Legacy Code Job Trends in Southampton

Legacy Code
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.14% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £76,250 - -

All Generic Skills
Southampton

Legacy Code 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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 189 94 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 25.78% 27.25% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 148 51 187
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £29,600
25th Percentile £40,750 £34,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £98,750 £72,500 £66,750
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% +0.95%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in Southampton

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Billing Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker