Legacy Systems Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Legacy System
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 29 50
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 2 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.82% 1.23% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.56% 4.48% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £468
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - £533
North East median daily rate £575 £850 £475
% change year-on-year -32.35% +78.95% -

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 67 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 31.97% 27.57% 25.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 38 69
10th Percentile £325 £299 £460
25th Percentile £381 £363 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -26.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £725
90th Percentile £653 £615 £836
North East median daily rate £534 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +12.42% -20.83% +37.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £52.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% - -
North East median hourly rate £49.09 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year +51.05% - -

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in Tyne and Wear

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in Tyne and Wear

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in Tyne and Wear

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -10 2 - - 11
Legacy Systems
North East

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP