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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 366 549
Rank change year-on-year +83 +183 -107
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 697 355 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.72% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.72% 1.76% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 471 242 258
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £46,250
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 £98,675 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,100 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.52% +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 25,594 20,149 34,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 40.92% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 16,314 9,967 21,906
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,577 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% +4.55% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,730 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% - -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 13 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 13 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 +86 627 £67,490 +3.83% 218
UK excluding London +82 471 £60,100 +4.52% 154
Work from Home +89 216 £63,076 +5.13% 101
London +32 174 £80,000 +6.67% 103
South West +39 140 £55,000 -26.67% 22
North of England +57 133 £65,000 -5.45% 36
Midlands -28 73 £62,500 +13.64% 17
Yorkshire +6 54 £65,000 - 17
South East -36 51 £57,402 -0.17% 52
North West +4 50 £69,305 -4.41% 18
West Midlands -30 47 £59,223 +7.68% 8
East of England +10 35 £50,000 -21.76% 15
Wales -17 33 £72,500 +31.82% 4
North East - 29 £60,000 - 2
East Midlands -17 26 £67,500 +45.95% 9
Scotland +2 5 £23,500 -52.69% 3
Northern Ireland -57 3 - - 6

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 90 (12.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.59%) Confluence
3 16 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.30%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (1.29%) Anypoint
4 9 (1.29%) Mule
5 5 (0.72%) WordPress
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.43%) Appian
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.29%) 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 18 (2.58%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.15%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.72%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.72%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 242 (34.72%) Azure
2 112 (16.07%) AWS
3 104 (14.92%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (8.61%) Power Platform
5 44 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (5.16%) Serverless
7 29 (4.16%) PowerApps
8 28 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (4.02%) GCP
9 27 (3.87%) SaaS
10 23 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (2.44%) GitHub
13 16 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (2.30%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.30%) PaaS
14 15 (2.15%) Lucidchart
14 15 (2.15%) Power Automate
15 14 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (1.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 94 (13.49%) DNS
2 89 (12.77%) DHCP
3 12 (1.72%) Firewall
4 11 (1.58%) WAN
5 10 (1.43%) SSL
6 8 (1.15%) Network Security
6 8 (1.15%) VPN
7 5 (0.72%) LAN
7 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.43%) HTTP
9 2 (0.29%) SAN
9 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.29%) Wireless
10 1 (0.14%) Broadband
10 1 (0.14%) DMARC
10 1 (0.14%) Internet
10 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (12.05%) Amazon RDS
2 42 (6.03%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.02%) Power BI
4 26 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (2.58%) Db2
6 17 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.43%) DTS
10 9 (1.29%) MySQL
11 8 (1.15%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.15%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.00%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.72%) Redis
14 5 (0.72%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (6.03%) Git
2 33 (4.73%) JIRA
3 14 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.01%) JUnit
4 10 (1.43%) GitLab
4 10 (1.43%) Selenium
5 7 (1.00%) JMeter
6 6 (0.86%) Mockito
7 5 (0.72%) MLflow
7 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.43%) MSI
9 3 (0.43%) Newman
9 3 (0.43%) NUnit
9 3 (0.43%) Postman
9 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.43%) TestRail
9 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 187 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 147 (21.09%) Finance
3 140 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (14.20%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 36 (5.16%) Retail
7 34 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (3.87%) Law
9 19 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.58%) Banking
11 15 (2.15%) Aerospace
11 15 (2.15%) Legal
12 14 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.15%) Electronics
13 8 (1.15%) Games
14 7 (1.00%) Cyber-Physical System
14 7 (1.00%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.86%) Billing
15 6 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 153 (21.95%) Senior
2 111 (15.93%) Developer
3 104 (14.92%) Architect
4 89 (12.77%) Systems Engineer
5 84 (12.05%) Software Engineer
6 59 (8.46%) Lead
7 50 (7.17%) Senior Software Engineer
8 48 (6.89%) Solutions Architect
9 46 (6.60%) Consultant
10 36 (5.16%) Analyst
11 31 (4.45%) Project Manager
12 30 (4.30%) Senior Manager
13 24 (3.44%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.44%) Software Developer
14 19 (2.73%) Migration Consultant
15 18 (2.58%) Senior Architect
15 18 (2.58%) Senior Project Manager
16 17 (2.44%) Digital Project Manager
16 17 (2.44%) Senior Digital Project Manager
17 16 (2.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (8.03%) .NET
2 49 (7.03%) React
3 46 (6.60%) Node.js
4 41 (5.88%) Spring Boot
5 40 (5.74%) Spring
6 33 (4.73%) REST
7 31 (4.45%) HTML
8 29 (4.16%) CSS
9 27 (3.87%) WPF
10 25 (3.59%) Middleware
10 25 (3.59%) Vue
11 24 (3.44%) Kafka
11 24 (3.44%) RESTful
12 15 (2.15%) .NET Framework
12 15 (2.15%) OAuth
13 13 (1.87%) .NET Core
13 13 (1.87%) XML
14 12 (1.72%) JWT
14 12 (1.72%) Ruby on Rails
14 12 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.91%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (4.59%) Legacy Applications
4 30 (4.30%) Mainframe
5 28 (4.02%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.44%) Product Ownership
7 21 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.58%) Low-Code
10 17 (2.44%) Enterprise Cloud
10 17 (2.44%) iSeries
11 15 (2.15%) Distributed Computing
12 14 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (2.01%) IoT
13 13 (1.87%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.87%) AS400
14 11 (1.58%) EPoS
15 10 (1.43%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 110 (15.78%) Windows
2 97 (13.92%) Linux
3 89 (12.77%) Windows Server
4 80 (11.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.43%) AIX
5 3 (0.43%) Android
5 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) zOS
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (38.88%) Migration
2 169 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (22.67%) Agile
4 139 (19.94%) CI/CD
5 119 (17.07%) Mentoring
6 114 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 110 (15.78%) Software Engineering
8 101 (14.49%) Customer Experience
9 97 (13.92%) DevOps
10 95 (13.63%) Microservices
11 89 (12.77%) AI
12 88 (12.63%) Roadmaps
13 86 (12.34%) Kalman Filter
14 85 (12.20%) Customer Service
15 82 (11.76%) Web Filtering
16 81 (11.62%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 80 (11.48%) Email Filtering
17 80 (11.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 66 (9.47%) Analytics
19 64 (9.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 87 (12.48%) SQL
2 75 (10.76%) C#
3 71 (10.19%) Python
4 70 (10.04%) JavaScript
5 65 (9.33%) Java
6 33 (4.73%) TypeScript
7 23 (3.30%) PHP
8 18 (2.58%) C++
8 18 (2.58%) RPG
9 16 (2.30%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.30%) VBA
10 13 (1.87%) Ruby
11 11 (1.58%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.29%) DataWeave
13 8 (1.15%) ABAP
13 8 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.86%) Bash
14 6 (0.86%) C
14 6 (0.86%) RPG III
15 5 (0.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 157 (22.53%) Security Cleared
2 131 (18.79%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.16%) Degree
4 12 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.58%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.57%) CISM
9 4 (0.57%) CISSP
9 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.57%) PMP
10 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.91%) Cyber Essentials
1 83 (11.91%) PCI DSS
2 39 (5.60%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.01%) GDPR
4 14 (2.01%) WCAG
5 9 (1.29%) QA
6 8 (1.15%) SLA
7 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.72%) NCSC
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%) PMO
9 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 102 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 87 (12.48%) Hyper-V
3 80 (11.48%) Terminal Server
4 44 (6.31%) Docker
5 15 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (1.58%) Firmware
7 8 (1.15%) vSphere
8 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.29%) 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 (6.89%) Terraform
2 37 (5.31%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.87%) Puppet
4 12 (1.72%) Progress Chef
5 10 (1.43%) Ansible
6 9 (1.29%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.86%) Kibana
8 5 (0.72%) SCCM
9 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.29%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.14%) Grafana
12 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.14%) Podman
12 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 189 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 96 (13.77%) VMware
3 88 (12.63%) Splunk
4 84 (12.05%) Veeam
5 80 (11.48%) Brocade
5 80 (11.48%) Nimble Storage
5 80 (11.48%) SolarWinds
5 80 (11.48%) Tanium
6 49 (7.03%) SAP
7 25 (3.59%) IBM
8 17 (2.44%) Oracle
9 16 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 14 (2.01%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.87%) Databricks
12 12 (1.72%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.43%) Google
14 8 (1.15%) Sage
14 8 (1.15%) Workday
15 7 (1.00%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.00%) IFS