Legacy Applications Contracts in the South West

Legacy Application
England > South West

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 137 155
Rank change year-on-year +32 +18 +6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Legacy Applications 9 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% 0.37% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £332 £300 £413
25th Percentile £343 £356 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £425 £606 £533
90th Percentile - £670 £631
England median daily rate £600 £525 £700
% change year-on-year +14.29% -25.00% +18.64%

All Generic Skills
South West

Legacy Applications 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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 620 801 876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.11% 29.21% 26.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 499 647
10th Percentile £225 £280 £300
25th Percentile £375 £460 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £669
90th Percentile £700 £700 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 114 50
10th Percentile £6.00 £13.69 £18.95
25th Percentile £15.48 £42.81 £54.38
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £71.49
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% -2.08% +65.29%
75th Percentile £53.06 £72.50 £83.40
90th Percentile £77.59 £75.00 £83.52
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £45.82
% change year-on-year -35.90% +9.12% +76.23%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Legacy Applications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Applications in the South West

Legacy Applications
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Legacy Applications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Legacy Applications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire - 5 £345 - 1
Somerset +1 3 £400 +45.45%
Bristol +9 1 £400 -
Legacy Applications
England

Legacy Applications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MS Access
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) AdminStudio
1 4 (44.44%) InstallShield
1 4 (44.44%) MSI
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Deployment Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ODBC
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Application Packaging
1 4 (44.44%) Business Continuity
1 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
1 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
1 4 (44.44%) Patch Management
1 4 (44.44%) Security Hardening
1 4 (44.44%) Server Hardening
1 4 (44.44%) Software Delivery
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Environments
1 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
1 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Batch Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
1 4 (44.44%) VBScript
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VB
2 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
2 1 (11.11%) VB6
2 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) MCSA
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) SCCM
2 4 (44.44%) Nessus
2 4 (44.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Qualys
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle