Legacy Systems Contracts

Legacy System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 290 284
Rank change year-on-year -23 -6 -31
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 288 529 833
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.91% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 2.74% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 383 644
10th Percentile £413 £400 £385
25th Percentile £456 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £675
90th Percentile £766 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
10th Percentile - £35.25 £18.57
25th Percentile £15.39 £56.25 £21.66
Median hourly rate £15.79 £57.50 £27.58
Median % change year-on-year -72.54% +108.50% -6.52%
75th Percentile £44.36 £65.00 £33.74
90th Percentile £88.00 £66.20 £36.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.79 £57.50 £27.58
% change year-on-year -72.54% +108.50% -6.52%

All Generic Skills
UK

Legacy Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,985 19,334 29,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.28% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,344 13,272 20,329
10th Percentile £270 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £659
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 639 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.10 £65.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
England -23 231 £550 - 143
UK excluding London +21 161 £500 - 98
Work from Home +18 111 £500 - 76
London -31 93 £570 -5.00% 52
North of England +34 38 £500 -4.76% 27
North West +43 32 £500 -4.76% 14
South East +3 32 £513 -6.77% 15
Scotland -4 32 £461 -3.71% 11
Midlands +40 25 £600 +23.08% 23
West Midlands +40 23 £600 +9.09% 14
East of England +10 22 £550 +2.33% 7
South West +3 12 £526 +13.17% 11
East Midlands +15 4 £565 +50.67% 9
North East +15 4 £850 +78.95% 3
Yorkshire +15 2 £500 -4.76% 10

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.78%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.74%) Apache
4 3 (1.04%) CMS
4 3 (1.04%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (5.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.74%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.04%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.69%) JDE OneWorld
5 2 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.69%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.69%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.35%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.75%) AWS
2 51 (17.71%) Azure
3 35 (12.15%) Serverless
4 27 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
5 26 (9.03%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (6.94%) Amazon S3
7 19 (6.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (5.21%) GCP
9 11 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (3.82%) Power Platform
10 9 (3.13%) Azure Functions
10 9 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (2.78%) Azure Storage
11 8 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.43%) GitHub
12 7 (2.43%) OCI
13 6 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) OpenLDAP
2 3 (1.04%) HTTP
3 2 (0.69%) Intranet
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.56%) Oracle Database
3 15 (5.21%) Amazon Aurora
3 15 (5.21%) MongoDB
4 11 (3.82%) Data Mining
4 11 (3.82%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.13%) Power BI
6 8 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (2.78%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.74%) MariaDB
9 5 (1.74%) MySQL
9 5 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.39%) GIS
10 4 (1.39%) Metadata
11 3 (1.04%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.04%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.08%) GitLab
2 6 (2.08%) JIRA
3 5 (1.74%) CircleCI
3 5 (1.74%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.39%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.39%) Git
4 4 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (1.39%) Selenium
4 4 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.04%) LSMW
6 2 (0.69%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.69%) ERwin
7 1 (0.35%) Maven
7 1 (0.35%) Subversion
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 70 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.06%) Finance
3 44 (15.28%) Public Sector
4 31 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.60%) Banking
6 13 (4.51%) Marketing
7 11 (3.82%) Local Government
8 8 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Legal
9 6 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.74%) Law
11 4 (1.39%) Billing
12 3 (1.04%) French Language
12 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.04%) Retail
13 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.35%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 57 (19.79%) Developer
2 45 (15.63%) Architect
3 36 (12.50%) Consultant
4 34 (11.81%) Analyst
5 27 (9.38%) Project Manager
6 22 (7.64%) Lead
7 20 (6.94%) Senior
7 20 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.86%) Data Architect
9 12 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 11 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.13%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.13%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.13%) Full Stack Developer
12 8 (2.78%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.78%) Software Engineer
13 7 (2.43%) IT Manager
13 7 (2.43%) Migration Specialist
13 7 (2.43%) Performance Analyst
13 7 (2.43%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.38%) .NET
1 27 (9.38%) React
2 23 (7.99%) HTML
3 19 (6.60%) CSS
4 18 (6.25%) AWS CDK
5 15 (5.21%) Node.js
6 12 (4.17%) .NET Core
6 12 (4.17%) Blazor
7 11 (3.82%) REST
7 11 (3.82%) Spring
8 8 (2.78%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.43%) WPF
10 6 (2.08%) SOAP
11 5 (1.74%) LAMP
11 5 (1.74%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (1.39%) OAuth
12 4 (1.39%) OAuth2
12 4 (1.39%) PostGIS
12 4 (1.39%) RESTful
12 4 (1.39%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.21%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (2.43%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.43%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.74%) Tandem
6 4 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.04%) DataPower
7 3 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.04%) FMCG
7 3 (1.04%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.04%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.04%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.69%) Life Science
8 2 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.29%) Windows
2 13 (4.51%) Linux
3 6 (2.08%) Unix
4 5 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (45.83%) Migration
2 76 (26.39%) Agile
3 67 (23.26%) Data Migration
4 57 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (13.54%) CI/CD
6 37 (12.85%) DevOps
7 36 (12.50%) Microservices
8 32 (11.11%) CRM
8 32 (11.11%) Project Management
9 27 (9.38%) ERP
9 27 (9.38%) ETL
9 27 (9.38%) Roadmaps
10 23 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (7.29%) SDLC
12 20 (6.94%) Full Stack Development
12 20 (6.94%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (6.60%) Computer Science
13 19 (6.60%) Data Modelling
13 19 (6.60%) Software Engineering
13 19 (6.60%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 66 (22.92%) SQL
2 44 (15.28%) JavaScript
3 33 (11.46%) Python
4 32 (11.11%) Java
5 19 (6.60%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.90%) C#
7 14 (4.86%) Bash
8 11 (3.82%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.82%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.47%) C++
10 9 (3.13%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.78%) Go
12 5 (1.74%) PHP
12 5 (1.74%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.04%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.04%) VB
13 3 (1.04%) VB6
14 2 (0.69%) C
14 2 (0.69%) Perl
15 1 (0.35%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 25 (8.68%) Security Cleared
2 22 (7.64%) Degree
3 20 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.08%) PMP
6 5 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.39%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.04%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.35%) CCA
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.51%) QA
3 11 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.78%) GDPR
5 6 (2.08%) PMO
6 4 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.69%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) EMIR
8 1 (0.35%) FATCA
8 1 (0.35%) GAMP
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
8 1 (0.35%) MiFID
8 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (3.13%) Docker
2 5 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Server
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.47%) Grafana
3 8 (2.78%) Terraform
4 4 (1.39%) Ansible
4 4 (1.39%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.04%) Kibana
Vendors
1 44 (15.28%) Oracle
2 25 (8.68%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.90%) SAP
4 11 (3.82%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.78%) Google
5 8 (2.78%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.74%) Databricks
7 4 (1.39%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.39%) Workday
8 3 (1.04%) IBM
8 3 (1.04%) Infragistics
8 3 (1.04%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.69%) Ariba
9 2 (0.69%) CA
9 2 (0.69%) IDERA
9 2 (0.69%) Informatica
9 2 (0.69%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.69%) Snow
9 2 (0.69%) VMware
10 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud