Legacy Code Job Trends in Merseyside

Legacy Code
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.15% - 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% - 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £40,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +81.25% -27.27%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 201 145 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 30.04% 27.31% 30.06%
Number of salaries quoted 128 72 182
10th Percentile £29,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.45% -4.92%
75th Percentile £53,000 £60,063 £66,875
90th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Code within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 26 January 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
Liverpool - 1 £55,000 -
Legacy Code
North West

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility