Legacy Code Contracts in West London

Legacy Code
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Code 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 0.36% - 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% - 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £536
25th Percentile - - £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £583
75th Percentile - - £605
90th Percentile - - £609
London median daily rate £350 £775 £750
% change year-on-year -54.84% +3.33% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 85 110 241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 30.25% 35.03% 37.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 75 197
10th Percentile £225 £213 £300
25th Percentile £363 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -20.00% +9.22%
75th Percentile £531 £559 £650
90th Percentile £645 £645 £705
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile £20.45 - £29.63
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £32.76
Median hourly rate £27.04 £30.16 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% -41.44% +171.05%
75th Percentile £44.04 £61.50 £86.25
90th Percentile £50.65 £80.20 £90.75
London median hourly rate £27.50 £30.11 £34.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% -13.52% -1.94%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing Legacy Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Code in West London

Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Code in West London.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Code in West London

Legacy Code
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Hounslow - 1 £350 - 2
Legacy Code
London

Legacy Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Angular 2
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA