Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Legacy System
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Tower Hamlets. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems 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 14 15 28
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 9.09% 4.76% 3.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.23% 30.00% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £560
Median % change year-on-year - +11.61% -
75th Percentile - £638 £560
90th Percentile - - £561
East London median daily rate - £625 £560
% change year-on-year - +11.61% -

All Generic Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 26 10 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 47.27% 15.87% 48.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 75
10th Percentile £381 £531 £500
25th Percentile £450 £540 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £1,000 £636 £650
90th Percentile - £638 £725
East London median daily rate £558 £453 £575
% change year-on-year +23.07% -21.22% +17.95%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets 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
Canary Wharf +1 5 - -
Legacy Systems
East London

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (100.00%) Automotive
1 5 (100.00%) Back Office
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Endur Architect
1 3 (60.00%) OpenLink Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Back Office Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Endur Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Endur Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) React
1 3 (60.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (60.00%) Grid Computing
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) API Design
2 3 (60.00%) Batch Processing
2 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) ETRM
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (40.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Hitachi
2 2 (40.00%) ION Trading
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink
2 2 (40.00%) SAP