Legacy Applications Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Legacy Application
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 191 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Applications 6 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.16% 0.16% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.51% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £130,446 £65,351
% change year-on-year -46.34% +99.61% +9.78%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Legacy Applications 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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,314 1,366 1,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.12% 31.38% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 672 546 783
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,063 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,263 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,509 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% +2.65% +0.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Applications relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Legacy Applications
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Legacy Applications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire +11 5 - - 1
Oxfordshire +25 1 £90,000 -
Legacy Applications
South East

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (83.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Boomi
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Qlik Sense
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Support Specialist
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Specialist
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Support
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Support Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Support Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) AS400
1 1 (16.67%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Release Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) B2B
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) JD Edwards
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) IBM
3 2 (33.33%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft