Legacy Code Job Trends in England

Legacy Code
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 572 752
Rank change year-on-year -60 +180 +52
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 36 66 84
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.045% 0.17% 0.100%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.41% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 30 66 55
10th Percentile £39,875 £58,125 £40,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £70,688 £62,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.94% - +71.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £115,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £77,500 - £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - +71.43%

All Generic Skills
England

Legacy Code 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,312 16,242 29,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.63% 41.69% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,231 8,383 20,854
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £75,997
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in England

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Code in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Code in England

Legacy Code
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Code within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
North of England -49 19 £63,750 -8.93% 2
Yorkshire -45 8 £62,500 - 1
North East - 7 £67,500 - 1
Midlands -42 6 £45,000 -30.77%
East of England - 5 £55,000 -
North West -20 4 £61,250 -14.04%
East Midlands -31 4 £45,000 -30.77%
London -57 4 £85,000 -22.73% 9
South East -18 2 £60,000 -15.49% 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
Legacy Code
UK

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (5.56%) CICS
2 1 (2.78%) Apache
2 1 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.78%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.78%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) AWS
2 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.78%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.78%) Azure App Service
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.78%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.78%) Dagster
4 1 (2.78%) dbt
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.78%) Prefect
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Serverless
4 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) DNS
1 1 (2.78%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (16.67%) Relational Database
3 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (13.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (5.56%) DB2
5 2 (5.56%) MySQL
6 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.78%) Power BI
6 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Git
2 2 (5.56%) ChangeMan
2 2 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Back Office
4 3 (8.33%) Retail
5 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (77.78%) Developer
2 9 (25.00%) Senior
3 8 (22.22%) Senior Developer
4 7 (19.44%) .NET Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Applications Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Applications Support
5 6 (16.67%) Senior Applications Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Senior Applications Support
6 5 (13.89%) Software Developer
7 3 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (8.33%) Lead
7 3 (8.33%) PHP Developer
7 3 (8.33%) Principal Developer
8 2 (5.56%) C# Developer
8 2 (5.56%) COBOL Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Principal Software Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Senior COBOL Developer
9 1 (2.78%) .NET Web Developer
9 1 (2.78%) Lead Developer
9 1 (2.78%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (61.11%) .NET
2 6 (16.67%) Classic ASP
3 5 (13.89%) RESTful
4 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 3 (8.33%) CSS
5 3 (8.33%) HTML
5 3 (8.33%) React
5 3 (8.33%) REST
6 2 (5.56%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.56%) jQuery
6 2 (5.56%) Laravel
6 2 (5.56%) WPF
7 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.78%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.78%) OAuth
7 1 (2.78%) OAuth2
7 1 (2.78%) OpenID
7 1 (2.78%) Sass
7 1 (2.78%) Spring
7 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (5.56%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (5.56%) Reinsurance
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.56%) VSAM
4 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) VMS
2 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
2 2 (5.56%) zOS
3 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
3 6 (16.67%) Kanban
3 6 (16.67%) Migration
4 5 (13.89%) Agile
4 5 (13.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (13.89%) Software Engineering
5 4 (11.11%) AI
5 4 (11.11%) Front End Development
5 4 (11.11%) Microservices
6 3 (8.33%) Analytics
6 3 (8.33%) API Integration
6 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
6 3 (8.33%) Clean Code
6 3 (8.33%) Data Analysis
6 3 (8.33%) E-Commerce
6 3 (8.33%) OO
6 3 (8.33%) Process Improvement
6 3 (8.33%) User Experience
7 2 (5.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 23 (63.89%) C#
2 16 (44.44%) SQL
3 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (19.44%) Java
5 4 (11.11%) Python
5 4 (11.11%) T-SQL
6 3 (8.33%) PHP
7 2 (5.56%) COBOL
7 2 (5.56%) JCL
7 2 (5.56%) Julia
7 2 (5.56%) R
7 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.78%) C++
8 1 (2.78%) Delphi
8 1 (2.78%) Go
8 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Foundry
2 1 (2.78%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.78%) SAP