Legacy Applications Job Trends in London

Legacy Application
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications 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 397 382 449
Rank change year-on-year -15 +67 +14
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Applications 33 13 32
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.15% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.23% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 25
10th Percentile £47,500 - £65,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -27.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £132,500 £70,625 £122,500
90th Percentile £145,000 £95,750 £125,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% -12.90%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,795 5,557 8,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.30% 45.21% 41.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,749 3,252 5,771
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,774 £39,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% +1.29% +3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £136,250 £136,250
England median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.95% +4.55% -15.38%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in London

Legacy Applications
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Legacy Applications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Applications in London over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Applications in London

Legacy Applications
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the London 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
Central London +2 10 £65,000 - 5
Legacy Applications
England

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 10 (30.30%) AWS
3 9 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (27.27%) Serverless
4 6 (18.18%) Amazon ECS
4 6 (18.18%) Amazon EKS
4 6 (18.18%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (9.09%) SaaS
6 2 (6.06%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (6.06%) GitHub
6 2 (6.06%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (30.30%) Db2
1 10 (30.30%) SQL Server
1 10 (30.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 10 (30.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (6.06%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Claude Code
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (12.12%) Back Office
3 4 (12.12%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Front Office
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Senior
2 10 (30.30%) Applications Support
3 6 (18.18%) Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Developer
3 6 (18.18%) Professional Services Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Applications Support
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Professional Services Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Applications Support Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Lead
5 4 (12.12%) Lead Software Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Support Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) AWS Architect
6 3 (9.09%) AWS Solution Architect
6 3 (9.09%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) .NET
2 3 (9.09%) React
3 2 (6.06%) AngularJS
3 2 (6.06%) RxJS
4 1 (3.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 6 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 6 (18.18%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (6.06%) AI Agents
4 2 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (6.06%) Market Risk
5 1 (3.03%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 11 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 10 (30.30%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 10 (30.30%) Customer-Centricity
4 9 (27.27%) Microservices
4 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 8 (24.24%) API Design
6 7 (21.21%) Event-Driven
6 7 (21.21%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 6 (18.18%) AI
7 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 6 (18.18%) Configuration Management
7 6 (18.18%) Migration
7 6 (18.18%) Project Delivery
7 6 (18.18%) Project Management
7 6 (18.18%) Refactoring
7 6 (18.18%) Re-Platforming
8 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (15.15%) Visualisation
9 4 (12.12%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) C#
2 10 (30.30%) PL/SQL
2 10 (30.30%) SQL
2 10 (30.30%) VB.NET
3 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 6 (18.18%) TypeScript
4 4 (12.12%) Python
5 3 (9.09%) Java
6 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Kubernetes
1 6 (18.18%) Progress Chef
1 6 (18.18%) Puppet
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Netskope
3 1 (3.03%) SGI