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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 123 185
Rank change year-on-year -14 +62 -45
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 28 10 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.58% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.85% 1.10% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 21
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,050 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £41,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.22% +20.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £69,250 £58,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,875 £64,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -11.54%

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 983 911 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.38% 45.80% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 614 350 974
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £24,807
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,375 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +8.82% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,476 £62,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £77,850 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 - 10 £67,500 - 3
Nottinghamshire - 10 £60,000 - 1
Leicestershire -33 5 £67,500 +50.00%
Derbyshire +4 1 £62,500 - 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 3 (10.71%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.57%) Sage 200
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.71%) npm
3 3 (10.71%) NuGet
3 3 (10.71%) SonarCloud
4 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.14%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.57%) GitHub
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.29%) NoSQL
3 2 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (7.14%) Db2
3 2 (7.14%) Easytrieve
3 2 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.57%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Git
2 2 (7.14%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.57%) NUnit
General
1 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
1 5 (17.86%) Retail
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Law
4 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Advertising
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Senior
3 4 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Oracle Applications Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (10.71%) .NET Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) React Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior DevOps
4 3 (10.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Software Developer
5 2 (7.14%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Mainframe Software Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (28.57%) .NET
2 6 (21.43%) React
3 5 (17.86%) REST
4 4 (14.29%) .NET Core
4 4 (14.29%) React Native
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
5 3 (10.71%) CSS
5 3 (10.71%) HTML
5 3 (10.71%) MobX
5 3 (10.71%) Node.js
5 3 (10.71%) Redux
5 3 (10.71%) RESTful
5 3 (10.71%) YAML
6 2 (7.14%) ASP.NET
6 2 (7.14%) ISPF
6 2 (7.14%) WPF
7 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (3.57%) Django
7 1 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (3.57%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (14.29%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.14%) CCTV
3 2 (7.14%) Legacy Code
3 2 (7.14%) Mainframe
3 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 2 (7.14%) Robotics
3 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Agile
1 8 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (17.86%) DevOps
3 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
4 4 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 4 (14.29%) ERP
4 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (14.29%) Logistics
4 4 (14.29%) Microservices
4 4 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (14.29%) SDLC
5 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.71%) Project Management
5 3 (10.71%) Secure Coding
5 3 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 3 (10.71%) Test Automation
5 3 (10.71%) User Experience
5 3 (10.71%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) C#
2 7 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.71%) Bash
4 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
4 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.14%) Assembly Language
5 2 (7.14%) COBOL
5 2 (7.14%) JCL
5 2 (7.14%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.57%) Python
6 1 (3.57%) R
6 1 (3.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) CISM
1 2 (7.14%) CISSP
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (7.14%) GRC
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Docker
2 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) IBM
3 2 (7.14%) Meraki
4 1 (3.57%) DevExpress
4 1 (3.57%) Epicor
4 1 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.57%) Sage
4 1 (3.57%) SAP