Legacy Code Contracts in the South West

Legacy Code
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 169
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Legacy Code 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West - - 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £388 £648
% change year-on-year +3.23% -40.15% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
England median hourly rate - - £50.00

All Generic Skills
South West

Legacy Code 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 491 1,055 1,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.14% 33.00% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 648 705
10th Percentile £266 £300 £266
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £664
90th Percentile £676 £689 £738
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 166 135
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +359.18% -80.30%
75th Percentile £68.63 £70.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £33.46 £31.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.21% +40.09% -16.66%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Code in the South West

Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Code in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Code in the South West