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 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 563 753
Rank change year-on-year -87 +190 +13
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 39 56 92
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.047% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.34% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 34 53 52
10th Percentile £42,500 £64,250 £37,750
25th Percentile £53,125 £74,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £90,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +2.86% +66.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £115,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £82,000 - £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +5.88% +61.90%

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 22,574 16,562 29,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.14% 43.25% 34.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13,100 7,859 20,878
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £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 29 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 29 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 -34 17 £65,000 -10.34% 2
East of England -14 7 £55,000 - 1
North East - 7 £67,500 -
Midlands -30 6 £45,000 -33.33% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £63,750 -
South East -26 5 £60,000 -15.49% 1
North West -3 4 £61,250 -15.52% 2
East Midlands -35 4 £45,000 -33.33% 2
London -57 4 £85,000 -22.73% 2
West Midlands -34 1 - - 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 (10.26%) CICS
2 1 (2.56%) Apache
2 1 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.56%) Apache Solr
2 1 (2.56%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.56%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.08%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
3 2 (5.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 1 (2.56%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.56%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.56%) Dagster
4 1 (2.56%) dbt
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (2.56%) PaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Prefect
4 1 (2.56%) Serverless
4 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.64%) SQL Server
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (15.38%) Relational Database
3 6 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (10.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (10.26%) DB2
5 3 (7.69%) MySQL
6 2 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.56%) Power BI
7 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
2 4 (10.26%) ChangeMan
3 3 (7.69%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.56%) Claude Code
4 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Back Office
4 3 (7.69%) Retail
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Law
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (76.92%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) Senior
3 10 (25.64%) Senior Developer
4 8 (20.51%) .NET Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Applications Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Applications Support
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Applications Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Applications Support
6 5 (12.82%) Software Developer
7 4 (10.26%) COBOL Developer
7 4 (10.26%) Lead
7 4 (10.26%) Senior COBOL Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 3 (7.69%) Principal Developer
9 2 (5.13%) C# Developer
9 2 (5.13%) PHP Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Principal Software Developer
10 1 (2.56%) Development Team Leader
10 1 (2.56%) Python Developer
10 1 (2.56%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (56.41%) .NET
2 6 (15.38%) Classic ASP
3 5 (12.82%) RESTful
4 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET
5 3 (7.69%) CSS
5 3 (7.69%) HTML
5 3 (7.69%) WPF
6 2 (5.13%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.13%) jQuery
6 2 (5.13%) Laravel
6 2 (5.13%) React
6 2 (5.13%) REST
7 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC 5
7 1 (2.56%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.56%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (2.56%) Sass
7 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (10.26%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.26%) VSAM
3 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.13%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (5.13%) Reinsurance
4 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) zOS
3 1 (2.56%) VMS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.64%) Mentoring
3 9 (23.08%) Agile
4 8 (20.51%) Migration
5 6 (15.38%) Kanban
6 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (10.26%) AI
7 4 (10.26%) Data Analysis
7 4 (10.26%) Front End Development
7 4 (10.26%) Microservices
7 4 (10.26%) Release Management
7 4 (10.26%) Software Engineering
8 3 (7.69%) Analytics
8 3 (7.69%) API Integration
8 3 (7.69%) Clean Code
8 3 (7.69%) E-Commerce
8 3 (7.69%) OO
8 3 (7.69%) Process Improvement
8 3 (7.69%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (58.97%) C#
2 17 (43.59%) SQL
3 9 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 7 (17.95%) Java
5 4 (10.26%) COBOL
5 4 (10.26%) JCL
5 4 (10.26%) Python
5 4 (10.26%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.13%) Julia
6 2 (5.13%) PHP
6 2 (5.13%) R
7 1 (2.56%) C++
7 1 (2.56%) Go
7 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.56%) Ruby
7 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.56%) New Relic
3 1 (2.56%) SAP