Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in the South West

Legacy System
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 107 118
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 +33
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 23 19 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.99% 0.90% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.23% 3.42% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 27
10th Percentile £422 £471 £409
25th Percentile £481 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £465
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +34.41% -2.11%
75th Percentile £560 £678 £688
90th Percentile £580 £725 £729
England median daily rate £525 £577 £525
% change year-on-year -9.01% +9.90% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £25.75 - -
25th Percentile £31.52 - -
Median hourly rate £45.34 - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile £93.75 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.05 £88.50
% change year-on-year +14.89% -43.45% +152.86%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 712 555 905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.56% 26.28% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 327 628
10th Percentile £225 £205 £250
25th Percentile £400 £424 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £650 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £726
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 40 61
10th Percentile £11.20 £14.41 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £70.14 - -
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in the South West

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the South West over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the South West

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in the South West over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the South West

Legacy Systems
Contract 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 Systems within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Bristol - 11 £533 - 6
Wiltshire -22 5 £479 -28.41% 7
Gloucestershire -8 3 - - 4
Devon +11 2 - - 15
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Primavera
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.35%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (4.35%) SystmOne
2 1 (4.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.70%) Google Workspace
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) SAP BW
2 2 (8.70%) SAP HANA
3 1 (4.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Aerospace
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Principal Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Principal Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.70%) QA Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SAP BI Developer
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Developer
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.70%) System Verification Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Validation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Middleware
1 2 (8.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) SCADA
3 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
3 3 (13.04%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.35%) NHS
5 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Validation
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) DevOps
3 7 (30.43%) Migration
3 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (21.74%) Change Control
5 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (21.74%) Data Management
6 4 (17.39%) Change Management
6 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (17.39%) Project Management
6 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
6 4 (17.39%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (13.04%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
7 3 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) ABAP
1 2 (8.70%) Python
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) AWS Certification
3 2 (8.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.35%) ECDL
4 1 (4.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
1 4 (17.39%) SAP
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) Autodesk
4 1 (4.35%) Cerner