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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 380 574
Rank change year-on-year +93 +194 -95
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 577 325 343
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.74% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.29% 1.73% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 388 208 240
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,271 £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 £80,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £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 25,182 18,823 35,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.00% 42.89% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 14,419 8,871 23,144
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,051 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% -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 1 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 1 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 +73 535 £65,000 - 273
UK excluding London +80 387 £60,000 +4.35% 196
Work from Home +104 184 £63,076 +7.36% 125
London +6 142 £77,500 +6.90% 114
North of England +38 114 £64,500 -0.77% 54
South West +20 98 £57,500 -29.23% 29
Midlands -18 75 £60,000 +33.33% 25
South East -22 51 £56,902 -1.04% 48
West Midlands -34 45 £56,250 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire -22 42 £63,788 -1.87% 17
North West +2 36 £69,305 +2.67% 29
North East - 36 £63,076 - 10
East of England +6 32 £50,000 -26.96% 18
East Midlands -15 30 £65,000 +33.33% 16
Wales -23 15 £62,500 +31.58% 14
Northern Ireland -36 3 - - 6
Scotland -6 1 £48,500 -2.36% 8

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 64 (11.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.77%) SharePoint Server
3 15 (2.60%) Confluence
4 14 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.56%) Appian
6 6 (1.04%) IIS
7 5 (0.87%) WordPress
8 4 (0.69%) Apache
9 3 (0.52%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.52%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.52%) Mule
10 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.35%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) CICS
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.17%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (2.25%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.21%) Oracle Applications
2 7 (1.21%) SAP MDG
3 5 (0.87%) SAP FSCM
3 5 (0.87%) SAP MDG-BP
4 4 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.52%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.35%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 197 (34.14%) Azure
2 77 (13.34%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (11.44%) AWS
4 57 (9.88%) Power Platform
5 28 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.68%) PowerApps
7 23 (3.99%) GCP
8 21 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (3.64%) SaaS
9 19 (3.29%) Power Automate
10 18 (3.12%) Serverless
11 16 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (2.43%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.25%) GitHub
13 13 (2.25%) Snowflake
14 12 (2.08%) PaaS
15 11 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (10.92%) DNS
2 62 (10.75%) DHCP
3 8 (1.39%) Firewall
3 8 (1.39%) Network Security
4 7 (1.21%) WAN
5 4 (0.69%) SSL
5 4 (0.69%) VPN
6 3 (0.52%) HTTP
7 2 (0.35%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.35%) SAN
7 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.35%) 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%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (10.40%) Amazon RDS
2 53 (9.19%) SQL Server
3 34 (5.89%) Power BI
4 17 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.25%) DB2
6 12 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.73%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.56%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.56%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.21%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.21%) Metadata
9 7 (1.21%) MySQL
9 7 (1.21%) SAP HANA
10 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.04%) Tableau
11 5 (0.87%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.87%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 32 (5.55%) Git
2 16 (2.77%) JIRA
3 14 (2.43%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.91%) MLflow
5 8 (1.39%) JUnit
6 7 (1.21%) JMeter
7 6 (1.04%) GitLab
7 6 (1.04%) Mockito
7 6 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.04%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.69%) Maven
8 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.52%) Storybook
10 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 142 (24.61%) Finance
3 109 (18.89%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.44%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (5.20%) Retail
7 29 (5.03%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.64%) Banking
8 21 (3.64%) Law
9 19 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.60%) Legal
11 14 (2.43%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.39%) Games
13 8 (1.39%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.21%) Cyber-Physical System
15 6 (1.04%) Billing
15 6 (1.04%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.87%) Back Office
16 5 (0.87%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 127 (22.01%) Senior
2 111 (19.24%) Developer
3 85 (14.73%) Architect
4 65 (11.27%) Software Engineer
5 62 (10.75%) Systems Engineer
6 39 (6.76%) Lead
7 37 (6.41%) Analyst
7 37 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
8 32 (5.55%) Project Manager
9 29 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (4.68%) Senior Manager
11 25 (4.33%) Business Analyst
12 21 (3.64%) Consultant
13 19 (3.29%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.12%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (2.95%) Digital Project Manager
15 17 (2.95%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 16 (2.77%) Senior Architect
16 16 (2.77%) Senior Developer
17 15 (2.60%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.36%) .NET
2 44 (7.63%) React
3 28 (4.85%) Node.js
3 28 (4.85%) RESTful
4 27 (4.68%) REST
5 25 (4.33%) HTML
6 23 (3.99%) CSS
7 20 (3.47%) Web Services
8 17 (2.95%) Middleware
8 17 (2.95%) Spring
8 17 (2.95%) Vue
9 16 (2.77%) Laravel
9 16 (2.77%) Spring Boot
10 15 (2.60%) WPF
11 13 (2.25%) OAuth
11 13 (2.25%) XML
12 12 (2.08%) JWT
13 11 (1.91%) .NET Framework
13 11 (1.91%) FastAPI
13 11 (1.91%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.53%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.55%) Legacy Applications
3 27 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (4.16%) Low-Code
5 17 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.77%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.91%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.73%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.56%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.56%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.39%) AS400
11 8 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.39%) NHS
11 8 (1.39%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.39%) Replication
12 7 (1.21%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 74 (12.82%) Linux
2 72 (12.48%) Windows
3 62 (10.75%) Windows Server
4 56 (9.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.52%) Android
5 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.35%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (36.74%) Migration
2 137 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (21.14%) Agile
4 100 (17.33%) CI/CD
5 92 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 87 (15.08%) DevOps
7 83 (14.38%) Mentoring
8 82 (14.21%) Software Engineering
9 78 (13.52%) Roadmaps
10 77 (13.34%) Customer Experience
11 76 (13.17%) AI
12 68 (11.79%) Analytics
13 67 (11.61%) Microservices
14 62 (10.75%) Kalman Filter
15 58 (10.05%) Web Filtering
16 57 (9.88%) Customer Service
16 57 (9.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 56 (9.71%) Email Filtering
17 56 (9.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 55 (9.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 94 (16.29%) SQL
2 72 (12.48%) Python
3 67 (11.61%) JavaScript
4 65 (11.27%) C#
5 40 (6.93%) Java
6 30 (5.20%) PHP
7 24 (4.16%) TypeScript
8 20 (3.47%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.77%) C++
9 16 (2.77%) VBA
10 11 (1.91%) RPG
11 9 (1.56%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.39%) ABAP
12 8 (1.39%) Bash
12 8 (1.39%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.87%) RPG III
14 4 (0.69%) Perl
14 4 (0.69%) Scala
15 3 (0.52%) C
15 3 (0.52%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 108 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 97 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 28 (4.85%) Degree
4 9 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.21%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.21%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.35%) CISM
8 2 (0.35%) CISSP
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.35%) PMP
9 1 (0.17%) ACCA
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.17%) CIMA
9 1 (0.17%) HND
9 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (10.40%) PCI DSS
2 57 (9.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (7.97%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.43%) GDPR
5 12 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.21%) QA
7 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.52%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.52%) SLA
9 2 (0.35%) NCSC
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) COBIT
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 70 (12.13%) Active Directory
2 58 (10.05%) Hyper-V
3 56 (9.71%) Terminal Server
4 41 (7.11%) Docker
5 8 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.04%) vSphere
7 5 (0.87%) Firmware
8 2 (0.35%) 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 37 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.37%) Terraform
3 7 (1.21%) Kibana
4 6 (1.04%) Ansible
5 3 (0.52%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.52%) SCCM
5 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.35%) Grafana
6 2 (0.35%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.17%) Podman
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 147 (25.48%) Microsoft
2 65 (11.27%) Splunk
2 65 (11.27%) VMware
3 61 (10.57%) Veeam
4 56 (9.71%) Brocade
4 56 (9.71%) Nimble Storage
4 56 (9.71%) SolarWinds
4 56 (9.71%) Tanium
5 35 (6.07%) SAP
6 16 (2.77%) Oracle
7 15 (2.60%) Databricks
8 14 (2.43%) IBM
9 10 (1.73%) Guidewire
9 10 (1.73%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.56%) Automation Anywhere
10 9 (1.56%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.56%) UiPath
11 8 (1.39%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.39%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.39%) Sage