Legacy Systems Job Trends in the East Midlands

Legacy System
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 164 114
Rank change year-on-year +37 -50 +53
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 17 11 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.73% 0.28% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 1.13% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 11
10th Percentile £43,125 £36,725 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,313 £42,500 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,125 - £67,500
England median annual salary £66,750 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.25% -7.69% -6.07%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Legacy Systems 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 1,061 976 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.79% 24.57% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 445 441 418
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,650 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,811
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.42% +3.70%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the East Midlands

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the East Midlands

Legacy Systems
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 Systems within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +38 7 £52,500 -12.50% 7
Derbyshire - 7 - - 1
Northamptonshire +11 2 £60,000 +61.07% 1
Nottinghamshire - 1 £47,500 - 3
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (11.76%) CMS
1 2 (11.76%) IIS
2 1 (5.88%) Apache
2 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
1 3 (17.65%) Retail
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Law
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Advertising
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Lead
2 7 (41.18%) Technical Leader
3 2 (11.76%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Control Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate .NET Web Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Junior C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Junior C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.88%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth
2 1 (5.88%) OpenID
2 1 (5.88%) PySpark
2 1 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
2 1 (5.88%) Graphic Design
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
2 3 (17.65%) Migration
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Accounts Payable
3 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Cash Management
3 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (11.76%) ERP
3 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.76%) Test Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Coaching
4 1 (5.88%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Microservices
4 1 (5.88%) Network Architecture
4 1 (5.88%) Secure Coding
4 1 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C#
1 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) CISA
2 1 (5.88%) CISM
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) GIAC
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO 20022
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Google
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Veeam
2 1 (5.88%) VMware