Legacy Systems Contracts in the UK excluding London

Legacy System
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 238 237
Rank change year-on-year +45 -1 -18
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 156 158 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 0.78% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.66% 2.69% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 123 163
10th Percentile £338 £413 £394
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £591 £553
90th Percentile £725 £720 £623
UK median daily rate £550 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 8
10th Percentile £17.59 - £27.38
25th Percentile £31.50 £15.39 £45.94
Median hourly rate £36.00 £15.79 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.99% -72.54% +108.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £16.20 £60.31
90th Percentile £82.25 £88.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £15.79 £57.50
% change year-on-year +127.99% -72.54% +108.50%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,261 5,876 7,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.47% 29.00% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,593 3,533 4,968
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £595 £610
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 726 423
10th Percentile £16.10 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.27 £31.25 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +43.68% +2.96%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £64.13
90th Percentile £82.24 £70.00 £73.95
UK median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
% change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +24 40 £623 +24.50% 201
Midlands +30 38 £500 -18.37% 182
South East +45 26 £400 -21.99% 289
West Midlands +13 24 £500 -18.37% 108
Scotland -4 23 £470 +2.17% 65
North West +5 21 £666 +33.10% 91
South West +45 19 £500 -4.99% 117
Yorkshire +26 14 £475 +16.92% 82
East Midlands +21 14 £500 -11.50% 65
East of England +14 7 £588 -0.84% 116
North East -1 3 £575 -32.35% 28
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 12
Wales - 2 £325 - 30
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.21%) Confluence
3 3 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.28%) Camunda
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.64%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.64%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.64%) Luigi
5 1 (0.64%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.21%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (9.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (6.41%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.92%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.92%) SAP PP
4 2 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.28%) NEC Housing
4 2 (1.28%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.28%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.28%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.28%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.64%) Maximo
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.64%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.64%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.03%) Azure
2 21 (13.46%) AWS
3 10 (6.41%) Snowflake
4 9 (5.77%) GCP
5 8 (5.13%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.49%) Serverless
7 6 (3.85%) Amazon S3
8 5 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (3.21%) OCI
8 5 (3.21%) SaaS
9 4 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.56%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.92%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.92%) Collibra
10 3 (1.92%) GitHub
10 3 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.56%) Network Security
1 4 (2.56%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.56%) WAN
2 3 (1.92%) VoIP
2 3 (1.92%) VPN
3 2 (1.28%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.28%) Firewall
3 2 (1.28%) LAN
3 2 (1.28%) MPLS
3 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.28%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.28%) Wireless
4 1 (0.64%) Extranet
4 1 (0.64%) Intranet
4 1 (0.64%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (5.77%) Metadata
2 9 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.13%) Power BI
4 7 (4.49%) GIS
5 6 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (3.85%) Oracle Database
6 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.21%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (2.56%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.92%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.28%) Big Data
9 2 (1.28%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.28%) MySQL
9 2 (1.28%) PowerCenter
9 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (9.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Cypress.io
2 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.92%) Postman
3 2 (1.28%) GitLab
3 2 (1.28%) JMeter
3 2 (1.28%) Selenium
3 2 (1.28%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.64%) ERwin
4 1 (0.64%) Git
General
1 53 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (19.23%) Finance
3 23 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.90%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.69%) Banking
6 7 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.49%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.49%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.56%) Law
8 4 (2.56%) Local Government
9 3 (1.92%) Billing
9 3 (1.92%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.92%) Legal
9 3 (1.92%) Retail
10 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.28%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (19.23%) Architect
2 26 (16.67%) Analyst
3 18 (11.54%) Developer
4 15 (9.62%) Business Analyst
5 14 (8.97%) Data Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (5.77%) Migration Engineer
8 8 (5.13%) Data Architect
8 8 (5.13%) Lead
9 7 (4.49%) Consultant
9 7 (4.49%) Data Migration Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Senior
9 7 (4.49%) Tester
10 6 (3.85%) Data Analyst
10 6 (3.85%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.21%) Data Migration Specialist
11 5 (3.21%) IT Analyst
11 5 (3.21%) Migration Specialist
12 4 (2.56%) SQL Developer
12 4 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) REST
1 5 (3.21%) Web Services
2 4 (2.56%) AWS CDK
2 4 (2.56%) Kafka
2 4 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.56%) SOAP
2 4 (2.56%) Spring Boot
2 4 (2.56%) XML
3 3 (1.92%) .NET
3 3 (1.92%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.92%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.92%) JSON
3 3 (1.92%) Node.js
3 3 (1.92%) PostGIS
3 3 (1.92%) Spring
4 2 (1.28%) Next.js
4 2 (1.28%) React
4 2 (1.28%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.64%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.05%) SCADA
2 10 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.13%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.85%) Digital Wallet
4 6 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.21%) Reference Data
6 4 (2.56%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.92%) IoT
7 3 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.92%) Replication
8 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.28%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.28%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.28%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.49%) Windows
2 5 (3.21%) Linux
3 1 (0.64%) HPUX
3 1 (0.64%) OpenVMS
3 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.64%) Solaris
3 1 (0.64%) Unix
3 1 (0.64%) VMS
3 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (42.95%) Migration
2 47 (30.13%) Data Migration
3 38 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (19.87%) Data Modelling
5 30 (19.23%) ETL
6 29 (18.59%) Agile
7 21 (13.46%) Validation
8 18 (11.54%) DevOps
9 16 (10.26%) CI/CD
9 16 (10.26%) Data Mapping
9 16 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (9.62%) Data Management
10 15 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (8.33%) Data Analysis
12 12 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
13 11 (7.05%) Business Analysis
14 10 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (6.41%) Data Governance
14 10 (6.41%) ERP
14 10 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.21%) SQL
2 20 (12.82%) Python
3 12 (7.69%) PL/SQL
4 11 (7.05%) Java
5 7 (4.49%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.85%) Bash
7 5 (3.21%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.92%) Bicep
8 3 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.92%) Ruby
8 3 (1.92%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.28%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.64%) ABAP
10 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.64%) Fortran
10 1 (0.64%) Natural
10 1 (0.64%) Rust
10 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (7.05%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.13%) Degree
3 6 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.28%) CCIE
5 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.64%) CSPO
6 1 (0.64%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.64%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 13 (8.33%) GDPR
3 6 (3.85%) QA
4 5 (3.21%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.64%) NIST
6 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.92%) Puppet
2 2 (1.28%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.28%) Grafana
2 2 (1.28%) Terraform
3 1 (0.64%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (16.67%) Oracle
2 24 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 22 (14.10%) SAP
4 8 (5.13%) Google
5 6 (3.85%) Informatica
5 6 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.92%) Ariba
6 3 (1.92%) Databricks
6 3 (1.92%) Teradata
7 2 (1.28%) Apple
7 2 (1.28%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.28%) Cisco
7 2 (1.28%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.28%) IBM
7 2 (1.28%) Meraki
7 2 (1.28%) NEC
7 2 (1.28%) Nintex
8 1 (0.64%) Pega
8 1 (0.64%) SendGrid