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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 384 571
Rank change year-on-year +91 +187 -94
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 596 318 347
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.72% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 1.68% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 400 201 244
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,908 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +11.14% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,438 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £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 23,987 18,886 35,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 42.68% 34.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14,522 8,903 23,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
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 £51,664 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -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 7 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 7 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 +74 547 £65,000 - 288
UK excluding London +84 404 £60,000 +4.35% 201
Work from Home +90 185 £63,076 +5.13% 122
London +18 144 £77,500 +3.33% 118
North of England +40 119 £65,000 - 59
South West +28 108 £56,250 -30.77% 31
Midlands -25 72 £60,000 +29.73% 26
South East -29 50 £56,902 -1.04% 44
Yorkshire -11 45 £65,000 - 16
West Midlands -30 45 £56,250 +21.62% 13
North West -6 38 £69,305 -2.38% 35
North East - 36 £63,076 - 10
East of England +7 32 £50,000 -31.51% 20
East Midlands -8 27 £61,250 +25.64% 13
Wales - 21 £72,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -33 3 - - 8
Scotland -3 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 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.68%) Confluence
2 16 (2.68%) SharePoint Server
3 14 (2.35%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.34%) Appian
5 5 (0.84%) IIS
5 5 (0.84%) WordPress
6 4 (0.67%) Apache
7 3 (0.50%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.50%) Mule
8 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.34%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) CICS
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (2.01%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (3.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.34%) SAP MDG
3 7 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.01%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.84%) SAP FSCM
5 5 (0.84%) SAP MDG-BP
5 5 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.50%) 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
1 204 (34.23%) Azure
2 85 (14.26%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (12.08%) AWS
4 57 (9.56%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.53%) PowerApps
7 23 (3.86%) GCP
7 23 (3.86%) Serverless
8 22 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.36%) SaaS
10 18 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (2.52%) GitHub
12 14 (2.35%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.18%) Snowflake
14 12 (2.01%) PaaS
15 11 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.51%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (11.91%) DNS
2 70 (11.74%) DHCP
3 8 (1.34%) Firewall
3 8 (1.34%) Network Security
4 7 (1.17%) WAN
5 4 (0.67%) SSL
5 4 (0.67%) VPN
6 3 (0.50%) 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 (11.41%) Amazon RDS
2 51 (8.56%) SQL Server
3 34 (5.70%) Power BI
4 18 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.18%) Db2
6 13 (2.18%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.68%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.51%) MySQL
9 8 (1.34%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.34%) Pinecone
10 7 (1.17%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.17%) Metadata
10 7 (1.17%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.01%) Tableau
12 5 (0.84%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.84%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 32 (5.37%) Git
2 18 (3.02%) JIRA
3 15 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.68%) JUnit
4 10 (1.68%) MLflow
5 7 (1.17%) GitLab
5 7 (1.17%) JMeter
6 6 (1.01%) Mockito
6 6 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.01%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.67%) Selenium
7 4 (0.67%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.50%) Maven
8 3 (0.50%) Storybook
9 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.17%) TestRail
10 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 173 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 143 (23.99%) Finance
3 118 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (11.91%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (5.03%) Manufacturing
6 30 (5.03%) Retail
7 21 (3.52%) Banking
7 21 (3.52%) Law
8 19 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.35%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.35%) Legal
10 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.34%) Games
11 8 (1.34%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.17%) Cyber-Physical System
13 6 (1.01%) Billing
13 6 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.84%) Back Office
14 5 (0.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 128 (21.48%) Senior
2 112 (18.79%) Developer
3 88 (14.77%) Architect
4 70 (11.74%) Systems Engineer
5 67 (11.24%) Software Engineer
6 42 (7.05%) Lead
7 38 (6.38%) Analyst
8 37 (6.21%) Senior Software Engineer
9 32 (5.37%) Project Manager
9 32 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (4.87%) Senior Manager
11 25 (4.19%) Business Analyst
12 21 (3.52%) Consultant
12 21 (3.52%) Software Developer
13 18 (3.02%) Senior Project Manager
14 17 (2.85%) Digital Project Manager
14 17 (2.85%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 16 (2.68%) Senior Architect
15 16 (2.68%) Senior Developer
16 15 (2.52%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.40%) .NET
2 48 (8.05%) React
3 31 (5.20%) Node.js
4 28 (4.70%) REST
4 28 (4.70%) RESTful
5 27 (4.53%) HTML
6 25 (4.19%) CSS
7 22 (3.69%) Spring
8 21 (3.52%) Spring Boot
9 19 (3.19%) Web Services
10 18 (3.02%) Vue
11 17 (2.85%) Middleware
12 16 (2.68%) WPF
13 15 (2.52%) Laravel
14 13 (2.18%) XML
15 12 (2.01%) Kafka
15 12 (2.01%) OAuth
16 11 (1.85%) JWT
17 10 (1.68%) FastAPI
17 10 (1.68%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.23%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.37%) Legacy Applications
3 27 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (3.86%) Low-Code
5 19 (3.19%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.85%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.68%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.68%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.51%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.51%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.51%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.51%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.34%) AS400
12 8 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.34%) IoT
12 8 (1.34%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.34%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.42%) Linux
2 79 (13.26%) Windows
3 70 (11.74%) Windows Server
4 64 (10.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.50%) Android
5 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (37.25%) Migration
2 147 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (21.81%) Agile
4 106 (17.79%) CI/CD
5 93 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (15.27%) DevOps
7 86 (14.43%) Mentoring
8 85 (14.26%) Customer Experience
8 85 (14.26%) Software Engineering
9 79 (13.26%) Roadmaps
10 78 (13.09%) AI
11 72 (12.08%) Microservices
12 70 (11.74%) Kalman Filter
13 68 (11.41%) Analytics
14 66 (11.07%) Web Filtering
15 65 (10.91%) Customer Service
15 65 (10.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 64 (10.74%) Email Filtering
16 64 (10.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 55 (9.23%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 94 (15.77%) SQL
2 72 (12.08%) Python
3 69 (11.58%) JavaScript
4 68 (11.41%) C#
5 44 (7.38%) Java
6 29 (4.87%) PHP
7 26 (4.36%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.19%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.68%) C++
9 16 (2.68%) VBA
10 11 (1.85%) RPG
11 9 (1.51%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.34%) ABAP
12 8 (1.34%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.17%) Bash
14 5 (0.84%) RPG III
14 5 (0.84%) Ruby
15 4 (0.67%) Perl
15 4 (0.67%) Scala
16 3 (0.50%) C
Qualifications
1 119 (19.97%) Security Cleared
2 108 (18.12%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.53%) Degree
4 8 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.34%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.17%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.17%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.50%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.50%) 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 (11.41%) PCI DSS
2 65 (10.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (7.72%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.35%) GDPR
5 8 (1.34%) QA
6 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.50%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.50%) SLA
7 3 (0.50%) WCAG
8 2 (0.34%) NCSC
8 2 (0.34%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) GRC
9 1 (0.17%) GxP
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
9 1 (0.17%) PERC
System Software
1 78 (13.09%) Active Directory
2 66 (11.07%) Hyper-V
3 64 (10.74%) Terminal Server
4 42 (7.05%) Docker
5 8 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.01%) Firmware
6 6 (1.01%) vSphere
7 2 (0.34%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.17%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.54%) Terraform
3 7 (1.17%) Kibana
4 6 (1.01%) Ansible
5 3 (0.50%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.50%) SCCM
5 3 (0.50%) 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 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.25%) Splunk
2 73 (12.25%) VMware
3 69 (11.58%) Veeam
4 64 (10.74%) Brocade
4 64 (10.74%) Nimble Storage
4 64 (10.74%) SolarWinds
4 64 (10.74%) Tanium
5 36 (6.04%) SAP
6 16 (2.68%) Oracle
7 15 (2.52%) Databricks
8 14 (2.35%) IBM
9 10 (1.68%) Guidewire
10 9 (1.51%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.34%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.34%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.34%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.34%) Sage
11 8 (1.34%) UiPath
12 7 (1.17%) Google