Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Legacy System
Wales > South Wales

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 42 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.40% 0.29% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.67% 0.79% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £416 - £194
25th Percentile £420 - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - £358
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.63%
75th Percentile £483 - £474
90th Percentile - - £535
Wales median daily rate £455 - £358
% change year-on-year - - -10.63%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 109 126 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 38.11% 36.21% 35.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 78 108
10th Percentile £199 £154 £178
25th Percentile £282 £214 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £458 £431
Median % change year-on-year -28.29% +6.09% -13.75%
75th Percentile £447 £550 £600
90th Percentile £522 £647 £666
Wales median daily rate £331 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -22.08% - -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 9
10th Percentile - £22.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.08 £25.42 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -1.54% +44.44%
75th Percentile £21.27 £27.03 £55.25
90th Percentile £29.28 £55.75 £55.50
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £23.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% +11.30% +39.39%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in South Wales

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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
Cardiff 0 3 £455 - 5
Newport - 1 - - 2
Legacy Systems
Wales

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (25.00%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) InterSystems Cache
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Redis
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Drupal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) CSS3
1 1 (25.00%) Drush
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) Memcached
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
1 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Information Management
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Varnish
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) InterSystems
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft