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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 380 580
Rank change year-on-year +100 +200 -117
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 617 326 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.73% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.63% 1.71% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 412 206 244
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,240 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,438 £80,938 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £106,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,100 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.52% +9.52% -4.55%

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 23,438 19,089 36,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.28% 42.98% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 8,993 23,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,211
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -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 June 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 June 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 +79 567 £65,000 - 182
UK excluding London +82 427 £60,100 +4.52% 147
Work from Home +96 188 £63,076 +5.13% 96
London +25 146 £80,000 +6.67% 65
North of England +45 130 £65,000 - 34
South West +35 118 £56,250 -27.42% 29
Midlands -10 72 £60,000 +26.32% 23
Yorkshire -3 49 £65,000 - 9
South East -23 49 £56,500 -1.74% 35
West Midlands -31 45 £56,250 +18.42% 6
North West +20 41 £69,305 -2.38% 21
North East - 40 £63,076 - 6
East of England +11 32 £50,000 -31.51% 14
East Midlands -4 27 £65,000 +33.33% 17
Wales - 23 £72,500 - 3
Northern Ireland -29 3 - - 6
Scotland +7 2 £48,500 -2.36% 8

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 81 (13.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.76%) Confluence
3 16 (2.59%) SharePoint Server
4 15 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.13%) Appian
6 5 (0.81%) IIS
6 5 (0.81%) WordPress
7 4 (0.65%) Apache
8 3 (0.49%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.49%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.49%) Mule
9 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.32%) CMS
9 2 (0.32%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) CICS
10 1 (0.16%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.16%) nginx
10 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.78%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.30%) SAP MDG
3 7 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.81%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.81%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.16%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 213 (34.52%) Azure
2 94 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (12.32%) AWS
4 56 (9.08%) Power Platform
5 33 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.38%) GCP
6 27 (4.38%) PowerApps
7 24 (3.89%) Serverless
8 23 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.24%) SaaS
10 17 (2.76%) Power Automate
11 14 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (2.27%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.27%) GitHub
12 13 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (2.11%) PaaS
12 13 (2.11%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 10 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (13.13%) DNS
2 79 (12.80%) DHCP
3 9 (1.46%) Firewall
4 8 (1.30%) Network Security
4 8 (1.30%) WAN
5 5 (0.81%) VPN
6 4 (0.65%) SSL
7 3 (0.49%) HTTP
8 2 (0.32%) LAN
8 2 (0.32%) SAN
8 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.32%) Wireless
9 1 (0.16%) Broadband
9 1 (0.16%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.32%) Amazon RDS
2 49 (7.94%) SQL Server
3 33 (5.35%) Power BI
4 18 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.11%) Db2
6 13 (2.11%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.30%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.30%) MySQL
10 7 (1.13%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.13%) Pinecone
10 7 (1.13%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.97%) Metadata
11 6 (0.97%) Tableau
12 5 (0.81%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.81%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (5.51%) Git
2 20 (3.24%) JIRA
3 14 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.62%) JUnit
5 9 (1.46%) MLflow
6 7 (1.13%) GitLab
6 7 (1.13%) JMeter
7 6 (0.97%) Mockito
8 5 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.81%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.65%) Selenium
9 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.49%) Storybook
11 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.32%) Maven
11 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.16%) RStudio
12 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 145 (23.50%) Finance
3 127 (20.58%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (12.16%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (5.35%) Manufacturing
6 29 (4.70%) Retail
7 21 (3.40%) Banking
7 21 (3.40%) Law
8 19 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.43%) Legal
10 14 (2.27%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.30%) Games
12 8 (1.30%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.13%) Cyber-Physical System
14 6 (0.97%) Billing
14 6 (0.97%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.81%) Back Office
15 5 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 134 (21.72%) Senior
2 114 (18.48%) Developer
3 87 (14.10%) Architect
4 79 (12.80%) Systems Engineer
5 76 (12.32%) Software Engineer
6 44 (7.13%) Lead
6 44 (7.13%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (6.32%) Analyst
8 33 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (5.19%) Project Manager
10 29 (4.70%) Senior Manager
11 25 (4.05%) Business Analyst
12 21 (3.40%) Consultant
12 21 (3.40%) Software Developer
13 18 (2.92%) Senior Project Manager
14 17 (2.76%) Digital Project Manager
14 17 (2.76%) Senior Developer
14 17 (2.76%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 16 (2.59%) Senior Architect
16 14 (2.27%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (9.40%) .NET
2 51 (8.27%) React
3 32 (5.19%) Node.js
4 28 (4.54%) HTML
4 28 (4.54%) REST
4 28 (4.54%) RESTful
5 26 (4.21%) CSS
6 24 (3.89%) Spring
7 23 (3.73%) Spring Boot
8 20 (3.24%) Vue
9 18 (2.92%) Web Services
10 17 (2.76%) Middleware
10 17 (2.76%) WPF
11 15 (2.43%) Laravel
12 13 (2.11%) Kafka
12 13 (2.11%) XML
13 11 (1.78%) .NET Core
13 11 (1.78%) .NET Framework
13 11 (1.78%) OAuth
14 10 (1.62%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.02%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.19%) Legacy Applications
3 26 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (3.57%) Low-Code
6 20 (3.24%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.78%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.62%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.46%) AS400
11 9 (1.46%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.46%) IoT
11 9 (1.46%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.46%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.30%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.30%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 90 (14.59%) Windows
2 88 (14.26%) Linux
3 79 (12.80%) Windows Server
4 72 (11.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.49%) Android
5 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.32%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) CentOS
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (38.25%) Migration
2 156 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (22.04%) Agile
4 114 (18.48%) CI/CD
5 97 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (15.56%) Software Engineering
7 93 (15.07%) Customer Experience
8 91 (14.75%) DevOps
9 90 (14.59%) Mentoring
10 79 (12.80%) AI
11 78 (12.64%) Kalman Filter
11 78 (12.64%) Roadmaps
12 74 (11.99%) Microservices
12 74 (11.99%) Web Filtering
13 73 (11.83%) Customer Service
13 73 (11.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 72 (11.67%) Email Filtering
14 72 (11.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 65 (10.53%) Analytics
16 59 (9.56%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 93 (15.07%) SQL
2 72 (11.67%) C#
3 71 (11.51%) Python
4 70 (11.35%) JavaScript
5 48 (7.78%) Java
6 28 (4.54%) PHP
6 28 (4.54%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.08%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.76%) C++
9 16 (2.59%) VBA
10 11 (1.78%) RPG
11 8 (1.30%) ABAP
11 8 (1.30%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.30%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.13%) Bash
13 6 (0.97%) Ruby
14 5 (0.81%) RPG III
15 4 (0.65%) C
15 4 (0.65%) Perl
16 3 (0.49%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 127 (20.58%) Security Cleared
2 116 (18.80%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.38%) Degree
4 8 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.30%) DBS Check
4 8 (1.30%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.32%) CISM
7 2 (0.32%) CISSP
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.32%) PMP
8 1 (0.16%) ACCA
8 1 (0.16%) CIMA
8 1 (0.16%) HND
8 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (12.32%) PCI DSS
2 73 (11.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 44 (7.13%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.92%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.27%) GDPR
6 9 (1.46%) QA
7 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.65%) SLA
7 4 (0.65%) WCAG
8 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.49%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.32%) NCSC
9 2 (0.32%) PMO
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) GxP
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) PERC
System Software
1 88 (14.26%) Active Directory
2 75 (12.16%) Hyper-V
3 72 (11.67%) Terminal Server
4 46 (7.46%) Docker
5 10 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.13%) Firmware
6 7 (1.13%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.16%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.83%) Terraform
3 7 (1.13%) Kibana
4 6 (0.97%) Ansible
5 4 (0.65%) SCCM
6 3 (0.49%) CloudHub
6 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.32%) Grafana
7 2 (0.32%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.16%) Podman
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 83 (13.45%) VMware
3 81 (13.13%) Splunk
4 76 (12.32%) Veeam
5 72 (11.67%) Brocade
5 72 (11.67%) Nimble Storage
5 72 (11.67%) SolarWinds
5 72 (11.67%) Tanium
6 36 (5.83%) SAP
7 15 (2.43%) Databricks
7 15 (2.43%) Oracle
8 14 (2.27%) IBM
9 10 (1.62%) Guidewire
10 9 (1.46%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.30%) Google
11 8 (1.30%) Sage
12 7 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
12 7 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.13%) UiPath