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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 379 563
Rank change year-on-year +83 +184 -91
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 590 318 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.73% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.41% 1.69% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 394 203 240
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,813 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £100,500
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 24,491 18,763 35,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.43% 42.96% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 14,415 8,787 23,173
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,500 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £50,221 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% +0.44% -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 4 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 4 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 +77 546 £65,000 - 297
UK excluding London +80 398 £60,000 +4.35% 209
Work from Home +93 185 £63,076 +5.13% 191
London +6 144 £77,500 +5.08% 124
North of England +32 118 £65,000 - 60
South West +29 107 £56,250 -30.77% 29
Midlands -25 72 £60,000 +29.73% 27
South East -29 51 £56,902 -1.04% 48
West Midlands -37 45 £56,250 +21.62% 13
Yorkshire -12 44 £64,750 -0.38% 16
North West +14 38 £69,305 -2.38% 32
North East - 36 £63,076 - 14
East of England +1 32 £50,000 -31.51% 19
East Midlands -7 27 £61,250 +25.64% 14
Wales -22 16 £62,500 +31.58% 14
Northern Ireland -37 3 - - 7
Scotland +2 1 £48,500 -2.36% 11

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 72 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.71%) SharePoint Server
3 15 (2.54%) Confluence
4 14 (2.37%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.36%) Appian
6 5 (0.85%) IIS
6 5 (0.85%) WordPress
7 4 (0.68%) Apache
8 3 (0.51%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.51%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.51%) Mule
9 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.34%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) CICS
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (2.03%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.36%) SAP MDG
3 7 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.85%) SAP FSCM
5 5 (0.85%) SAP MDG-BP
5 5 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.17%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.17%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 203 (34.41%) Azure
2 85 (14.41%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (11.36%) AWS
4 57 (9.66%) Power Platform
5 28 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.58%) PowerApps
7 23 (3.90%) GCP
8 22 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.39%) SaaS
10 18 (3.05%) Power Automate
10 18 (3.05%) Serverless
11 15 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (2.37%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.20%) GitHub
13 13 (2.20%) Snowflake
14 12 (2.03%) PaaS
15 11 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (12.03%) DNS
2 70 (11.86%) DHCP
3 8 (1.36%) Firewall
3 8 (1.36%) Network Security
4 7 (1.19%) WAN
5 4 (0.68%) SSL
5 4 (0.68%) VPN
6 3 (0.51%) HTTP
7 2 (0.34%) SAN
7 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.34%) Wireless
8 1 (0.17%) Broadband
8 1 (0.17%) Internet
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) MQTT
8 1 (0.17%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.53%) Amazon RDS
2 51 (8.64%) SQL Server
3 34 (5.76%) Power BI
4 17 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.20%) DB2
6 12 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.69%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.36%) MySQL
8 8 (1.36%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.36%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.19%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.19%) Metadata
9 7 (1.19%) SAP HANA
10 6 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.02%) Tableau
11 5 (0.85%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.85%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 30 (5.08%) Git
2 16 (2.71%) JIRA
3 13 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.69%) MLflow
5 8 (1.36%) JUnit
6 7 (1.19%) JMeter
7 6 (1.02%) GitLab
7 6 (1.02%) Mockito
7 6 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.02%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.51%) Maven
9 3 (0.51%) Storybook
10 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.34%) Selenium
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.17%) RStudio
11 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 171 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 143 (24.24%) Finance
3 118 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (5.08%) Manufacturing
6 30 (5.08%) Retail
7 21 (3.56%) Banking
7 21 (3.56%) Law
8 19 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.37%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.37%) Legal
10 10 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.36%) Games
11 8 (1.36%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.19%) Cyber-Physical System
13 6 (1.02%) Billing
13 6 (1.02%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.85%) Back Office
14 5 (0.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 127 (21.53%) Senior
2 110 (18.64%) Developer
3 86 (14.58%) Architect
4 70 (11.86%) Systems Engineer
5 68 (11.53%) Software Engineer
6 40 (6.78%) Lead
7 38 (6.44%) Analyst
7 38 (6.44%) Senior Software Engineer
8 32 (5.42%) Project Manager
9 31 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
10 28 (4.75%) Senior Manager
11 25 (4.24%) Business Analyst
12 21 (3.56%) Consultant
13 19 (3.22%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.05%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (2.88%) Digital Project Manager
15 17 (2.88%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 16 (2.71%) Senior Architect
17 15 (2.54%) Data Engineer
17 15 (2.54%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.49%) .NET
2 45 (7.63%) React
3 27 (4.58%) Node.js
3 27 (4.58%) REST
3 27 (4.58%) RESTful
4 25 (4.24%) HTML
5 23 (3.90%) CSS
6 19 (3.22%) Web Services
7 18 (3.05%) Spring
7 18 (3.05%) Vue
8 17 (2.88%) Middleware
8 17 (2.88%) Spring Boot
9 16 (2.71%) Laravel
9 16 (2.71%) WPF
10 13 (2.20%) XML
11 12 (2.03%) OAuth
12 11 (1.86%) JWT
12 11 (1.86%) Kafka
13 10 (1.69%) .NET Core
13 10 (1.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.66%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.42%) Legacy Applications
3 27 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (3.90%) Low-Code
5 17 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.69%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.53%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.53%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.36%) AS400
11 8 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.36%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.36%) Replication
12 7 (1.19%) Derivative
12 7 (1.19%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.56%) Linux
2 79 (13.39%) Windows
3 70 (11.86%) Windows Server
4 64 (10.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.51%) Android
5 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (37.29%) Migration
2 148 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (21.19%) Agile
4 102 (17.29%) CI/CD
5 93 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 88 (14.92%) DevOps
7 86 (14.58%) Mentoring
8 85 (14.41%) Customer Experience
8 85 (14.41%) Software Engineering
9 78 (13.22%) AI
10 77 (13.05%) Roadmaps
11 70 (11.86%) Kalman Filter
12 68 (11.53%) Analytics
12 68 (11.53%) Microservices
13 66 (11.19%) Web Filtering
14 65 (11.02%) Customer Service
14 65 (11.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 64 (10.85%) Email Filtering
15 64 (10.85%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 54 (9.15%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 94 (15.93%) SQL
2 72 (12.20%) Python
3 69 (11.69%) JavaScript
4 68 (11.53%) C#
5 40 (6.78%) Java
6 30 (5.08%) PHP
7 26 (4.41%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.22%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.71%) C++
9 16 (2.71%) VBA
10 11 (1.86%) RPG
11 9 (1.53%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.36%) ABAP
12 8 (1.36%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.19%) Bash
14 5 (0.85%) RPG III
15 4 (0.68%) Perl
15 4 (0.68%) Scala
16 3 (0.51%) C
16 3 (0.51%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 117 (19.83%) Security Cleared
2 106 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.58%) Degree
4 8 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.36%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.19%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.19%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.34%) CISM
7 2 (0.34%) CISSP
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.34%) PMP
8 1 (0.17%) ACCA
8 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.17%) CIMA
8 1 (0.17%) HND
8 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (11.53%) PCI DSS
2 65 (11.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (7.80%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.37%) GDPR
5 12 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.36%) QA
7 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.51%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) NIST
10 1 (0.17%) PERC
System Software
1 78 (13.22%) Active Directory
2 66 (11.19%) Hyper-V
3 64 (10.85%) Terminal Server
4 40 (6.78%) Docker
5 8 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.02%) vSphere
7 5 (0.85%) Firmware
8 2 (0.34%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.17%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.25%) Terraform
3 7 (1.19%) Kibana
4 6 (1.02%) Ansible
5 3 (0.51%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.51%) SCCM
5 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.34%) Grafana
6 2 (0.34%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.17%) Podman
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 154 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.37%) Splunk
2 73 (12.37%) VMware
3 69 (11.69%) Veeam
4 64 (10.85%) Brocade
4 64 (10.85%) Nimble Storage
4 64 (10.85%) SolarWinds
4 64 (10.85%) Tanium
5 36 (6.10%) SAP
6 15 (2.54%) Databricks
6 15 (2.54%) Oracle
7 14 (2.37%) IBM
8 10 (1.69%) Guidewire
9 9 (1.53%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.36%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (1.36%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.36%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.36%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.36%) Sage
10 8 (1.36%) UiPath