire +25 19 £425 -27.01% 5
Hampshire +10 12 £500 -5.66% 6
Buckinghamshire 0 9 £638 +16.97% 1
West Sussex +3 8 £703 - 1
Surrey +4 3 £550 -21.43% 1
East Sussex - 1 - -
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (11.54%) ArcGIS
1 6 (11.54%) GeoServer
1 6 (11.54%) Smallworld
2 5 (9.62%) Confluence
3 2 (3.85%) Camunda
4 1 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.92%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Maximo
2 2 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.92%) Avolution ABACUS
3 1 (1.92%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.92%) iTrent
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.92%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) Azure
2 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.77%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) AWS
4 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.85%) GitHub
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.85%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.92%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.92%) dbt
5 1 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.92%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) BGP
1 2 (3.85%) Firewall
1 2 (3.85%) OSPF
1 2 (3.85%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.85%) VLAN
1 2 (3.85%) WAN
2 1 (1.92%) HTTP
2 1 (1.92%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) GIS
2 7 (13.46%) QGIS
3 6 (11.54%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (7.69%) Power BI
4 4 (7.69%) Tableau
5 3 (5.77%) Metadata
6 2 (3.85%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.92%) Big Data
7 1 (1.92%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.92%) QlikView
7 1 (1.92%) UniData
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) JIRA
2 2 (3.85%) GitLab
3 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.92%) Git
3 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Finance
3 4 (7.69%) Retail
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.85%) Billing
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.92%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.92%) Legal
6 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (36.54%) Architect
2 12 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (15.38%) Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) GIS Architect
5 4 (7.69%) Maximo Architect
6 3 (5.77%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) Data Centre Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Digital Architect
6 3 (5.77%) Digital Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.77%) IT Manager
6 3 (5.77%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Lead
6 3 (5.77%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.85%) BSS Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Salesforce Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) .NET
1 1 (1.92%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.92%) REST
1 1 (1.92%) SOAP
1 1 (1.92%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.77%) Life Science
2 3 (5.77%) Replication
3 2 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.85%) TM Forum
4 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.92%) SCADA
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.92%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) VMS
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (55.77%) Migration
2 20 (38.46%) Agile
3 17 (32.69%) Roadmaps
3 17 (32.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (28.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 10 (19.23%) Analytics
6 10 (19.23%) Validation
7 9 (17.31%) DevOps
8 8 (15.38%) Decision-Making
8 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.38%) Visualisation
9 7 (13.46%) Asset Management
9 7 (13.46%) Computer Science
9 7 (13.46%) Data Modelling
10 6 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (11.54%) CRM
10 6 (11.54%) Scrum
10 6 (11.54%) Technology Roadmap
10 6 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.46%) SQL
2 5 (9.62%) Python
3 2 (3.85%) C#
4 1 (1.92%) Bash
4 1 (1.92%) Bicep
4 1 (1.92%) C
4 1 (1.92%) Go
4 1 (1.92%) Java
4 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) Degree
4 6 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (11.54%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.85%) CCNP
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.85%) GDPR
2 2 (3.85%) GRC
3 1 (1.92%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.92%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.92%) NCSC
3 1 (1.92%) QA
3 1 (1.92%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Ansible
1 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.85%) Terraform
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.92%) Proxmox
2 1 (1.92%) Rsyslog
2 1 (1.92%) Rundeck
2 1 (1.92%) Salt
2 1 (1.92%) SCOM
2 1 (1.92%) vRealize
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) ESRI
2 7 (13.46%) IBM
3 6 (11.54%) Intergraph
4 5 (9.62%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.77%) SAP
5 3 (5.77%) Sitecore
6 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.85%) Google
6 2 (3.85%) Juniper
6 2 (3.85%) Oracle
6 2 (3.85%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.85%) VMware
7 1 (1.92%) Citrix
7 1 (1.92%) Lotus
7 1 (1.92%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.92%) OpenText
7 1 (1.92%) Progress
7 1 (1.92%) Red Hat