Legacy Code Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Legacy Code
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.36% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.92% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 104 149 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 18.87% 25.04% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 64 67 85
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,238 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -8.24%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,375 £100,000 £81,138
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.50% -8.64% -

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#