Legacy Systems Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Legacy System
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 34 59
Rank change year-on-year -57 +25 +13
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 3 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.24% 0.67% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 1.92% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile - £27,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £30,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - -65.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile - £32,500 £93,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 407 104 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 33.20% 35.02% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 55 22 81
10th Percentile £32,700 £46,375 £32,996
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,125 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £132,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -14.60%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 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
County Antrim -37 3 - - 8
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
1 1 (33.33%) WinForms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Logical Data Model
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Physical Data Model
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft