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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 132 199
Rank change year-on-year -6 +67 -49
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 5 15 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.60% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 2.07% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile - £39,000 £43,825
25th Percentile £22,750 £41,250 £50,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £52,500 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year -55.24% -21.93% +12.08%
75th Percentile £24,250 £61,250 £83,688
90th Percentile - £66,000 £90,475
UK median annual salary £68,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.62% +8.33% -7.69%

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 1,066 726 1,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.17% 28.95% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 567 265 517
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,008 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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
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 15 September 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
Banffshire - 3 £23,500 -
Glasgow -13 1 - - 11
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) YouTube