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 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 150 107
Rank change year-on-year +20 -43 +66
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 18 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.78% 0.26% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.74% 1.08% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £43,125 £27,900 £35,688
25th Percentile £45,313 £34,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +2.94% -12.82%
75th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £70,125 - £69,750
England median annual salary £66,750 £53,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +24.77% -17.69% -7.14%

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 1,037 837 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.09% 24.00% 40.36%
Number of salaries quoted 441 321 403
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,268 £70,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend 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 26 October 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 26 October 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 +27 7 £52,500 +16.67% 2
Derbyshire - 7 - - 3
Northamptonshire +14 2 £60,000 +144.90% 1
Nottinghamshire - 2 £47,500 - 2
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
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 2 (11.11%) CMS
1 2 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (5.56%) Apache
2 1 (5.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Google Workspace
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) OCI
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle CX
2 1 (5.56%) PaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
1 3 (16.67%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Law
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Lead
2 7 (38.89%) Technical Leader
3 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Control Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Graduate .NET Web Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Graduate ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Graduate C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Graduate C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Junior C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Junior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle Data Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (5.56%) OAuth
3 1 (5.56%) OpenID
3 1 (5.56%) PySpark
3 1 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Operational Technology
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (22.22%) Migration
3 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 3 (16.67%) ERP
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Accounts Payable
4 2 (11.11%) AI
4 2 (11.11%) Cash Management
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
4 2 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.11%) Test Planning
5 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
5 1 (5.56%) DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) Machine Learning
5 1 (5.56%) Network Architecture
5 1 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (5.56%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C#
1 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) CISA
2 1 (5.56%) CISM
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) GIAC
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 20022
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Veeam
3 1 (5.56%) VMware