Legacy Systems Job Trends in the North of England

Legacy System
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 254 296
Rank change year-on-year +12 +42 -28
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 116 48 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.52% 0.50% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 1.24% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 99 42 28
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,652 £38,625
25th Percentile £51,875 £56,813 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +14.29% -5.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,750 £79,125
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,746 3,880 4,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.33% 40.24% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,359 1,585 2,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -11.54% -9.57%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in the North of England

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the North of England

Legacy Systems
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 West +3 46 £69,305 -2.73% 10
Yorkshire +2 45 £80,000 +23.08% 6
North East -39 25 £52,500 -27.59% 3
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 13 (11.21%) SharePoint Server
2 7 (6.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.59%) Confluence
5 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.86%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (8.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.31%) SAP MDG
2 5 (4.31%) SAP MDG-BP
2 5 (4.31%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.86%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 28 (24.14%) Azure
2 24 (20.69%) AWS
3 11 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (6.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (6.03%) GCP
6 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.17%) SaaS
7 5 (4.31%) GitHub
7 5 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.31%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.45%) Amazon S3
8 4 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.45%) Serverless
9 3 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (2.59%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.72%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.31%) DHCP
1 5 (4.31%) DNS
2 4 (3.45%) HTTP
3 1 (0.86%) Firewall
3 1 (0.86%) VoIP
3 1 (0.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.76%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (5.17%) Power BI
3 5 (4.31%) Redis
4 3 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.59%) DynamoDB
4 3 (2.59%) MySQL
4 3 (2.59%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.59%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.59%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.72%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.72%) Tableau
6 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.86%) Metadata
6 1 (0.86%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Git
2 4 (3.45%) GitLab
3 3 (2.59%) JIRA
4 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.72%) MLflow
5 1 (0.86%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.86%) Hudson
5 1 (0.86%) NUnit
General
1 19 (16.38%) Finance
1 19 (16.38%) Public Sector
2 13 (11.21%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.48%) Retail
4 9 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Local Government
7 4 (3.45%) Billing
7 4 (3.45%) Law
8 3 (2.59%) Banking
8 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.59%) Legal
8 3 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.72%) Electronics
9 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.72%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Wearables
10 1 (0.86%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (40.52%) Senior
2 39 (33.62%) Software Engineer
3 31 (26.72%) Senior Software Engineer
4 15 (12.93%) Architect
5 13 (11.21%) Analyst
6 10 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (7.76%) Developer
7 9 (7.76%) Lead
8 8 (6.90%) Consultant
8 8 (6.90%) SAP Consultant
9 7 (6.03%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) HR Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) SAP MDG Consultant
10 5 (4.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 5 (4.31%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (4.31%) Systems Support
10 5 (4.31%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.79%) .NET
2 14 (12.07%) React
3 11 (9.48%) Node.js
4 6 (5.17%) .NET Framework
4 6 (5.17%) Middleware
5 5 (4.31%) SAP ALE
5 5 (4.31%) Vue
5 5 (4.31%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (3.45%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.45%) REST
7 3 (2.59%) Express.js
7 3 (2.59%) Next.js
7 3 (2.59%) SignalR
8 2 (1.72%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.72%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (1.72%) Laravel
8 2 (1.72%) React Native
8 2 (1.72%) Spring
8 2 (1.72%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.72%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (12.07%) Cloud Native
3 10 (8.62%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (5.17%) IoT
5 5 (4.31%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (4.31%) Replication
6 4 (3.45%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.72%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.72%) FMCG
8 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.72%) NHS
8 2 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.86%) Life Science
9 1 (0.86%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.86%) Online Gambling
9 1 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.17%) Windows
1 6 (5.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (35.34%) Software Engineering
2 36 (31.03%) Migration
3 20 (17.24%) CI/CD
3 20 (17.24%) Mentoring
4 19 (16.38%) Data Migration
5 18 (15.52%) Agile
5 18 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (14.66%) Coaching
6 17 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (14.66%) User Acceptance Testing
7 14 (12.07%) AI
8 13 (11.21%) DevOps
8 13 (11.21%) Roadmaps
9 12 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (9.48%) Data Modelling
11 9 (7.76%) Refactoring
11 9 (7.76%) SDLC
11 9 (7.76%) Validation
12 8 (6.90%) Problem Management
12 8 (6.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.24%) SQL
2 19 (16.38%) JavaScript
3 15 (12.93%) C#
4 12 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 11 (9.48%) Python
6 10 (8.62%) Java
7 8 (6.90%) ABAP
8 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
9 6 (5.17%) C++
10 5 (4.31%) PHP
11 3 (2.59%) Perl
12 2 (1.72%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.86%) Go
13 1 (0.86%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (7.76%) Degree
2 7 (6.03%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.86%) CISM
3 1 (0.86%) CISSP
3 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.86%) CRISC
3 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.86%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.31%) GDPR
3 3 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.59%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.59%) QA
3 3 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.86%) GxP
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (5.17%) vSphere
2 5 (4.31%) Docker
3 2 (1.72%) Firmware
4 1 (0.86%) MetaFrame
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.31%) SCCM
2 4 (3.45%) Terraform
3 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.34%) SAP
3 6 (5.17%) VMware
4 5 (4.31%) Ariba
4 5 (4.31%) Aruba
5 3 (2.59%) Databricks
5 3 (2.59%) OpenText
6 2 (1.72%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.72%) TOWER Software
6 2 (1.72%) UiPath
7 1 (0.86%) Citrix
7 1 (0.86%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle
7 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.86%) Splunk