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 27 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 124 154
Rank change year-on-year -34 +30 -41
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 21 18 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.31% 0.77% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.39% 1.68% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 7
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,125 £34,800
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +16.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £51,875
90th Percentile £77,000 £70,125 £62,500
England median annual salary £68,500 £66,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.62% +21.36% -15.38%

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 1,514 1,074 995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 22.64% 45.76% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 956 441 408
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £29,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £39,758 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.47% -16.30% -9.52%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

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 27 September 2026.

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 27 September 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
Lincolnshire - 8 £67,500 - 4
Nottinghamshire -10 7 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Derbyshire -17 2 £62,500 - 7
Leicestershire -40 2 £52,500 - 3
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 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) EPLAN
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.76%) Sage 200
1 1 (4.76%) Sage 50
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) PBX
1 1 (4.76%) Profibus
1 1 (4.76%) SSL
1 1 (4.76%) VLAN
1 1 (4.76%) VoIP
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
1 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) NUnit
General
1 9 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
5 2 (9.52%) Automotive
5 2 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.76%) Advertising
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 3 (14.29%) React Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) .NET Developer
3 2 (9.52%) .NET Software Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Head of Architecture
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) React Native
2 3 (14.29%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) CSS
2 3 (14.29%) HTML
2 3 (14.29%) MobX
2 3 (14.29%) React
2 3 (14.29%) Redux
2 3 (14.29%) REST
2 3 (14.29%) RESTful
3 2 (9.52%) STL
4 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
4 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (4.76%) Blazor
4 1 (4.76%) Django
4 1 (4.76%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.76%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Mobile App
2 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 3 (14.29%) Robotics
3 2 (9.52%) CCTV
3 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.52%) SCADA
4 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) iPad
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) ERP
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
3 5 (23.81%) Logistics
4 4 (19.05%) Clean Code
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Register
5 3 (14.29%) Secure Coding
5 3 (14.29%) User Experience
5 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (14.29%) Web Development
6 2 (9.52%) CRM
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C#
1 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
1 3 (14.29%) TypeScript
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) R
3 1 (4.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) CISM
1 3 (14.29%) CISSP
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (14.29%) GRC
3 3 (14.29%) NIST
4 1 (4.76%) GDPR
4 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Functional Safety
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) Meraki
2 2 (9.52%) Rockwell
2 2 (9.52%) Sage
2 2 (9.52%) Siemens
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe
3 1 (4.76%) Avaya
3 1 (4.76%) DevExpress
3 1 (4.76%) Epicor
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) OpenAI
3 1 (4.76%) SAP