Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Legacy System
South East > West Sussex

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 24 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 10 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 4.48% 1.57% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.82% 7.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £613 - -
25th Percentile £668 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £578 £500
% change year-on-year -0.43% +15.50% +5.26%

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 27 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 34.98% 21.26% 25.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 19 59
10th Percentile £170 £170 £191
25th Percentile £267 £241 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £450 £374
Median % change year-on-year +6.44% +20.32% -28.76%
75th Percentile £666 £576 £592
90th Percentile £720 £800 £678
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £18.82 - £70.07
Median % change year-on-year - - +227.58%
75th Percentile £20.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.38% - +54.41%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in West Sussex over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in West Sussex

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Worthing - 7 £720 - 4
Legacy Systems
South East

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) GIS
2 1 (10.00%) QlikView
General
1 6 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Architect
2 6 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Maximo Architect
4 2 (20.00%) GIS Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Scrum Master
5 1 (10.00%) Head of IT
5 1 (10.00%) Migration Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum Master
5 1 (10.00%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 7 (70.00%) Migration
2 7 (70.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (70.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
5 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) IBM
2 6 (60.00%) ESRI
3 1 (10.00%) SAP