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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 129 165
Rank change year-on-year -22 +36 -53
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 23 16 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% 0.69% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 1.52% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15 9 7
10th Percentile £45,500 £41,250 £34,800
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,000 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £72,750 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 1,350 1,053 990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.36% 45.37% 24.58%
Number of salaries quoted 850 439 481
10th Percentile £27,990 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,950 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.98%

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 6 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 6 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
Nottinghamshire -5 10 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Lincolnshire - 8 £67,500 -
Leicestershire -42 2 £56,250 +7.14% 7
Derbyshire -15 1 £62,500 - 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 1 (4.35%) IIS
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) Sage 200
1 1 (4.35%) Sage 50
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
3 2 (8.70%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.35%) GitHub
4 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.35%) npm
4 1 (4.35%) NuGet
4 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.35%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
1 1 (4.35%) PBX
1 1 (4.35%) SSL
1 1 (4.35%) VLAN
1 1 (4.35%) VoIP
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.70%) Db2
2 2 (8.70%) Easytrieve
2 2 (8.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.35%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (4.35%) Power BI
3 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) NUnit
2 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (30.43%) Manufacturing
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Retail
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.35%) Advertising
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
3 3 (13.04%) React Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Security Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
4 2 (8.70%) .NET Developer
4 2 (8.70%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Mainframe Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) .NET
2 4 (17.39%) React
2 4 (17.39%) React Native
2 4 (17.39%) REST
3 3 (13.04%) CSS
3 3 (13.04%) HTML
3 3 (13.04%) MobX
3 3 (13.04%) Redux
3 3 (13.04%) RESTful
4 2 (8.70%) .NET Core
4 2 (8.70%) ISPF
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.35%) Blazor
5 1 (4.35%) Django
5 1 (4.35%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (4.35%) Node.js
5 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (4.35%) Terraform
5 1 (4.35%) WPF
5 1 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Mobile App
2 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (13.04%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.70%) CCTV
3 2 (8.70%) Mainframe
3 2 (8.70%) Robotics
4 1 (4.35%) AI Agents
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (4.35%) IoT
4 1 (4.35%) iPad
4 1 (4.35%) Legacy Code
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) zOS
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
2 6 (26.09%) ERP
2 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
3 4 (17.39%) Clean Code
3 4 (17.39%) Logistics
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.04%) DevOps
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.04%) User Experience
4 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (13.04%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) C#
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.70%) Assembly Language
4 2 (8.70%) COBOL
4 2 (8.70%) JCL
4 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.35%) Bash
5 1 (4.35%) Python
5 1 (4.35%) R
5 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) CISM
1 3 (13.04%) CISSP
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) GRC
2 3 (13.04%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco
2 2 (8.70%) IBM
2 2 (8.70%) Meraki
2 2 (8.70%) Sage
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe
3 1 (4.35%) Avaya
3 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.35%) DevExpress
3 1 (4.35%) Epicor
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) OpenAI
3 1 (4.35%) SAP