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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 333 563
Rank change year-on-year +38 +230 -149
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 705 404 277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.81% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.57% 1.97% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 460 260 203
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £38,960
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,921 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,813 £79,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%

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 27,422 20,557 27,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.12% 41.44% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 17,268 10,324 16,494
10th Percentile £31,125 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,473 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.47% -5.00% -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 7 August 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 August 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 +40 637 £67,500 +3.85% 283
UK excluding London +61 479 £60,000 - 135
Work from Home +71 205 £62,500 +2.04% 112
London +9 183 £82,500 +8.20% 173
South West +50 149 £55,000 -21.43% 16
North of England +23 120 £69,305 -0.99% 35
Midlands -34 72 £62,500 +13.64% 23
South East -40 56 £57,303 -0.34% 34
Yorkshire +12 48 £80,000 +23.08% 10
North West +3 47 £69,305 -0.99% 25
West Midlands -44 47 £60,000 +9.09% 13
East of England +1 39 £50,000 -20.00% 13
Wales -29 36 £72,500 +31.82% 2
East Midlands -16 25 £67,500 +42.11% 10
North East - 25 £52,500 - 1
Scotland +8 5 £23,500 -53.92% 10
Northern Ireland -73 2 - - 2

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 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.54%) Confluence
3 16 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
4 13 (1.84%) Anypoint
4 13 (1.84%) Mule
5 11 (1.56%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.71%) Apache
6 5 (0.71%) WordPress
7 4 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.28%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) IIS
9 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) CICS
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.99%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.71%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.57%) SAP FSCM
5 4 (0.57%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.28%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.14%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.14%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 258 (36.60%) Azure
2 130 (18.44%) AWS
3 105 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (6.10%) Power Platform
6 37 (5.25%) Serverless
7 31 (4.40%) SaaS
8 27 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.83%) GCP
9 26 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (3.26%) GitHub
11 20 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.27%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.99%) Snowflake
15 13 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.84%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (1.84%) Lucidchart
15 13 (1.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (13.48%) DNS
2 88 (12.48%) DHCP
3 15 (2.13%) SSL
4 14 (1.99%) Firewall
5 12 (1.70%) Network Security
5 12 (1.70%) WAN
6 10 (1.42%) VPN
7 6 (0.85%) HTTP
7 6 (0.85%) LAN
7 6 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.71%) SAN
8 5 (0.71%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.43%) NAS
9 3 (0.43%) Wireless
10 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.28%) VoIP
11 1 (0.14%) Internet
11 1 (0.14%) MQTT
11 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (11.77%) Amazon RDS
2 44 (6.24%) SQL Server
3 36 (5.11%) Power BI
4 26 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.70%) Db2
7 14 (1.99%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.70%) MySQL
9 11 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.42%) DTS
11 9 (1.28%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.99%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.99%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.85%) BigQuery
15 5 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
15 5 (0.71%) Metadata
15 5 (0.71%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.71%) Redis
15 5 (0.71%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 43 (6.10%) Git
2 40 (5.67%) JIRA
3 18 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.41%) Selenium
5 15 (2.13%) JUnit
6 12 (1.70%) GitLab
6 12 (1.70%) NUnit
7 10 (1.42%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.99%) JMeter
9 6 (0.85%) Mocha
9 6 (0.85%) Mockito
9 6 (0.85%) Postman
10 5 (0.71%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.71%) MSI
10 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.43%) Snyk
11 3 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.43%) TestRail
11 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 203 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 162 (22.98%) Analytical Skills
3 149 (21.13%) Finance
4 81 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.24%) Manufacturing
6 37 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (5.11%) Retail
8 34 (4.82%) Law
9 27 (3.83%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (2.27%) Banking
12 15 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.56%) Legal
14 10 (1.42%) Military
14 10 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.28%) Electronics
16 8 (1.13%) Games
16 8 (1.13%) Marketing
17 7 (0.99%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (19.86%) Senior
2 112 (15.89%) Developer
3 108 (15.32%) Architect
4 100 (14.18%) Software Engineer
5 89 (12.62%) Systems Engineer
6 68 (9.65%) Lead
7 55 (7.80%) Senior Software Engineer
8 50 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (6.81%) Consultant
10 31 (4.40%) Analyst
11 22 (3.12%) Software Developer
12 21 (2.98%) Business Analyst
13 20 (2.84%) Migration Consultant
14 19 (2.70%) Senior Architect
14 19 (2.70%) Senior Developer
15 18 (2.55%) Lead Developer
16 15 (2.13%) Data Engineer
17 14 (1.99%) MuleSoft Developer
17 14 (1.99%) Senior Consultant
18 13 (1.84%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.07%) .NET
2 58 (8.23%) React
3 48 (6.81%) Node.js
4 45 (6.38%) Spring Boot
5 42 (5.96%) Spring
6 38 (5.39%) WPF
7 36 (5.11%) HTML
8 34 (4.82%) CSS
8 34 (4.82%) RESTful
9 30 (4.26%) REST
9 30 (4.26%) Vue
10 27 (3.83%) Kafka
11 24 (3.40%) Middleware
12 20 (2.84%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.41%) .NET Framework
13 17 (2.41%) OAuth
14 15 (2.13%) HTML5
15 14 (1.99%) AngularJS
15 14 (1.99%) OAuth2
15 14 (1.99%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 97 (13.76%) Cloud Native
2 36 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
2 36 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.68%) Mainframe
4 27 (3.83%) Data Centre
5 24 (3.40%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (2.70%) iSeries
8 18 (2.55%) Enterprise Cloud
8 18 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
9 17 (2.41%) Management Information System
10 16 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
11 15 (2.13%) AI Agents
11 15 (2.13%) AS400
12 14 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.84%) IoT
14 12 (1.70%) Private Cloud
15 11 (1.56%) EPoS
16 10 (1.42%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 118 (16.74%) Windows
2 98 (13.90%) Linux
3 89 (12.62%) Windows Server
4 80 (11.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.57%) AIX
6 3 (0.43%) Android
6 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) Unix
7 2 (0.28%) zOS
8 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (39.15%) Migration
2 189 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (22.70%) Agile
4 159 (22.55%) CI/CD
5 133 (18.87%) Software Engineering
6 115 (16.31%) DevOps
7 109 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 109 (15.46%) Mentoring
8 108 (15.32%) Microservices
9 101 (14.33%) Customer Experience
10 98 (13.90%) AI
11 96 (13.62%) Roadmaps
12 86 (12.20%) Kalman Filter
13 85 (12.06%) Customer Service
14 82 (11.63%) Web Filtering
15 81 (11.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 80 (11.35%) Email Filtering
16 80 (11.35%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 72 (10.21%) Test Automation
18 67 (9.50%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 94 (13.33%) C#
2 87 (12.34%) SQL
3 79 (11.21%) Python
4 78 (11.06%) JavaScript
5 72 (10.21%) Java
6 41 (5.82%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.12%) C++
8 20 (2.84%) PHP
9 19 (2.70%) RPG
10 15 (2.13%) Ruby
11 14 (1.99%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.99%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.84%) DataWeave
13 9 (1.28%) C
13 9 (1.28%) Go
14 8 (1.13%) ABAP
14 8 (1.13%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.99%) Bicep
16 6 (0.85%) RPG III
17 4 (0.57%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 176 (24.96%) Security Cleared
2 152 (21.56%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.81%) Degree
4 19 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 13 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.70%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.56%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.28%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.57%) CISM
11 4 (0.57%) CISSP
11 4 (0.57%) OCP
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.57%) PMP
12 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 83 (11.77%) PCI DSS
3 35 (4.96%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.54%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.84%) QA
6 18 (2.55%) WCAG
7 17 (2.41%) GDPR
8 11 (1.56%) SLA
9 7 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.99%) NCSC
10 6 (0.85%) NIST
11 4 (0.57%) PMO
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.43%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.28%) MIL-STD-1553
14 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 104 (14.75%) Active Directory
2 90 (12.77%) Hyper-V
3 80 (11.35%) Terminal Server
4 45 (6.38%) Docker
5 18 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (1.99%) Firmware
7 8 (1.13%) vSphere
8 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.43%) KVM
10 2 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
11 1 (0.14%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (7.23%) Terraform
2 45 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.99%) Puppet
4 13 (1.84%) CloudHub
4 13 (1.84%) Progress Chef
5 10 (1.42%) Ansible
6 6 (0.85%) Kibana
7 5 (0.71%) SCCM
7 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.43%) Grafana
9 3 (0.43%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.28%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 177 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 99 (14.04%) VMware
3 87 (12.34%) Splunk
4 83 (11.77%) Veeam
5 80 (11.35%) Brocade
5 80 (11.35%) Nimble Storage
5 80 (11.35%) SolarWinds
5 80 (11.35%) Tanium
6 54 (7.66%) SAP
7 27 (3.83%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.69%) IBM
9 21 (2.98%) Oracle
10 16 (2.27%) MuleSoft
11 15 (2.13%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.99%) Databricks
13 10 (1.42%) Google
13 10 (1.42%) Workday
14 9 (1.28%) Sage
15 7 (0.99%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.99%) IFS