Legacy Systems Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Legacy System
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 314 418
Rank change year-on-year +75 +104 -35
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 349 242 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.74% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 2.12% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 195 124 182
10th Percentile £42,500 - £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.17% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -26.67%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,326 11,442 17,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.23% 34.97% 34.40%
Number of salaries quoted 6,743 4,959 12,341
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -14.71%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Systems relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK excluding London

Legacy Systems
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
South West +87 128 £60,850 -35.70% 14
North of England +16 70 £63,076 +48.41% 33
Midlands -14 54 £65,000 +44.44% 27
South East +17 45 £73,750 +63.89% 53
West Midlands -14 34 £65,000 +52.94% 15
Wales +18 32 £55,000 +46.67% 4
North East +12 24 £63,076 +113.82% 6
North West -1 23 £70,000 +64.71% 17
Yorkshire -20 23 £63,076 +5.13% 10
East Midlands -6 20 £60,100 +33.56% 12
East of England +18 14 £61,300 -5.69% 12
Scotland -17 6 £45,000 +1.12% 13
Northern Ireland -19 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 115 (32.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.72%) Confluence
2 6 (1.72%) IIS
3 5 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.86%) CMS
4 3 (0.86%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.86%) JBoss
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.29%) Kentico
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) WinCC
Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.29%) Primavera
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 193 (55.30%) Azure
2 123 (35.24%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (9.17%) AWS
4 31 (8.88%) Power Platform
5 18 (5.16%) PowerApps
6 17 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.30%) GitHub
8 14 (4.01%) SaaS
9 11 (3.15%) GCP
10 10 (2.87%) Stripe
11 7 (2.01%) PaaS
12 6 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.72%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.72%) Serverless
13 5 (1.43%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.43%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.43%) IaaS
14 4 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 118 (33.81%) DNS
2 117 (33.52%) DHCP
3 6 (1.72%) Firewall
4 4 (1.15%) VPN
5 3 (0.86%) Modbus
5 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.57%) DMZ
6 2 (0.57%) Network Security
6 2 (0.57%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) BGP
7 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.29%) ISDN
7 1 (0.29%) LAN
7 1 (0.29%) PSTN
7 1 (0.29%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.29%) RTP
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (32.09%) Amazon RDS
2 48 (13.75%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (3.72%) Power BI
5 12 (3.44%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.58%) Metadata
9 8 (2.29%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.01%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.72%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.43%) Metadata Repository
12 5 (1.43%) MySQL
12 5 (1.43%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.15%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.57%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 15 (4.30%) Git
2 10 (2.87%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.01%) GitLab
4 6 (1.72%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.72%) JIRA
4 6 (1.72%) JUnit
4 6 (1.72%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.72%) Selenium
4 6 (1.72%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) Maven
7 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 181 (51.86%) Social Skills
2 140 (40.11%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (15.76%) Finance
4 37 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.15%) Banking
6 10 (2.87%) Legal
7 9 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.58%) Law
7 9 (2.58%) Retail
8 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.29%) Back Office
11 1 (0.29%) Billing
11 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.29%) Marketing
11 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (32.09%) Systems Engineer
2 71 (20.34%) Senior
3 67 (19.20%) Developer
4 34 (9.74%) Architect
5 22 (6.30%) Lead
5 22 (6.30%) Senior Manager
6 21 (6.02%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.44%) Project Manager
8 17 (4.87%) Analyst
9 16 (4.58%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (4.58%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.01%) Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.01%) Senior Digital Project Manager
10 14 (4.01%) Software Developer
11 12 (3.44%) .NET Developer
11 12 (3.44%) Enterprise Architect
12 11 (3.15%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.87%) Principal Developer
13 10 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (11.46%) .NET
2 26 (7.45%) React
3 16 (4.58%) RESTful
4 14 (4.01%) REST
5 12 (3.44%) CSS
6 11 (3.15%) HTML
6 11 (3.15%) Laravel
7 10 (2.87%) AngularJS
8 9 (2.58%) .NET Core
8 9 (2.58%) ASP.NET
9 8 (2.29%) Node.js
10 7 (2.01%) .NET Framework
10 7 (2.01%) PySpark
10 7 (2.01%) Spring
10 7 (2.01%) Spring Boot
11 6 (1.72%) Django
11 6 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (1.72%) Flask
11 6 (1.72%) pytest
12 5 (1.43%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.46%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (5.44%) Legacy Applications
4 16 (4.58%) Low-Code
5 11 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.43%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.43%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.43%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.15%) IoT
10 4 (1.15%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.15%) SCADA
11 3 (0.86%) Clustering
11 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 121 (34.67%) Linux
2 120 (34.38%) Windows
3 116 (33.24%) Windows Server
4 115 (32.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.57%) VMS
5 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (53.87%) Migration
2 171 (49.00%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (34.67%) Customer Experience
4 116 (33.24%) Customer Service
5 112 (32.09%) Email Filtering
5 112 (32.09%) Kalman Filter
5 112 (32.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 112 (32.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 112 (32.09%) Web Filtering
6 63 (18.05%) Agile
7 62 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (15.47%) Mentoring
9 51 (14.61%) CI/CD
10 39 (11.17%) DevOps
11 36 (10.32%) Software Engineering
12 34 (9.74%) Roadmaps
13 28 (8.02%) Coaching
13 28 (8.02%) Microservices
13 28 (8.02%) User Experience
14 25 (7.16%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.61%) SQL
2 32 (9.17%) C#
3 30 (8.60%) JavaScript
4 24 (6.88%) Python
5 17 (4.87%) PHP
6 16 (4.58%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.01%) VBA
8 12 (3.44%) TypeScript
9 11 (3.15%) Java
10 8 (2.29%) Delphi
11 6 (1.72%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.15%) Bash
12 4 (1.15%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.57%) Bicep
14 2 (0.57%) Scala
14 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.57%) VB
14 2 (0.57%) VB6
15 1 (0.29%) Go
Qualifications
1 124 (35.53%) Security Cleared
2 120 (34.38%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.58%) Degree
4 5 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.15%) HND
6 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.86%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) APMG
7 1 (0.29%) CCNA
7 1 (0.29%) CCNP
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.29%) HNC
7 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (33.24%) PCI DSS
2 113 (32.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (5.73%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.43%) GDPR
5 3 (0.86%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.86%) PMO
5 3 (0.86%) QA
6 2 (0.57%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.29%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 118 (33.81%) Active Directory
2 116 (33.24%) Hyper-V
3 112 (32.09%) Terminal Server
4 20 (5.73%) Docker
5 7 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.16%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.30%) Terraform
3 7 (2.01%) Grafana
4 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.57%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.57%) Plesk
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 165 (47.28%) Microsoft
2 121 (34.67%) VMware
3 115 (32.95%) Veeam
4 113 (32.38%) SolarWinds
4 113 (32.38%) Splunk
5 112 (32.09%) Brocade
5 112 (32.09%) Nimble Storage
5 112 (32.09%) Tanium
6 25 (7.16%) Oracle
7 10 (2.87%) HubSpot
8 9 (2.58%) SAP
9 4 (1.15%) Google
10 3 (0.86%) Cisco
10 3 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.86%) Databricks
11 2 (0.57%) Draytek
11 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.57%) Workday
12 1 (0.29%) AppDynamics
12 1 (0.29%) Aruba