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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 365 546
Rank change year-on-year +81 +181 -115
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 704 373 319
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.76% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.72% 1.84% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 462 256 241
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,125 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -10.26%

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 25,907 20,249 31,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.82% 41.24% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 16,488 10,085 19,491
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% +4.55% -15.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,440 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 23 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 23 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 +57 630 £67,500 +3.85% 226
UK excluding London +69 478 £60,000 - 132
Work from Home +75 207 £60,000 -2.04% 106
London +27 177 £81,000 +4.52% 127
South West +50 155 £55,000 -24.14% 15
North of England +43 123 £69,305 +4.61% 30
Midlands -30 70 £62,500 +13.64% 20
South East -38 51 £61,250 +6.52% 43
North West +15 49 £69,305 -2.73% 14
Yorkshire +6 49 £69,305 +6.62% 14
West Midlands -42 45 £59,223 +7.68% 9
Wales -17 38 £72,500 +31.82% 3
East of England +18 35 £50,000 -20.00% 11
East Midlands -15 25 £67,500 +45.95% 11
North East - 25 £58,446 - 4
Scotland +14 5 £23,500 -52.69% 10
Northern Ireland -67 3 - -

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
1 106 (15.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.26%) Confluence
3 16 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
4 11 (1.56%) Anypoint
4 11 (1.56%) Mule
5 5 (0.71%) WordPress
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.28%) Appian
8 2 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (2.27%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.99%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.71%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.71%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.57%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 259 (36.79%) Azure
2 121 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (16.19%) AWS
4 46 (6.53%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (6.39%) Power Platform
6 38 (5.40%) Serverless
7 27 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (3.84%) GCP
7 27 (3.84%) SaaS
8 23 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (2.41%) GitHub
12 16 (2.27%) Entra ID
12 16 (2.27%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.13%) PaaS
14 14 (1.99%) Snowflake
15 13 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 110 (15.63%) DNS
2 104 (14.77%) DHCP
3 13 (1.85%) Firewall
4 12 (1.70%) SSL
4 12 (1.70%) WAN
5 9 (1.28%) VPN
6 8 (1.14%) Network Security
7 6 (0.85%) LAN
7 6 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.71%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.57%) HTTP
10 2 (0.28%) SAN
10 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.28%) Wireless
11 1 (0.14%) Broadband
11 1 (0.14%) DMARC
11 1 (0.14%) Internet
11 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (14.06%) Amazon RDS
2 42 (5.97%) SQL Server
3 35 (4.97%) Power BI
4 27 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.70%) Db2
6 18 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.56%) MySQL
9 10 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.42%) DTS
10 9 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.14%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.99%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.85%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.71%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.71%) Redis
14 5 (0.71%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (5.82%) Git
2 32 (4.55%) JIRA
3 15 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.70%) JUnit
5 11 (1.56%) Selenium
6 9 (1.28%) GitLab
7 7 (0.99%) JMeter
8 6 (0.85%) Mockito
9 5 (0.71%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.57%) MLflow
10 4 (0.57%) MSI
10 4 (0.57%) NUnit
11 3 (0.43%) Eclipse RCP
11 3 (0.43%) Mocha
11 3 (0.43%) Newman
11 3 (0.43%) Postman
11 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.43%) TestRail
11 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 158 (22.44%) Analytical Skills
3 149 (21.16%) Finance
4 91 (12.93%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.82%) Manufacturing
6 37 (5.26%) Retail
7 36 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (4.12%) Law
9 19 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (2.41%) Banking
11 15 (2.13%) Aerospace
11 15 (2.13%) Legal
12 13 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.28%) Electronics
14 8 (1.14%) Games
15 7 (0.99%) Cyber-Physical System
15 7 (0.99%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.85%) Billing
16 6 (0.85%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.71%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 145 (20.60%) Senior
2 110 (15.63%) Developer
3 105 (14.91%) Architect
3 105 (14.91%) Systems Engineer
4 89 (12.64%) Software Engineer
5 60 (8.52%) Lead
6 52 (7.39%) Senior Software Engineer
7 50 (7.10%) Solutions Architect
8 47 (6.68%) Consultant
9 33 (4.69%) Analyst
10 23 (3.27%) Software Developer
11 22 (3.13%) Business Analyst
12 20 (2.84%) Migration Consultant
13 19 (2.70%) Project Manager
13 19 (2.70%) Senior Architect
14 18 (2.56%) Senior Manager
15 17 (2.41%) Senior Developer
16 16 (2.27%) Lead Developer
17 14 (1.99%) Senior Consultant
17 14 (1.99%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.24%) .NET
2 52 (7.39%) React
3 46 (6.53%) Node.js
4 44 (6.25%) Spring Boot
5 41 (5.82%) Spring
6 34 (4.83%) HTML
7 32 (4.55%) CSS
7 32 (4.55%) WPF
8 31 (4.40%) REST
9 28 (3.98%) RESTful
9 28 (3.98%) Vue
10 26 (3.69%) Kafka
11 23 (3.27%) Middleware
12 17 (2.41%) OAuth
13 16 (2.27%) .NET Framework
14 15 (2.13%) .NET Core
15 14 (1.99%) Ruby on Rails
16 13 (1.85%) HTML5
16 13 (1.85%) JWT
17 12 (1.70%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 92 (13.07%) Cloud Native
2 36 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
3 33 (4.69%) Mainframe
4 30 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.41%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.13%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.98%) Legacy Applications
8 19 (2.70%) iSeries
9 18 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
10 16 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.13%) AS400
12 14 (1.99%) AI Agents
12 14 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.85%) IoT
14 11 (1.56%) EPoS
14 11 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.42%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.42%) Management Information System
15 10 (1.42%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 130 (18.47%) Windows
2 112 (15.91%) Linux
3 105 (14.91%) Windows Server
4 96 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.57%) AIX
6 3 (0.43%) Android
6 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) zOS
8 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (40.77%) Migration
2 191 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (21.59%) Agile
4 147 (20.88%) CI/CD
5 117 (16.62%) Customer Experience
5 117 (16.62%) Software Engineering
6 111 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 109 (15.48%) Mentoring
8 102 (14.49%) Kalman Filter
9 101 (14.35%) Customer Service
10 100 (14.20%) Microservices
11 99 (14.06%) DevOps
12 98 (13.92%) Web Filtering
13 97 (13.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 96 (13.64%) Email Filtering
14 96 (13.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 92 (13.07%) AI
16 84 (11.93%) Roadmaps
17 66 (9.38%) Analytics
18 64 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 87 (12.36%) SQL
2 80 (11.36%) C#
3 73 (10.37%) JavaScript
4 70 (9.94%) Python
5 66 (9.38%) Java
6 36 (5.11%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.84%) PHP
8 19 (2.70%) C++
8 19 (2.70%) RPG
9 14 (1.99%) Ruby
10 13 (1.85%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.70%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.56%) DataWeave
13 8 (1.14%) ABAP
13 8 (1.14%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.99%) C
15 6 (0.85%) Bicep
15 6 (0.85%) RPG III
16 5 (0.71%) VBA
17 4 (0.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 174 (24.72%) Security Cleared
2 150 (21.31%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.26%) Degree
4 12 (1.70%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.56%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.99%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.99%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.71%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.71%) PMP
9 4 (0.57%) CISM
9 4 (0.57%) CISSP
10 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.14%) OCP
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (14.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 99 (14.06%) PCI DSS
2 36 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.41%) WCAG
5 14 (1.99%) GDPR
6 11 (1.56%) QA
6 11 (1.56%) SLA
7 6 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.85%) NCSC
8 4 (0.57%) PMO
9 3 (0.43%) GRC
9 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.43%) NIST
9 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 119 (16.90%) Active Directory
2 103 (14.63%) Hyper-V
3 96 (13.64%) Terminal Server
4 43 (6.11%) Docker
5 15 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (1.70%) Firmware
7 8 (1.14%) vSphere
8 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.14%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (6.82%) Terraform
2 37 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.99%) Puppet
4 13 (1.85%) Progress Chef
5 11 (1.56%) CloudHub
6 9 (1.28%) Ansible
7 6 (0.85%) Kibana
7 6 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.71%) SCCM
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.28%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 193 (27.41%) Microsoft
2 112 (15.91%) VMware
3 103 (14.63%) Splunk
4 99 (14.06%) Veeam
5 96 (13.64%) Brocade
5 96 (13.64%) Nimble Storage
5 96 (13.64%) SolarWinds
5 96 (13.64%) Tanium
6 49 (6.96%) SAP
7 26 (3.69%) IBM
8 20 (2.84%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.41%) Oracle
10 14 (1.99%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.99%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.85%) Databricks
12 10 (1.42%) Google
12 10 (1.42%) Workday
13 8 (1.14%) Sage
14 7 (0.99%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.99%) IFS