Legacy Systems Job Trends in Scotland

Legacy System
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 117 237
Rank change year-on-year -21 +120 -44
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 2 7 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.062% 0.36% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 1.18% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £45,175 £39,250 £57,729
25th Percentile £45,438 £41,105 £59,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £49,672 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -28.48% -7.40%
75th Percentile £48,938 £54,938 £77,715
90th Percentile £49,725 £59,000 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £60,733
% change year-on-year +23.81% -13.56% -16.23%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 811 595 3,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.97% 30.91% 50.15%
Number of salaries quoted 422 329 850
10th Percentile £26,775 £36,200 £28,725
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,360 £71,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £93,778 £82,548
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Scotland

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 April 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
Glasgow -17 2 £46,750 -3.61% 2
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Support Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Support Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Integration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management