Legacy Applications Job Trends in Edinburgh

Legacy Application
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 96 108
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +47
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Applications 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.094% 0.090% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.26% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £72,433
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +15.00% -29.15% +13.35%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

Legacy Applications 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 396 381 436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.11% 34.42% 41.60%
Number of salaries quoted 108 147 356
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,615 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,625 £45,000 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,125 £82,548
90th Percentile £78,062 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.69% -0.95% +3.45%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Applications relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Legacy Applications
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legacy Applications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Xamarin