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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 388 577
Rank change year-on-year +101 +189 -111
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 609 321 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.73% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.64% 1.68% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 403 202 246
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,879 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,727 £100,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 23,044 19,060 36,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.12% 43.11% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 14,606 8,942 23,441
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,250
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 £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 10 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 10 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 +75 558 £65,000 - 209
UK excluding London +98 416 £60,000 +4.35% 164
Work from Home +107 187 £63,076 +5.13% 101
London +27 147 £80,000 +6.67% 74
North of England +45 121 £64,750 -0.38% 42
South West +36 117 £55,000 -29.03% 29
Midlands -10 70 £60,000 +26.32% 25
South East -24 50 £56,902 -1.04% 38
Yorkshire -13 45 £65,000 - 11
West Midlands -28 44 £55,000 +15.79% 9
North West +16 39 £67,153 -5.41% 24
North East - 37 £63,076 - 9
East of England +14 32 £50,000 -31.51% 14
East Midlands -7 26 £62,500 +28.21% 16
Wales - 23 £72,500 - 5
Northern Ireland -31 3 - - 6
Scotland +7 2 £48,500 -2.36% 10

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 80 (13.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.79%) Confluence
3 16 (2.63%) SharePoint Server
4 14 (2.30%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.31%) Appian
6 5 (0.82%) IIS
6 5 (0.82%) WordPress
7 4 (0.66%) Apache
8 3 (0.49%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.49%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.49%) Mule
9 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.33%) CMS
9 2 (0.33%) 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 12 (1.97%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.31%) SAP MDG
3 7 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.82%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.82%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.82%) 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 (0.33%) 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
1 211 (34.65%) Azure
2 93 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (11.49%) AWS
4 56 (9.20%) Power Platform
5 30 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.43%) PowerApps
7 23 (3.78%) GCP
7 23 (3.78%) Serverless
8 22 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (3.45%) SaaS
10 18 (2.96%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (2.46%) GitHub
12 14 (2.30%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.13%) PaaS
13 13 (2.13%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.97%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (13.14%) DNS
2 78 (12.81%) DHCP
3 9 (1.48%) Firewall
4 8 (1.31%) Network Security
4 8 (1.31%) WAN
5 5 (0.82%) VPN
6 4 (0.66%) SSL
7 3 (0.49%) HTTP
8 2 (0.33%) LAN
8 2 (0.33%) SAN
8 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.33%) Wireless
9 1 (0.16%) Broadband
9 1 (0.16%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) MQTT
9 1 (0.16%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.48%) Amazon RDS
2 50 (8.21%) SQL Server
3 33 (5.42%) Power BI
4 18 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.13%) Db2
6 13 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.48%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.48%) MySQL
9 8 (1.31%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.31%) Pinecone
10 7 (1.15%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.15%) Metadata
10 7 (1.15%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.99%) Tableau
12 5 (0.82%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.82%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (5.58%) Git
2 20 (3.28%) JIRA
3 15 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.64%) JUnit
4 10 (1.64%) MLflow
5 7 (1.15%) GitLab
5 7 (1.15%) JMeter
6 6 (0.99%) Mockito
7 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.82%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.66%) Selenium
8 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.49%) Maven
9 3 (0.49%) Storybook
10 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.16%) Newman
11 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 178 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 146 (23.97%) Finance
3 127 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (11.82%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (5.09%) Manufacturing
7 29 (4.76%) Retail
8 21 (3.45%) Banking
8 21 (3.45%) Law
9 19 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.46%) Legal
11 14 (2.30%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.31%) Games
13 8 (1.31%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.15%) Cyber-Physical System
15 6 (0.99%) Billing
15 6 (0.99%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.82%) Back Office
16 5 (0.82%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 129 (21.18%) Senior
2 115 (18.88%) Developer
3 86 (14.12%) Architect
4 78 (12.81%) Systems Engineer
5 70 (11.49%) Software Engineer
6 43 (7.06%) Lead
7 39 (6.40%) Analyst
8 38 (6.24%) Senior Software Engineer
9 32 (5.25%) Project Manager
9 32 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (4.76%) Senior Manager
11 25 (4.11%) Business Analyst
12 21 (3.45%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.28%) Consultant
14 18 (2.96%) Senior Developer
14 18 (2.96%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (2.79%) Digital Project Manager
15 17 (2.79%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 16 (2.63%) Senior Architect
17 15 (2.46%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.20%) .NET
2 50 (8.21%) React
3 31 (5.09%) Node.js
4 30 (4.93%) REST
5 29 (4.76%) RESTful
6 28 (4.60%) HTML
7 26 (4.27%) CSS
8 23 (3.78%) Spring
9 22 (3.61%) Spring Boot
10 20 (3.28%) Vue
11 19 (3.12%) Web Services
12 17 (2.79%) Middleware
12 17 (2.79%) WPF
13 16 (2.63%) Laravel
14 13 (2.13%) XML
15 12 (1.97%) Kafka
15 12 (1.97%) OAuth
16 11 (1.81%) .NET Framework
16 11 (1.81%) JWT
17 10 (1.64%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.18%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.25%) Legacy Applications
3 26 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (3.78%) Low-Code
5 19 (3.12%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.64%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.64%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.48%) AS400
10 9 (1.48%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.48%) Mainframe
10 9 (1.48%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.31%) IoT
11 8 (1.31%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 89 (14.61%) Linux
1 89 (14.61%) Windows
2 78 (12.81%) Windows Server
3 72 (11.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.49%) Android
4 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.33%) zOS
6 1 (0.16%) AIX
6 1 (0.16%) CentOS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (38.10%) Migration
2 156 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (21.67%) Agile
4 110 (18.06%) CI/CD
5 95 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 93 (15.27%) Customer Experience
7 92 (15.11%) DevOps
8 88 (14.45%) Software Engineering
9 87 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 78 (12.81%) AI
10 78 (12.81%) Kalman Filter
10 78 (12.81%) Roadmaps
11 74 (12.15%) Microservices
11 74 (12.15%) Web Filtering
12 73 (11.99%) Customer Service
12 73 (11.99%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 72 (11.82%) Email Filtering
13 72 (11.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 67 (11.00%) Analytics
15 55 (9.03%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 93 (15.27%) SQL
2 74 (12.15%) Python
3 71 (11.66%) JavaScript
4 70 (11.49%) C#
5 45 (7.39%) Java
6 30 (4.93%) PHP
7 28 (4.60%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.96%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.63%) C++
9 16 (2.63%) VBA
10 11 (1.81%) RPG
11 8 (1.31%) ABAP
11 8 (1.31%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.15%) Bash
13 5 (0.82%) RPG III
13 5 (0.82%) Ruby
14 4 (0.66%) Perl
14 4 (0.66%) Scala
15 3 (0.49%) C
Qualifications
1 127 (20.85%) Security Cleared
2 116 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.43%) Degree
4 8 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.31%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.15%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.33%) CISM
7 2 (0.33%) CISSP
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.33%) 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 (12.48%) PCI DSS
2 73 (11.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (7.55%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.30%) GDPR
5 8 (1.31%) QA
6 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.66%) SLA
7 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.49%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.49%) WCAG
8 2 (0.33%) NCSC
8 2 (0.33%) PMO
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) GxP
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) PERC
System Software
1 87 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 75 (12.32%) Hyper-V
3 72 (11.82%) Terminal Server
4 44 (7.22%) Docker
5 9 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.99%) Firmware
6 6 (0.99%) vSphere
7 2 (0.33%) 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 37 (6.08%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.58%) Terraform
3 7 (1.15%) Kibana
4 6 (0.99%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.49%) SCCM
5 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.33%) Grafana
6 2 (0.33%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.16%) Podman
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 82 (13.46%) VMware
3 81 (13.30%) Splunk
4 77 (12.64%) Veeam
5 72 (11.82%) Brocade
5 72 (11.82%) Nimble Storage
5 72 (11.82%) SolarWinds
5 72 (11.82%) Tanium
6 36 (5.91%) SAP
7 16 (2.63%) Oracle
8 15 (2.46%) Databricks
9 14 (2.30%) IBM
10 10 (1.64%) Guidewire
11 9 (1.48%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.31%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (1.31%) Dynatrace
12 8 (1.31%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.31%) Sage
12 8 (1.31%) UiPath
13 7 (1.15%) Google