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 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 588 696
Rank change year-on-year -87 +108 +27
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 44 48 106
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.049% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 40 45 61
10th Percentile £42,500 £66,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% - +63.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £85,500 - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - +63.64%

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 22,888 18,139 26,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.62% 41.90% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15,093 9,134 16,753
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,589 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.79% +3.64% -14.06%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -19 13 £65,000 -13.33% 1
East of England -1 11 £55,000 - 6
Midlands -33 8 £65,000 -3.70%
South East -33 7 £60,000 -15.49% 3
East Midlands -28 6 £55,000 -18.52%
Yorkshire - 6 £63,750 -
London -68 4 £85,000 -6.85% 6
North East - 4 £51,500 - 1
North West -8 3 £67,500 -10.00%
West Midlands -23 1 - -
South West -66 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 4 (9.09%) CICS
2 1 (2.27%) Apache
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Solr
2 1 (2.27%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (2.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 1 (2.27%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.27%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.27%) Dagster
4 1 (2.27%) dbt
4 1 (2.27%) GitHub
4 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (2.27%) PaaS
4 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.27%) Prefect
4 1 (2.27%) Serverless
4 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (34.09%) SQL Server
2 7 (15.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (13.64%) Relational Database
3 6 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (9.09%) Db2
5 3 (6.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.55%) MySQL
7 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (2.27%) Power BI
7 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Git
1 5 (11.36%) Visual Studio
2 4 (9.09%) ChangeMan
3 1 (2.27%) Claude Code
3 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Back Office
4 3 (6.82%) Retail
5 1 (2.27%) Billing
5 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Law
5 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (70.45%) Developer
2 13 (29.55%) Senior
3 12 (27.27%) .NET Developer
4 11 (25.00%) Senior Developer
5 6 (13.64%) Applications Developer
5 6 (13.64%) Applications Support
5 6 (13.64%) Senior Applications Developer
5 6 (13.64%) Senior Applications Support
6 5 (11.36%) Lead
7 4 (9.09%) COBOL Developer
7 4 (9.09%) Senior COBOL Developer
7 4 (9.09%) Software Developer
8 3 (6.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Lead Developer
9 2 (4.55%) Principal Developer
9 2 (4.55%) Software Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) C# Software Developer
10 1 (2.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 1 (2.27%) Principal Software Developer
10 1 (2.27%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (65.91%) .NET
2 6 (13.64%) Classic ASP
3 5 (11.36%) .NET Core
3 5 (11.36%) WPF
4 4 (9.09%) WinForms
5 3 (6.82%) ASP.NET
5 3 (6.82%) RESTful
6 2 (4.55%) CSS
6 2 (4.55%) HTML
6 2 (4.55%) jQuery
6 2 (4.55%) REST
7 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET MVC 5
7 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (2.27%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.27%) Laravel
7 1 (2.27%) React
7 1 (2.27%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (11.36%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (9.09%) VSAM
4 2 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.55%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) zOS
3 1 (2.27%) Android
3 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Linux
3 1 (2.27%) VMS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (25.00%) Agile
2 11 (25.00%) Migration
3 10 (22.73%) Mentoring
4 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
4 6 (13.64%) DevOps
4 6 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (13.64%) Kanban
4 6 (13.64%) Refactoring
4 6 (13.64%) Software Engineering
5 5 (11.36%) Secure Coding
6 4 (9.09%) Data Analysis
6 4 (9.09%) Release Management
7 3 (6.82%) AI
7 3 (6.82%) Analytics
7 3 (6.82%) E-Commerce
7 3 (6.82%) Front End Development
7 3 (6.82%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.55%) API Integration
8 2 (4.55%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 26 (59.09%) C#
2 20 (45.45%) SQL
3 10 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 7 (15.91%) Java
5 6 (13.64%) Python
5 6 (13.64%) T-SQL
6 4 (9.09%) COBOL
6 4 (9.09%) JCL
7 3 (6.82%) C++
8 2 (4.55%) C
8 2 (4.55%) Julia
8 2 (4.55%) MATLAB
8 2 (4.55%) R
9 1 (2.27%) PHP
9 1 (2.27%) Ruby
9 1 (2.27%) Rust
9 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.27%) New Relic
3 1 (2.27%) SAP