Legacy Code Job Trends in the East Midlands

Legacy Code
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 92 179
Rank change year-on-year -67 +87 -14
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 3 14 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.070% 0.94% 0.098%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 2.75% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 4
10th Percentile £39,500 £46,625 -
25th Percentile £40,625 £56,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +26.83% +18.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £72,500 £54,063
90th Percentile - £73,750 £54,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - +71.43%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Legacy Code falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,003 510 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 23.40% 34.34% 31.91%
Number of salaries quoted 527 357 920
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,857 £24,807
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +14.12% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £70,000 £68,775
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Code within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 April 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -38 2 £45,000 +2.86%
Nottinghamshire -22 1 £42,500 -34.62% 1
Legacy Code
England

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Mid Level C# .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Mid Level C# Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Laravel Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Laravel
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) OpenAI
2 1 (33.33%) SAP