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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 357 563
Rank change year-on-year +39 +206 -91
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 513 339 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.78% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 1.87% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 344 202 240
10th Percentile £46,148 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -2.13% -12.96%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -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 24,751 18,088 34,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.30% 41.57% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,411 9,290 23,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Top 18 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 9 May 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 +57 468 £65,000 +13.04% 234
UK excluding London +32 323 £60,000 +9.09% 173
Work from Home +71 168 £63,076 +14.68% 103
London +8 138 £75,000 +7.14% 86
North of England -16 88 £63,076 +26.15% 43
South West +1 73 £65,000 -25.71% 26
Midlands -41 68 £58,446 +29.88% 36
South East -28 51 £57,303 -0.34% 44
West Midlands -57 40 £53,750 +19.44% 20
Yorkshire -29 34 £63,076 -2.96% 17
East Midlands -5 28 £60,000 +33.33% 16
North East -20 28 £63,076 +113.82% 9
East of England +12 26 £50,000 -26.96% 18
North West -20 26 £63,076 +26.15% 17
Wales -18 14 £52,500 +10.53% 6
Northern Ireland -32 3 - - 1
Scotland -15 1 £48,500 +0.32% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 45 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.34%) Appian
3 12 (2.34%) Confluence
4 9 (1.75%) Apache
5 8 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.36%) IIS
7 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.39%) ColdFusion
8 2 (0.39%) JBoss
8 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.39%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.19%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.95%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.36%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (1.36%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.97%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.97%) SAP MDG-BP
5 4 (0.78%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.58%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.19%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.19%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.19%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 175 (34.11%) Azure
2 64 (12.48%) Power Platform
3 62 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (11.31%) AWS
5 29 (5.65%) PowerApps
6 24 (4.68%) GCP
7 23 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (4.29%) Power Automate
9 21 (4.09%) SaaS
10 19 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (2.53%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.34%) Anthropic Claude
13 12 (2.34%) Azure AI
13 12 (2.34%) Entra ID
13 12 (2.34%) GitHub
13 12 (2.34%) Serverless
14 11 (2.14%) PaaS
15 9 (1.75%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.58%) DNS
2 43 (8.38%) DHCP
3 10 (1.95%) Network Security
4 8 (1.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.97%) WAN
6 3 (0.58%) HTTP
6 3 (0.58%) PuTTY
6 3 (0.58%) VPN
7 2 (0.39%) DMZ
7 2 (0.39%) Modbus
7 2 (0.39%) SSL
8 1 (0.19%) Broadband
8 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.19%) Internet
8 1 (0.19%) LAN
8 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.19%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (7.21%) Power BI
4 18 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.34%) Pinecone
6 12 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.95%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.95%) DB2
7 10 (1.95%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.56%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.56%) Metadata
10 7 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.36%) MySQL
10 7 (1.36%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.17%) Tableau
12 5 (0.97%) SAP BW
13 4 (0.78%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (4.48%) Git
2 16 (3.12%) JIRA
3 13 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.34%) MLflow
5 6 (1.17%) GitLab
5 6 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.17%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.97%) JUnit
6 5 (0.97%) Maven
7 4 (0.78%) JMeter
8 3 (0.58%) Mockito
8 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.58%) Storybook
8 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.39%) Selenium
9 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 153 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 145 (28.27%) Finance
3 89 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (5.65%) Retail
7 25 (4.87%) Manufacturing
8 21 (4.09%) Banking
9 18 (3.51%) Law
10 15 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.92%) Legal
11 14 (2.73%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.36%) Cyber-Physical System
13 6 (1.17%) Billing
13 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.17%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.97%) Games
15 4 (0.78%) Automotive
15 4 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 107 (20.86%) Developer
2 99 (19.30%) Senior
3 77 (15.01%) Architect
4 45 (8.77%) Systems Engineer
5 39 (7.60%) Analyst
6 33 (6.43%) Lead
7 31 (6.04%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.65%) Software Engineer
9 28 (5.46%) Business Analyst
10 27 (5.26%) Senior Manager
11 22 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (4.09%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.70%) Consultant
14 18 (3.51%) Senior Developer
14 18 (3.51%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (3.31%) Digital Project Manager
15 17 (3.31%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 16 (3.12%) Enterprise Architect
17 15 (2.92%) Automation Engineer
18 14 (2.73%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.75%) .NET
2 41 (7.99%) React
3 32 (6.24%) RESTful
4 31 (6.04%) REST
5 23 (4.48%) CSS
5 23 (4.48%) Web Services
6 22 (4.29%) HTML
7 21 (4.09%) Node.js
8 18 (3.51%) Pandas
9 15 (2.92%) Laravel
9 15 (2.92%) OAuth
10 14 (2.73%) FastAPI
11 13 (2.53%) Flask
11 13 (2.53%) Kafka
11 13 (2.53%) OpenAPI
11 13 (2.53%) Spring
11 13 (2.53%) Swagger
11 13 (2.53%) XML
12 12 (2.34%) Django
12 12 (2.34%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.92%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.46%) Low-Code
3 26 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 26 (5.07%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.95%) AI Agents
7 10 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.75%) NHS
8 9 (1.75%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.36%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (1.36%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.17%) Replication
11 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 57 (11.11%) Linux
2 53 (10.33%) Windows
3 44 (8.58%) Windows Server
4 40 (7.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.58%) Android
5 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.58%) VMS
6 2 (0.39%) CentOS
6 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (39.57%) Migration
2 107 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (20.66%) Agile
4 87 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 87 (16.96%) DevOps
5 86 (16.76%) CI/CD
6 80 (15.59%) Roadmaps
7 68 (13.26%) AI
7 68 (13.26%) Analytics
8 63 (12.28%) Mentoring
9 61 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
10 58 (11.31%) Customer Experience
10 58 (11.31%) Microservices
11 52 (10.14%) Data Modelling
12 49 (9.55%) Software Engineering
13 47 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (8.97%) User Experience
15 44 (8.58%) Kalman Filter
16 42 (8.19%) Coaching
17 41 (7.99%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 90 (17.54%) SQL
2 70 (13.65%) Python
3 54 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 49 (9.55%) C#
5 29 (5.65%) Java
6 27 (5.26%) PHP
7 19 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 19 (3.70%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.92%) VBA
9 9 (1.75%) Bash
10 8 (1.56%) ABAP
10 8 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.17%) RPG
12 5 (0.97%) Bicep
12 5 (0.97%) C++
13 4 (0.78%) Go
13 4 (0.78%) Perl
13 4 (0.78%) Scala
13 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.58%) JCL
Qualifications
1 84 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.43%) Degree
4 13 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (0.58%) HND
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.39%) PhD
9 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.39%) PMP
10 1 (0.19%) ACCA
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.19%) CIMA
10 1 (0.19%) CISM
10 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.58%) PCI DSS
3 40 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.92%) GDPR
5 11 (2.14%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.56%) QA
7 3 (0.58%) COBIT
7 3 (0.58%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.58%) SLA
8 2 (0.39%) NCSC
8 2 (0.39%) NIST
8 2 (0.39%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 49 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.77%) Docker
3 42 (8.19%) Hyper-V
4 40 (7.80%) Terminal Server
5 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.58%) Firmware
7 2 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.39%) vSphere
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.04%) Terraform
3 6 (1.17%) Ansible
4 4 (0.78%) Kibana
5 3 (0.58%) Grafana
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.39%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.16%) Splunk
3 45 (8.77%) VMware
4 43 (8.38%) Veeam
5 40 (7.80%) Brocade
5 40 (7.80%) Nimble Storage
5 40 (7.80%) SolarWinds
5 40 (7.80%) Tanium
6 30 (5.85%) SAP
7 20 (3.90%) Oracle
8 13 (2.53%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.34%) Automation Anywhere
9 12 (2.34%) Databricks
9 12 (2.34%) UiPath
10 10 (1.95%) HubSpot
10 10 (1.95%) Sage
11 9 (1.75%) Google
11 9 (1.75%) IBM
12 7 (1.36%) Guidewire
13 6 (1.17%) MuleSoft