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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 140 147
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +62
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 14 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.52% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 1.01% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £38,750 - -
25th Percentile £40,625 £39,250 £46,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £53,552
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -16.90% -28.60%
75th Percentile £61,875 £49,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £66,875 £56,950 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% -9.57%

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 829 891 829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 30.56% 27.19% 35.11%
Number of salaries quoted 324 402 630
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £59,541
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -7.63% +3.55%
75th Percentile £67,813 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £90,000 £92,241
UK median annual salary £54,770 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -4.00% -

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
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in Scotland

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 20 November 2025. 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 -5 13 £45,000 +1.12% 7
Edinburgh +4 1 £67,500 - 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) Apache Spark
2 1 (7.14%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Apache Hive
1 5 (35.71%) Big Data
1 5 (35.71%) Hadoop
1 5 (35.71%) HBase
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Gradle
1 5 (35.71%) Maven
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (35.71%) Law
2 5 (35.71%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Java Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Java Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Java Software Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Java Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Software Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Business Systems Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Insurance Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) JPA
1 5 (35.71%) REST
1 5 (35.71%) Spring
2 1 (7.14%) PySpark
2 1 (7.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Unix
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 7 (50.00%) Migration
2 6 (42.86%) AI
2 6 (42.86%) Machine Learning
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
3 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
3 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (35.71%) Open Source
3 5 (35.71%) Operational Stability
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) SDLC
3 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 5 (35.71%) TDD
3 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
4 4 (28.57%) ETL
5 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
6 2 (14.29%) Data Mapping
6 2 (14.29%) ERP
6 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
1 5 (35.71%) PL/SQL
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) IEC 61131
2 1 (7.14%) IEC 61508
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) HDFS
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cloudera
1 5 (35.71%) Databricks
2 1 (7.14%) Rockwell
2 1 (7.14%) Siemens
2 1 (7.14%) VMware