Legacy Systems Jobs

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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 420 491
Rank change year-on-year -59 +71 -119
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 401 589 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.73% 0.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 1.77% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 227 409 642
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £96,539 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,500 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +29.03%

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 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems.

Salary trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -76 335 £60,000 -7.69% 59
UK excluding London -58 286 £52,500 -12.50% 51
Work from Home -80 139 £52,500 -23.64% 37
London -22 97 £80,000 -5.88% 15
North of England +5 73 £55,000 -15.38% 13
South East -6 67 £52,500 - 12
Midlands -41 52 £50,000 -20.00% 13
North West -18 42 £67,500 +3.85% 6
Scotland -31 35 £90,000 +20.00%
East Midlands -20 27 £40,000 -16.67% 5
West Midlands -29 25 £50,000 -23.08% 8
Yorkshire +56 22 £53,750 +2.38% 2
South West -35 22 £62,500 -0.79% 6
East of England -8 16 £55,000 -2.22% 4
Northern Ireland +24 11 £87,500 +2.94% 5
Wales +27 10 £66,199 +12.68% 1
North East -3 9 £47,500 -23.39% 5

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (5.49%) SAS
2 18 (4.49%) Apache
3 14 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (3.24%) Apache Spark
5 8 (2.00%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.75%) CMS
6 7 (1.75%) Confluence
7 6 (1.50%) Mendix
8 5 (1.25%) Drupal
8 5 (1.25%) K2 blackpearl
9 4 (1.00%) IIS
10 2 (0.50%) Resin
10 2 (0.50%) WordPress
11 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.25%) nginx
11 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.25%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 12 (2.99%) Sketch
2 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.50%) SAP MDG
3 5 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.25%) SAP MDM
3 5 (1.25%) SAP Retail
4 3 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.75%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.50%) Odoo
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.25%) Magento
6 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-BP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 169 (42.14%) Azure
2 128 (31.92%) AWS
3 31 (7.73%) Power Platform
4 27 (6.73%) GCP
5 17 (4.24%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.99%) SaaS
7 15 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 15 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (3.49%) Amazon Kinesis
8 14 (3.49%) Figma
8 14 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (3.24%) Stackdriver
10 11 (2.74%) GitHub
11 8 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.00%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.00%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.50%) PaaS
13 5 (1.25%) Serverless
14 4 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.00%) Firewall
2 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.75%) VPN
3 2 (0.50%) 4G
3 2 (0.50%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.50%) Multicast
3 2 (0.50%) VoIP
4 1 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.25%) DHCP
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) FTP
4 1 (0.25%) Internet
4 1 (0.25%) Network Security
4 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (21.20%) Geospatial Data
2 34 (8.48%) SQL Server
3 29 (7.23%) Power BI
4 24 (5.99%) NoSQL
5 23 (5.74%) MySQL
6 22 (5.49%) Big Data
7 17 (4.24%) Relational Database
8 13 (3.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (3.24%) BigQuery
8 13 (3.24%) Data Mining
9 11 (2.74%) Tableau
10 10 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.50%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.50%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.25%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.00%) MS Access
14 3 (0.75%) Adabas
14 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.75%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (9.48%) JIRA
2 30 (7.48%) Git
3 26 (6.48%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (1.75%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.25%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.25%) Selenium
7 3 (0.75%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.50%) Apache Continuum
8 2 (0.50%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.50%) NUnit
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.50%) PHPUnit
8 2 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.25%) GitLab
9 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.25%) Subversion
9 1 (0.25%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 162 (40.40%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.72%) Finance
3 38 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.98%) Law
5 19 (4.74%) Marketing
6 17 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.24%) Legal
7 13 (3.24%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.99%) Banking
8 12 (2.99%) Retail
9 9 (2.24%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.50%) Local Government
11 5 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.50%) Electronics
14 2 (0.50%) Games
14 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 143 (35.66%) Architect
2 125 (31.17%) Developer
3 85 (21.20%) Geospatial Architect
3 85 (21.20%) Software Architect
4 41 (10.22%) Lead
4 41 (10.22%) Senior
5 22 (5.49%) Senior Developer
5 22 (5.49%) ServiceNow Developer
6 21 (5.24%) .NET Developer
7 20 (4.99%) Data Architect
7 20 (4.99%) PHP Developer
8 19 (4.74%) Consultant
9 18 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.99%) Senior Architect
11 15 (3.74%) Technical Architect
12 13 (3.24%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (3.24%) FoxPro Developer
13 12 (2.99%) C# Developer
14 11 (2.74%) Analyst
15 10 (2.49%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (19.45%) HTML
2 62 (15.46%) CSS
3 48 (11.97%) .NET
4 40 (9.98%) Web Services
5 25 (6.23%) AngularJS
6 24 (5.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 23 (5.74%) Kafka
7 23 (5.74%) REST
8 22 (5.49%) Laravel
9 20 (4.99%) HTML5
10 17 (4.24%) SOAP
11 14 (3.49%) jQuery
12 13 (3.24%) Apache Beam
12 13 (3.24%) Symfony
13 12 (2.99%) .NET Framework
13 12 (2.99%) ASP.NET
13 12 (2.99%) RabbitMQ
13 12 (2.99%) RESTful
14 11 (2.74%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 10 (2.49%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.73%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.49%) CMDB
3 20 (4.99%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (3.24%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.49%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.75%) Social Media
7 6 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (1.50%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.25%) BBC
8 5 (1.25%) Clustering
8 5 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.25%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.25%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.00%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.75%) Blog
10 3 (0.75%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (0.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.24%) Linux
2 12 (2.99%) Windows
3 6 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.00%) Android
5 3 (0.75%) zOS
6 2 (0.50%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (39.40%) Migration
2 154 (38.40%) Agile
3 143 (35.66%) DevOps
4 91 (22.69%) Software Architecture
5 89 (22.19%) Software Testing
6 54 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (12.22%) Project Management
8 41 (10.22%) Data Modelling
9 40 (9.98%) Visualisation
10 37 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (9.23%) Microservices
11 36 (8.98%) Data Visualisation
12 35 (8.73%) Mentoring
13 34 (8.48%) Data Management
14 33 (8.23%) Analytics
14 33 (8.23%) Data Migration
15 31 (7.73%) Code Quality
16 27 (6.73%) Change Management
17 26 (6.48%) Actionable Insight
17 26 (6.48%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 80 (19.95%) SQL
2 63 (15.71%) JavaScript
3 45 (11.22%) C#
4 34 (8.48%) Python
5 26 (6.48%) PHP
6 19 (4.74%) Java
7 13 (3.24%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 9 (2.24%) Go
8 9 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.24%) VBA
9 8 (2.00%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.75%) VB
11 6 (1.50%) Delphi
12 4 (1.00%) Bash
12 4 (1.00%) Perl
12 4 (1.00%) Ruby
12 4 (1.00%) Scala
13 3 (0.75%) Julia
13 3 (0.75%) R
13 3 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (4.99%) Degree
2 17 (4.24%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.25%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.75%) PMP
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.50%) CBAP
7 2 (0.50%) CISM
7 2 (0.50%) CISSP
7 2 (0.50%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.50%) IIBA
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.25%) CIMA
8 1 (0.25%) CRISC
8 1 (0.25%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.49%) QA
2 13 (3.24%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.75%) GRC
4 7 (1.75%) NIST
5 6 (1.50%) NCSC
5 6 (1.50%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.25%) GDPR
7 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.50%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.50%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) COSO
8 1 (0.25%) GAMP
8 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.25%) PSD2
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (6.23%) Docker
2 8 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) KVM
4 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (4.99%) Terraform
2 18 (4.49%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.99%) Ansible
4 9 (2.24%) Puppet
5 5 (1.25%) HP ALM
5 5 (1.25%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.50%) Grafana
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) MIIS
7 1 (0.25%) Nagios
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (13.47%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.73%) ServiceNow
3 18 (4.49%) Oracle
3 18 (4.49%) SAP
4 13 (3.24%) Databricks
5 5 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere
5 5 (1.25%) Blue Prism
5 5 (1.25%) JDA
5 5 (1.25%) Zend
6 4 (1.00%) Adobe
7 3 (0.75%) Cisco
7 3 (0.75%) IBM
8 2 (0.50%) Cognos
8 2 (0.50%) Thales
9 1 (0.25%) BMC
9 1 (0.25%) Epicor
9 1 (0.25%) HP
9 1 (0.25%) Informatica
9 1 (0.25%) Remedy
9 1 (0.25%) Salesforce