Legacy Code Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Legacy Code
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Code 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.049% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 - £565

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 718 673 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.49% 31.96% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 368 522
10th Percentile £258 £288 £205
25th Percentile £400 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £630 £624
90th Percentile £666 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £492 £512 £500
% change year-on-year -3.88% +2.37% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 22 36
10th Percentile £15.75 £18.53 £21.25
25th Percentile £20.79 £26.43 £24.26
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.06 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +22.05% -6.38% +140.66%
75th Percentile £80.00 £59.36 £63.29
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.24 £69.88
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +53.62%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legacy Code relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Legacy Code
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Legacy Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Legacy Code.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Code within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Berkshire - 1 £425 -
Legacy Code
South East

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delphi Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Delphi
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker