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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 372 565
Rank change year-on-year +90 +193 -137
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 696 352 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.72% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.72% 1.74% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 464 245 254
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £36,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,800 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 25,615 20,176 33,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.89% 41.07% 33.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16,347 10,012 21,055
10th Percentile £30,700 £29,250 £28,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -15.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +82 627 £67,500 +3.85% 164
UK excluding London +79 473 £60,000 +4.35% 119
Work from Home +83 209 £62,500 +4.17% 69
London +38 176 £80,000 +3.23% 76
South West +54 147 £55,000 -24.14% 18
North of England +51 127 £66,000 -2.22% 21
Midlands -31 69 £62,500 +13.64% 17
South East -36 53 £57,500 - 46
Yorkshire +3 51 £69,305 +6.62% 11
North West +12 49 £69,305 -4.41% 9
West Midlands -33 44 £58,446 +6.27% 7
East of England +16 37 £50,000 -20.89% 10
Wales -20 34 £72,500 +31.82% 5
North East - 27 £58,446 - 2
East Midlands -1 25 £67,500 +45.95% 10
Scotland 0 5 £23,500 -52.69% 3
Northern Ireland -56 3 - -

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 98 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (4.74%) Confluence
3 16 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.30%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (1.44%) Anypoint
4 10 (1.44%) Mule
5 5 (0.72%) WordPress
6 4 (0.57%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.29%) Appian
8 2 (0.29%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.59%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.01%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.72%) SAP FSCM
4 5 (0.72%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 249 (35.78%) Azure
2 112 (16.09%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (15.95%) AWS
4 50 (7.18%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (5.17%) Serverless
7 28 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.88%) GCP
8 27 (3.88%) SaaS
9 22 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (2.73%) PowerApps
12 17 (2.44%) GitHub
13 16 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (2.30%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.30%) PaaS
14 15 (2.16%) Lucidchart
15 14 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (1.87%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 102 (14.66%) DNS
2 96 (13.79%) DHCP
3 13 (1.87%) Firewall
4 12 (1.72%) WAN
5 11 (1.58%) SSL
6 9 (1.29%) VPN
7 8 (1.15%) Network Security
8 6 (0.86%) LAN
8 6 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.43%) HTTP
11 2 (0.29%) SAN
11 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.29%) Wireless
12 1 (0.14%) Broadband
12 1 (0.14%) DMARC
12 1 (0.14%) Internet
12 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.07%) Amazon RDS
2 43 (6.18%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.03%) Power BI
4 27 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (2.59%) Db2
6 17 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.44%) DTS
8 10 (1.44%) MySQL
9 9 (1.29%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.15%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.01%) SAP HANA
11 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.72%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.72%) Redis
13 5 (0.72%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (6.03%) Git
2 35 (5.03%) JIRA
3 14 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.87%) JUnit
5 10 (1.44%) Selenium
6 9 (1.29%) GitLab
7 7 (1.01%) JMeter
8 6 (0.86%) Mockito
9 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.57%) MLflow
11 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.43%) Eclipse RCP
11 3 (0.43%) MSI
11 3 (0.43%) Newman
11 3 (0.43%) NUnit
11 3 (0.43%) Postman
11 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.43%) TestRail
11 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 195 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 149 (21.41%) Analytical Skills
3 147 (21.12%) Finance
4 91 (13.07%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.03%) Manufacturing
6 35 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (5.03%) Retail
7 27 (3.88%) Law
8 19 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.59%) Banking
10 15 (2.16%) Aerospace
10 15 (2.16%) Legal
11 13 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.29%) Electronics
13 8 (1.15%) Games
14 7 (1.01%) Cyber-Physical System
14 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.86%) Billing
15 6 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 147 (21.12%) Senior
2 110 (15.80%) Developer
3 102 (14.66%) Architect
4 97 (13.94%) Systems Engineer
5 89 (12.79%) Software Engineer
6 61 (8.76%) Lead
7 52 (7.47%) Senior Software Engineer
8 49 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
9 45 (6.47%) Consultant
10 35 (5.03%) Analyst
11 24 (3.45%) Business Analyst
11 24 (3.45%) Software Developer
12 23 (3.30%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.16%) Senior Manager
14 20 (2.87%) Migration Consultant
15 19 (2.73%) Senior Architect
16 16 (2.30%) Lead Developer
16 16 (2.30%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.01%) Senior Consultant
18 13 (1.87%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (8.19%) .NET
2 50 (7.18%) React
3 47 (6.75%) Node.js
4 40 (5.75%) Spring Boot
5 38 (5.46%) Spring
6 32 (4.60%) HTML
7 31 (4.45%) REST
8 30 (4.31%) CSS
9 29 (4.17%) WPF
10 27 (3.88%) Vue
11 25 (3.59%) Middleware
12 23 (3.30%) Kafka
12 23 (3.30%) RESTful
13 16 (2.30%) OAuth
14 15 (2.16%) .NET Framework
15 14 (2.01%) .NET Core
16 12 (1.72%) JWT
16 12 (1.72%) Laravel
16 12 (1.72%) OAuth2
16 12 (1.72%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 89 (12.79%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.74%) Greenfield Project
3 31 (4.45%) Mainframe
4 29 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 26 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 24 (3.45%) Legacy Applications
7 22 (3.16%) Data Centre
8 18 (2.59%) Enterprise Cloud
8 18 (2.59%) iSeries
9 16 (2.30%) Distributed Computing
10 15 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.01%) AI Agents
11 14 (2.01%) AS400
11 14 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (2.01%) IoT
12 11 (1.58%) EPoS
12 11 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.44%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.44%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 120 (17.24%) Windows
2 104 (14.94%) Linux
3 97 (13.94%) Windows Server
4 88 (12.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.43%) AIX
5 3 (0.43%) Android
5 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) zOS
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (39.94%) Migration
2 181 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (21.84%) Agile
4 142 (20.40%) CI/CD
5 115 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 115 (16.52%) Software Engineering
6 111 (15.95%) Mentoring
7 109 (15.66%) Customer Experience
8 95 (13.65%) DevOps
8 95 (13.65%) Microservices
9 94 (13.51%) Kalman Filter
10 93 (13.36%) Customer Service
11 91 (13.07%) AI
12 90 (12.93%) Web Filtering
13 89 (12.79%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 88 (12.64%) Email Filtering
14 88 (12.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 86 (12.36%) Roadmaps
16 66 (9.48%) Analytics
17 59 (8.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 86 (12.36%) SQL
2 77 (11.06%) C#
3 71 (10.20%) JavaScript
4 67 (9.63%) Python
5 63 (9.05%) Java
6 34 (4.89%) TypeScript
7 23 (3.30%) PHP
8 19 (2.73%) C++
9 18 (2.59%) RPG
10 15 (2.16%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.87%) Ruby
12 12 (1.72%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.44%) DataWeave
14 8 (1.15%) ABAP
14 8 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 8 (1.15%) VBA
15 7 (1.01%) C
16 6 (0.86%) RPG III
17 5 (0.72%) Bash
17 5 (0.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 163 (23.42%) Security Cleared
2 139 (19.97%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.46%) Degree
4 12 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.58%) DBS Check
6 10 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.72%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.72%) PMP
10 4 (0.57%) CISM
10 4 (0.57%) CISSP
11 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.14%) CRISC
13 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (13.07%) Cyber Essentials
1 91 (13.07%) PCI DSS
2 37 (5.32%) Data Quality
3 25 (3.59%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.01%) GDPR
4 14 (2.01%) WCAG
5 10 (1.44%) SLA
6 9 (1.29%) QA
7 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.72%) NCSC
9 4 (0.57%) PMO
10 3 (0.43%) GRC
10 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.43%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.43%) NIST
10 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 111 (15.95%) Active Directory
2 95 (13.65%) Hyper-V
3 88 (12.64%) Terminal Server
4 41 (5.89%) Docker
5 15 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (1.72%) Firmware
7 8 (1.15%) vSphere
8 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.14%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (6.61%) Terraform
2 34 (4.89%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.01%) Puppet
4 13 (1.87%) Progress Chef
5 10 (1.44%) CloudHub
6 9 (1.29%) Ansible
7 6 (0.86%) Kibana
8 5 (0.72%) SCCM
8 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.29%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 187 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 104 (14.94%) VMware
3 95 (13.65%) Splunk
4 91 (13.07%) Veeam
5 88 (12.64%) Brocade
5 88 (12.64%) Nimble Storage
5 88 (12.64%) SolarWinds
5 88 (12.64%) Tanium
6 50 (7.18%) SAP
7 25 (3.59%) IBM
8 18 (2.59%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.44%) Oracle
10 15 (2.16%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.87%) Databricks
11 13 (1.87%) Salesforce
12 11 (1.58%) Google
13 8 (1.15%) Sage
13 8 (1.15%) Workday
14 7 (1.01%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.01%) IFS