Legacy Systems Job Trends in England

Legacy System
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 354 463
Rank change year-on-year +113 +109 -71
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 493 342 296
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.84% 0.76% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.53% 2.01% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 283 168 253
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% -26.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £98,931 £93,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -26.67%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,461 16,991 23,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.10% 37.88% 35.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,002 8,002 17,818
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,791
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -14.71%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in England

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
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 Systems within the England region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
London +80 159 £75,000 +42.86% 77
South West +87 128 £60,850 -35.70% 14
North of England +16 70 £63,076 +48.41% 33
Midlands -14 54 £65,000 +44.44% 27
South East +17 45 £73,750 +63.89% 53
West Midlands -14 34 £65,000 +52.94% 15
North East +12 24 £63,076 +113.82% 6
North West -1 23 £70,000 +64.71% 17
Yorkshire -20 23 £63,076 +5.13% 10
East Midlands -6 20 £60,100 +33.56% 12
East of England +18 14 £61,300 -5.69% 12
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
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
1 102 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.84%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.64%) Apache
4 12 (2.43%) Appian
5 11 (2.23%) Confluence
6 10 (2.03%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.22%) IIS
8 3 (0.61%) CMS
8 3 (0.61%) JBoss
9 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.41%) SAS
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.20%) Kentico
Applications
1 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.41%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) Primavera
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 229 (46.45%) Azure
2 115 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (12.58%) AWS
4 45 (9.13%) Power Platform
5 27 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.87%) SaaS
7 20 (4.06%) GitHub
7 20 (4.06%) PowerApps
8 18 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 18 (3.65%) GCP
9 17 (3.45%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.43%) Anthropic Claude
10 12 (2.43%) Azure AI
11 11 (2.23%) Amazon SQS
12 10 (2.03%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.03%) PaaS
12 10 (2.03%) Stripe
13 8 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.42%) Amazon Bedrock
14 7 (1.42%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 103 (20.89%) DNS
2 102 (20.69%) DHCP
3 10 (2.03%) Firewall
4 6 (1.22%) WAN
5 5 (1.01%) VPN
6 4 (0.81%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.61%) LAN
7 3 (0.61%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.41%) DMZ
8 2 (0.41%) Extranet
8 2 (0.41%) Intranet
8 2 (0.41%) Modbus
8 2 (0.41%) Network Security
8 2 (0.41%) PSTN
8 2 (0.41%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.41%) VoIP
8 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.20%) NAS
9 1 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (19.88%) Amazon RDS
2 94 (19.07%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.27%) MySQL
4 25 (5.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (4.87%) Power BI
6 15 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.64%) Metadata
8 12 (2.43%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.43%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.42%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.42%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.22%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.22%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.01%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.81%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (4.46%) Git
2 15 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.43%) MLflow
3 12 (2.43%) Octopus Deploy
3 12 (2.43%) TeamCity
4 11 (2.23%) JIRA
5 9 (1.83%) ERwin
5 9 (1.83%) JUnit
6 8 (1.62%) GitLab
7 7 (1.42%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.42%) Selenium
8 5 (1.01%) Maven
9 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.61%) Storybook
10 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.41%) Synon
10 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.20%) JMeter
11 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 233 (47.26%) Social Skills
2 146 (29.61%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (21.30%) Finance
4 43 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.26%) Banking
6 19 (3.85%) Legal
7 17 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.84%) Law
9 9 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.42%) Retail
11 5 (1.01%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.61%) Marketing
13 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.41%) Billing
14 2 (0.41%) Front Office
14 2 (0.41%) Music Industry
14 2 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 98 (19.88%) Systems Engineer
2 92 (18.66%) Senior
3 89 (18.05%) Developer
4 62 (12.58%) Architect
5 41 (8.32%) Lead
6 32 (6.49%) Consultant
7 28 (5.68%) Analyst
8 24 (4.87%) Senior Manager
9 23 (4.67%) Senior Developer
10 22 (4.46%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.26%) Software Engineer
12 20 (4.06%) Enterprise Architect
13 19 (3.85%) Data Architect
14 17 (3.45%) Data Engineer
15 16 (3.25%) Senior Project Manager
16 15 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
16 15 (3.04%) Principal Developer
16 15 (3.04%) Software Developer
17 14 (2.84%) Automation Engineer
17 14 (2.84%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.55%) .NET
2 35 (7.10%) REST
2 35 (7.10%) RESTful
3 32 (6.49%) React
4 23 (4.67%) Pandas
5 21 (4.26%) Spring
6 20 (4.06%) Flask
6 20 (4.06%) Web Services
7 19 (3.85%) Django
7 19 (3.85%) pytest
7 19 (3.85%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.25%) Kafka
9 15 (3.04%) OAuth
9 15 (3.04%) OpenAPI
10 14 (2.84%) FastAPI
10 14 (2.84%) Swagger
11 13 (2.64%) Hugging Face
11 13 (2.64%) Laravel
12 12 (2.43%) Node.js
12 12 (2.43%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.68%) Hybrid Cloud
2 28 (5.68%) Low-Code
3 21 (4.26%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.26%) Legacy Applications
4 14 (2.84%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.64%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.43%) Distributed Architecture
6 12 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.83%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.22%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.81%) IoT
12 3 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.61%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 110 (22.31%) Linux
2 108 (21.91%) Windows
3 102 (20.69%) Windows Server
4 100 (20.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.81%) VMS
6 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (44.42%) Migration
2 171 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (21.70%) Customer Experience
4 104 (21.10%) Customer Service
5 99 (20.08%) Kalman Filter
6 98 (19.88%) CI/CD
6 98 (19.88%) Email Filtering
6 98 (19.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 98 (19.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 98 (19.88%) Web Filtering
7 90 (18.26%) Agile
8 80 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (15.82%) DevOps
10 68 (13.79%) Mentoring
11 64 (12.98%) Roadmaps
12 57 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 56 (11.36%) AI
14 54 (10.95%) Data Modelling
15 47 (9.53%) Software Engineering
16 45 (9.13%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 74 (15.01%) SQL
2 60 (12.17%) Python
3 38 (7.71%) C#
4 34 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 33 (6.69%) Java
6 30 (6.09%) Delphi
7 29 (5.88%) PowerShell
8 21 (4.26%) Pascal
9 19 (3.85%) PHP
10 14 (2.84%) TypeScript
10 14 (2.84%) VBA
11 6 (1.22%) Bash
11 6 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.81%) Bicep
13 3 (0.61%) Go
13 3 (0.61%) Scala
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
14 2 (0.41%) VB
14 2 (0.41%) VB6
14 2 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 113 (22.92%) Security Cleared
2 109 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.29%) Degree
4 18 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.61%) HND
6 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.41%) CCNP
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.41%) PhD
8 1 (0.20%) APMG
8 1 (0.20%) CCNA
8 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.20%) HNC
8 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.20%) PMP
8 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (20.69%) PCI DSS
2 100 (20.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 40 (8.11%) Data Quality
4 29 (5.88%) QA
5 15 (3.04%) GDPR
6 8 (1.62%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) COBIT
8 3 (0.61%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 3 (0.61%) PMO
9 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 105 (21.30%) Active Directory
2 101 (20.49%) Hyper-V
3 98 (19.88%) Terminal Server
4 48 (9.74%) Docker
5 8 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 50 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.29%) Terraform
3 9 (1.83%) Grafana
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.61%) Ansible
6 2 (0.41%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.41%) Plesk
7 1 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
7 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.20%) VxRail
7 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 184 (37.32%) Microsoft
2 110 (22.31%) VMware
3 101 (20.49%) SolarWinds
3 101 (20.49%) Veeam
4 100 (20.28%) Splunk
5 98 (19.88%) Brocade
5 98 (19.88%) Nimble Storage
5 98 (19.88%) Tanium
6 50 (10.14%) Oracle
7 13 (2.64%) Google
7 13 (2.64%) OpenAI
7 13 (2.64%) SAP
8 12 (2.43%) Automation Anywhere
8 12 (2.43%) UiPath
9 10 (2.03%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.42%) Cisco
11 5 (1.01%) Databricks
11 5 (1.01%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.81%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.81%) ServiceNow