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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 376 561
Rank change year-on-year +98 +185 -122
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 698 353 358
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.72% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.73% 1.76% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 473 240 264
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £36,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £98,750 £109,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,100 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.52% +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 25,559 20,088 34,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.99% 40.97% 33.89%
Number of salaries quoted 16,323 9,888 22,058
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
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 11 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 11 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 +80 629 £67,500 +3.85% 201
UK excluding London +84 472 £60,100 +4.52% 141
Work from Home +81 215 £63,076 +5.13% 100
London +41 174 £80,000 +4.92% 97
South West +43 140 £55,000 -26.67% 18
North of England +54 134 £65,000 -5.45% 31
Midlands -26 74 £62,500 +13.64% 17
Yorkshire +14 54 £65,000 - 14
South East -45 51 £57,402 -0.17% 51
North West +13 50 £69,305 -4.41% 15
West Midlands -26 47 £59,223 +7.68% 8
East of England +13 35 £50,000 -21.76% 14
Wales -16 32 £72,500 +31.82% 5
North East - 30 £61,538 - 3
East Midlands -15 27 £67,500 +45.95% 9
Scotland +1 5 £23,500 -52.69% 2
Northern Ireland -60 3 - - 5

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 90 (12.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.58%) Confluence
3 16 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.29%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (1.29%) Anypoint
4 9 (1.29%) Mule
5 5 (0.72%) WordPress
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.43%) Appian
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
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 (2.58%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.43%) 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 23 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.15%) 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
6 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 243 (34.81%) Azure
2 110 (15.76%) AWS
3 104 (14.90%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (8.60%) Power Platform
5 43 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (5.01%) Serverless
7 29 (4.15%) PowerApps
8 28 (4.01%) GCP
9 27 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (3.87%) SaaS
10 22 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (2.44%) GitHub
13 16 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (2.29%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.29%) PaaS
14 15 (2.15%) Lucidchart
14 15 (2.15%) Power Automate
15 14 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (1.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 94 (13.47%) DNS
2 89 (12.75%) DHCP
3 12 (1.72%) Firewall
4 11 (1.58%) WAN
5 10 (1.43%) SSL
6 8 (1.15%) Network Security
6 8 (1.15%) VPN
7 5 (0.72%) LAN
7 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.43%) HTTP
9 2 (0.29%) SAN
9 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.29%) Wireless
10 1 (0.14%) Broadband
10 1 (0.14%) DMARC
10 1 (0.14%) Internet
10 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (12.03%) Amazon RDS
2 42 (6.02%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.01%) Power BI
4 26 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (2.58%) Db2
6 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.43%) DTS
9 9 (1.29%) MySQL
9 9 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.15%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.15%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.00%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.72%) Redis
13 5 (0.72%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (6.02%) Git
2 33 (4.73%) JIRA
3 14 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.01%) JUnit
4 10 (1.43%) GitLab
4 10 (1.43%) Selenium
5 7 (1.00%) JMeter
6 6 (0.86%) Mockito
7 5 (0.72%) MLflow
7 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.43%) MSI
9 3 (0.43%) Newman
9 3 (0.43%) NUnit
9 3 (0.43%) Postman
9 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.43%) TestRail
9 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 189 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 148 (21.20%) Finance
3 140 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (14.04%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.87%) Manufacturing
6 35 (5.01%) Retail
7 34 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (3.87%) Law
9 19 (2.72%) Banking
9 19 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.15%) Aerospace
10 15 (2.15%) Legal
11 14 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.15%) Electronics
12 8 (1.15%) Games
13 7 (1.00%) Cyber-Physical System
13 7 (1.00%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.86%) Billing
14 6 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 153 (21.92%) Senior
2 113 (16.19%) Developer
3 104 (14.90%) Architect
4 89 (12.75%) Systems Engineer
5 85 (12.18%) Software Engineer
6 58 (8.31%) Lead
7 51 (7.31%) Senior Software Engineer
8 48 (6.88%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (6.16%) Consultant
10 37 (5.30%) Analyst
11 31 (4.44%) Project Manager
12 30 (4.30%) Senior Manager
13 24 (3.44%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.44%) Software Developer
14 18 (2.58%) Senior Architect
14 18 (2.58%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (2.44%) Digital Project Manager
15 17 (2.44%) Migration Consultant
15 17 (2.44%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 16 (2.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (8.02%) .NET
2 50 (7.16%) React
3 46 (6.59%) Node.js
4 41 (5.87%) Spring Boot
5 40 (5.73%) Spring
6 33 (4.73%) REST
7 31 (4.44%) HTML
8 29 (4.15%) CSS
9 27 (3.87%) WPF
10 25 (3.58%) Middleware
10 25 (3.58%) Vue
11 24 (3.44%) Kafka
11 24 (3.44%) RESTful
12 15 (2.15%) .NET Framework
12 15 (2.15%) OAuth
13 13 (1.86%) .NET Core
13 13 (1.86%) Laravel
13 13 (1.86%) XML
14 12 (1.72%) JWT
14 12 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.89%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (4.58%) Legacy Applications
3 29 (4.15%) Mainframe
4 26 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 18 (2.58%) Low-Code
9 17 (2.44%) iSeries
10 15 (2.15%) Enterprise Cloud
10 15 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.01%) Distributed Computing
11 14 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.86%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.86%) AS400
12 13 (1.86%) IoT
13 11 (1.58%) EPoS
14 10 (1.43%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 109 (15.62%) Windows
2 97 (13.90%) Linux
3 89 (12.75%) Windows Server
4 80 (11.46%) 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%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (38.68%) Migration
2 170 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (22.64%) Agile
4 139 (19.91%) CI/CD
5 117 (16.76%) Mentoring
6 114 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 111 (15.90%) Software Engineering
8 101 (14.47%) Customer Experience
9 97 (13.90%) DevOps
10 95 (13.61%) Microservices
11 89 (12.75%) AI
11 89 (12.75%) Roadmaps
12 86 (12.32%) Kalman Filter
13 85 (12.18%) Customer Service
14 82 (11.75%) Web Filtering
15 81 (11.60%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 80 (11.46%) Email Filtering
16 80 (11.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 67 (9.60%) Analytics
18 64 (9.17%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 88 (12.61%) SQL
2 76 (10.89%) C#
3 71 (10.17%) JavaScript
3 71 (10.17%) Python
4 65 (9.31%) Java
5 33 (4.73%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.44%) PHP
7 18 (2.58%) C++
7 18 (2.58%) RPG
8 16 (2.29%) PowerShell
8 16 (2.29%) VBA
9 13 (1.86%) Ruby
10 12 (1.72%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.29%) DataWeave
12 8 (1.15%) ABAP
12 8 (1.15%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.86%) Bash
13 6 (0.86%) C
13 6 (0.86%) RPG III
14 5 (0.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 156 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 131 (18.77%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.16%) Degree
4 11 (1.58%) AWS Certification
4 11 (1.58%) DBS Check
5 9 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.00%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.57%) CISM
8 4 (0.57%) CISSP
9 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.43%) PMP
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CRISC
11 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.89%) Cyber Essentials
1 83 (11.89%) PCI DSS
2 40 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 25 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.01%) GDPR
4 14 (2.01%) WCAG
5 9 (1.29%) QA
6 8 (1.15%) SLA
7 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.72%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) GRC
9 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.43%) NIST
9 3 (0.43%) PMO
9 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 102 (14.61%) Active Directory
2 87 (12.46%) Hyper-V
3 80 (11.46%) Terminal Server
4 44 (6.30%) Docker
5 15 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (1.43%) Firmware
7 8 (1.15%) vSphere
8 5 (0.72%) 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 47 (6.73%) Terraform
2 37 (5.30%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.72%) Puppet
4 11 (1.58%) Progress Chef
5 9 (1.29%) Ansible
5 9 (1.29%) CloudHub
6 6 (0.86%) Kibana
7 5 (0.72%) SCCM
8 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.29%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.14%) Grafana
11 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.14%) Podman
11 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 189 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 96 (13.75%) VMware
3 88 (12.61%) Splunk
4 84 (12.03%) Veeam
5 80 (11.46%) Brocade
5 80 (11.46%) Nimble Storage
5 80 (11.46%) SolarWinds
5 80 (11.46%) Tanium
6 48 (6.88%) SAP
7 24 (3.44%) IBM
8 17 (2.44%) Oracle
9 16 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 14 (2.01%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.86%) Databricks
12 12 (1.72%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.43%) Google
14 8 (1.15%) Guidewire
14 8 (1.15%) Sage
15 7 (1.00%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.00%) IFS