Legacy Systems Job Trends

Legacy System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 378 558
Rank change year-on-year +102 +180 -111
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 673 345 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.72% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.69% 1.74% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 459 235 267
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,550
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,125 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £98,750 £106,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -8.70%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,034 19,840 35,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.76% 41.44% 33.70%
Number of salaries quoted 16,021 9,716 22,759
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -14.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,886 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% - -9.09%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 July 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
England +83 611 £67,500 +3.85% 264
UK excluding London +79 459 £62,500 +8.70% 167
Work from Home +93 210 £63,076 +5.13% 102
London +30 165 £80,000 +6.67% 131
North of England +57 136 £65,000 -3.70% 34
South West +38 131 £55,000 -26.67% 33
Midlands -15 74 £62,500 +16.28% 20
Yorkshire +12 53 £65,000 - 18
South East -51 51 £57,500 - 60
North West +10 50 £69,305 -4.41% 14
West Midlands -24 47 £59,223 +7.68% 8
East of England +8 33 £50,000 -21.76% 12
North East - 33 £63,076 - 4
Wales -24 30 £72,500 +31.82% 3
East Midlands -9 27 £67,500 +45.95% 12
Scotland +6 3 £36,000 -27.52% 3
Northern Ireland -48 3 - - 4

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 82 (12.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (4.16%) Confluence
3 16 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.38%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (1.04%) Anypoint
4 7 (1.04%) Mule
5 5 (0.74%) WordPress
6 4 (0.59%) Apache
6 4 (0.59%) Appian
6 4 (0.59%) IIS
7 3 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.45%) CMS
7 3 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.30%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) CICS
9 1 (0.15%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (2.53%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.15%) Simulink
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.19%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.74%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.74%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 228 (33.88%) Azure
2 102 (15.16%) AWS
3 96 (14.26%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 41 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.75%) Serverless
7 29 (4.31%) PowerApps
8 28 (4.16%) GCP
9 27 (4.01%) SaaS
10 26 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (2.67%) GitHub
13 16 (2.38%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.38%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.23%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
15 14 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (2.08%) Lucidchart
15 14 (2.08%) PaaS
16 12 (1.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 84 (12.48%) DNS
2 81 (12.04%) DHCP
3 10 (1.49%) Firewall
4 9 (1.34%) WAN
5 8 (1.19%) Network Security
5 8 (1.19%) SSL
6 6 (0.89%) VPN
7 3 (0.45%) HTTP
7 3 (0.45%) LAN
7 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.30%) SAN
8 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.30%) Wireless
9 1 (0.15%) Broadband
9 1 (0.15%) DMARC
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (11.29%) Amazon RDS
2 44 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 34 (5.05%) Power BI
4 24 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.53%) Db2
6 12 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.34%) DTS
10 8 (1.19%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.19%) MySQL
10 8 (1.19%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.04%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.04%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.89%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.74%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.74%) Redis
13 5 (0.74%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (5.94%) Git
2 27 (4.01%) JIRA
3 14 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.93%) JUnit
5 8 (1.19%) GitLab
5 8 (1.19%) Selenium
6 7 (1.04%) JMeter
7 6 (0.89%) MLflow
7 6 (0.89%) Mockito
8 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.30%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.30%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.30%) Maven
10 2 (0.30%) Newman
10 2 (0.30%) NUnit
10 2 (0.30%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 180 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 147 (21.84%) Finance
3 131 (19.47%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (13.52%) Public Sector
5 41 (6.09%) Manufacturing
6 34 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.05%) Retail
7 25 (3.71%) Law
8 21 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.82%) Banking
10 15 (2.23%) Legal
11 14 (2.08%) Aerospace
11 14 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.19%) Games
13 7 (1.04%) Cyber-Physical System
13 7 (1.04%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.89%) Billing
14 6 (0.89%) Electronics
14 6 (0.89%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.74%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 149 (22.14%) Senior
2 113 (16.79%) Developer
3 103 (15.30%) Architect
4 83 (12.33%) Software Engineer
5 80 (11.89%) Systems Engineer
6 55 (8.17%) Lead
7 49 (7.28%) Senior Software Engineer
8 46 (6.84%) Solutions Architect
9 39 (5.79%) Consultant
10 36 (5.35%) Analyst
11 31 (4.61%) Project Manager
12 30 (4.46%) Senior Manager
13 24 (3.57%) Software Developer
14 23 (3.42%) Business Analyst
15 18 (2.67%) Senior Architect
15 18 (2.67%) Senior Project Manager
16 17 (2.53%) Digital Project Manager
16 17 (2.53%) Senior Developer
16 17 (2.53%) Senior Digital Project Manager
17 14 (2.08%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.62%) .NET
2 50 (7.43%) React
3 43 (6.39%) Node.js
4 37 (5.50%) Spring
4 37 (5.50%) Spring Boot
5 32 (4.75%) REST
6 31 (4.61%) HTML
7 29 (4.31%) CSS
8 25 (3.71%) RESTful
9 24 (3.57%) Middleware
9 24 (3.57%) Vue
9 24 (3.57%) WPF
10 21 (3.12%) Kafka
11 14 (2.08%) .NET Framework
11 14 (2.08%) OAuth
12 13 (1.93%) .NET Core
12 13 (1.93%) Laravel
12 13 (1.93%) Web Services
12 13 (1.93%) XML
13 11 (1.63%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.63%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.75%) Legacy Applications
3 31 (4.61%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.71%) Mainframe
5 24 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.82%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.23%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.08%) iSeries
10 13 (1.93%) IoT
11 12 (1.78%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
11 12 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
12 11 (1.63%) AS400
13 10 (1.49%) EPoS
13 10 (1.49%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.34%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 97 (14.41%) Windows
2 87 (12.93%) Linux
3 81 (12.04%) Windows Server
4 72 (10.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.45%) AIX
5 3 (0.45%) Android
5 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.30%) zOS
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (38.34%) Migration
2 160 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (22.29%) Agile
4 131 (19.47%) CI/CD
5 109 (16.20%) Mentoring
6 108 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 107 (15.90%) Software Engineering
8 94 (13.97%) DevOps
9 93 (13.82%) Customer Experience
10 90 (13.37%) Microservices
11 87 (12.93%) AI
11 87 (12.93%) Roadmaps
12 78 (11.59%) Kalman Filter
13 74 (11.00%) Customer Service
13 74 (11.00%) Web Filtering
14 73 (10.85%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 72 (10.70%) Email Filtering
15 72 (10.70%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 67 (9.96%) Analytics
17 62 (9.21%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 89 (13.22%) SQL
2 76 (11.29%) C#
3 71 (10.55%) JavaScript
4 70 (10.40%) Python
5 61 (9.06%) Java
6 32 (4.75%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.71%) PHP
8 18 (2.67%) C++
9 17 (2.53%) RPG
10 16 (2.38%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.38%) VBA
11 11 (1.63%) Ruby
11 11 (1.63%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.19%) ABAP
12 8 (1.19%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.04%) DataWeave
14 6 (0.89%) Bash
14 6 (0.89%) C
14 6 (0.89%) RPG III
15 4 (0.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 144 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 122 (18.13%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.05%) Degree
4 11 (1.63%) DBS Check
5 9 (1.34%) AWS Certification
5 9 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.59%) CISM
8 4 (0.59%) CISSP
9 3 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.30%) PMP
11 1 (0.15%) CRISC
11 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 75 (11.14%) PCI DSS
2 41 (6.09%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.08%) GDPR
5 11 (1.63%) WCAG
6 9 (1.34%) QA
7 6 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.89%) SLA
8 4 (0.59%) NCSC
9 3 (0.45%) GRC
9 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.45%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.45%) NIST
9 3 (0.45%) PMO
9 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 92 (13.67%) Active Directory
2 77 (11.44%) Hyper-V
3 72 (10.70%) Terminal Server
4 45 (6.69%) Docker
5 13 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (1.49%) Firmware
7 8 (1.19%) vSphere
8 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.30%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.15%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (6.24%) Terraform
2 37 (5.50%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.49%) Puppet
4 9 (1.34%) Progress Chef
5 8 (1.19%) Ansible
6 7 (1.04%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.89%) Kibana
8 5 (0.74%) SCCM
9 4 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.30%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.15%) Grafana
12 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.15%) Podman
12 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 175 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 86 (12.78%) VMware
3 80 (11.89%) Splunk
4 76 (11.29%) Veeam
5 72 (10.70%) Brocade
5 72 (10.70%) Nimble Storage
5 72 (10.70%) SolarWinds
5 72 (10.70%) Tanium
6 45 (6.69%) SAP
7 22 (3.27%) IBM
8 16 (2.38%) Oracle
9 14 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.93%) Databricks
11 12 (1.78%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.49%) Google
12 10 (1.49%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.19%) Guidewire
13 8 (1.19%) Sage
14 7 (1.04%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.04%) IFS