Legacy Code Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Legacy Code
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.26% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 189 191 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 24.58% 24.58% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 120 84 104
10th Percentile £29,850 £31,775 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,492 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,875 £78,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £100,000 £80,000
North East median annual salary £46,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.91% +1.00% -

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Code within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £67,500 - 2
Legacy Code
North East

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#