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 have cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 450 521
Rank change year-on-year -82 +71 -161
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 384 691 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.68% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.10% 1.60% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 239 468 527
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,700 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +12.90%

All Generic Skills
UK

Legacy Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,989 43,202 75,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.33% 42.68% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 22,998 23,578 34,146
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,491 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems.

Salary trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 -80 321 £57,500 -14.25% 140
UK excluding London -66 276 £52,500 -4.55% 99
Work from Home -81 153 £55,000 -17.42% 72
London -72 88 £82,500 -2.94% 47
South East +9 69 £52,500 +10.53% 12
North of England +36 65 £55,000 -15.38% 31
Midlands +2 65 £50,000 +1.01% 23
West Midlands +15 38 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Scotland -44 37 £73,750 -1.67% 11
North West -15 35 £55,000 -15.38% 13
East Midlands -2 27 £38,750 -11.93% 5
East of England +7 17 £35,000 -36.36% 7
Yorkshire +75 15 £38,500 -30.00% 14
North East +9 15 £55,000 -16.67% 4
South West -62 14 £67,500 +22.73% 9
Northern Ireland +24 5 £47,500 -44.12% 3
Wales +9 5 - - 3

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (5.73%) SAS
2 15 (3.91%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.39%) Apache
4 9 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.34%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.56%) Mendix
6 5 (1.30%) Drupal
6 5 (1.30%) IIS
6 5 (1.30%) K2 blackpearl
7 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.78%) CMS
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.52%) Resin
9 2 (0.52%) WordPress
10 1 (0.26%) Confluence
10 1 (0.26%) nginx
10 1 (0.26%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 12 (3.13%) Sketch
2 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (3.91%) NetSuite
2 10 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.82%) Elite 3E
3 7 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.78%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.52%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.52%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDM
6 2 (0.52%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 110 (28.65%) Azure
2 98 (25.52%) AWS
3 26 (6.77%) GCP
3 26 (6.77%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.21%) SaaS
5 16 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (3.91%) GitHub
7 14 (3.65%) Figma
8 11 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.86%) Serverless
9 9 (2.34%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (2.34%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.08%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (2.08%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.08%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.08%) Stackdriver
11 7 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.56%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.78%) VPN
2 2 (0.52%) 4G
2 2 (0.52%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.52%) Firewall
2 2 (0.52%) Multicast
2 2 (0.52%) VoIP
3 1 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.26%) DHCP
3 1 (0.26%) DNS
3 1 (0.26%) FTP
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Modbus
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (16.41%) SQL Server
2 41 (10.68%) Relational Database
3 33 (8.59%) Geospatial Data
3 33 (8.59%) MySQL
3 33 (8.59%) NoSQL
4 24 (6.25%) Power BI
5 19 (4.95%) Big Data
6 18 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.60%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (2.08%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.08%) Data Mining
10 7 (1.82%) Apache Hive
10 7 (1.82%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.82%) HBase
11 6 (1.56%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.78%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (12.76%) Git
2 38 (9.90%) JIRA
3 33 (8.59%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (2.86%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
6 6 (1.56%) JUnit
6 6 (1.56%) NUnit
6 6 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (1.30%) LabVIEW
8 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.04%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.52%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.52%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.52%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.52%) Postman
9 2 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.26%) Selenium
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 126 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 89 (23.18%) Finance
3 38 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.55%) Law
5 28 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (7.03%) Retail
7 24 (6.25%) Marketing
8 17 (4.43%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.17%) Banking
10 13 (3.39%) Back Office
11 12 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.08%) Financial Institution
13 8 (2.08%) Legal
14 6 (1.56%) Local Government
14 6 (1.56%) Private Banking
15 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.04%) Police
16 3 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 138 (35.94%) Developer
2 98 (25.52%) Architect
3 60 (15.63%) Senior
4 36 (9.38%) Senior Developer
5 35 (9.11%) Lead
6 33 (8.59%) Geospatial Architect
6 33 (8.59%) Software Architect
7 25 (6.51%) PHP Developer
7 25 (6.51%) Technical Architect
8 24 (6.25%) Consultant
9 22 (5.73%) ServiceNow Developer
10 19 (4.95%) C# Developer
11 18 (4.69%) Full Stack Developer
12 16 (4.17%) Data Architect
13 15 (3.91%) Java Developer
13 15 (3.91%) Software Engineer
14 14 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (3.39%) .NET Developer
15 13 (3.39%) Functional Consultant
15 13 (3.39%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (17.19%) HTML
2 58 (15.10%) Web Services
3 55 (14.32%) .NET
4 48 (12.50%) CSS
5 34 (8.85%) REST
6 32 (8.33%) AngularJS
7 25 (6.51%) Laravel
8 23 (5.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 22 (5.73%) HTML5
10 21 (5.47%) Symfony
11 19 (4.95%) JSON
11 19 (4.95%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.95%) Spring
12 18 (4.69%) .NET Core
13 17 (4.43%) jQuery
13 17 (4.43%) Kafka
13 17 (4.43%) SOAP
14 16 (4.17%) Spring Boot
15 15 (3.91%) ASP.NET
15 15 (3.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.84%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.73%) CMDB
3 16 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.65%) Clustering
5 12 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.60%) Replication
7 9 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.08%) NHS
9 7 (1.82%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.56%) PMI
11 5 (1.30%) BBC
11 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.04%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.95%) Windows
2 18 (4.69%) Linux
3 9 (2.34%) Unix
4 6 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (36.20%) Agile
2 104 (27.08%) Migration
3 93 (24.22%) DevOps
4 73 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (14.06%) Microservices
6 49 (12.76%) Mentoring
6 49 (12.76%) Project Management
7 44 (11.46%) Software Engineering
8 43 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (11.20%) Software Testing
9 40 (10.42%) Data Management
10 38 (9.90%) Data Migration
11 37 (9.64%) SDLC
12 36 (9.38%) Analytics
13 35 (9.11%) Visualisation
14 34 (8.85%) Code Quality
14 34 (8.85%) Software Architecture
15 32 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
15 32 (8.33%) Computer Science
15 32 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 99 (25.78%) SQL
2 69 (17.97%) JavaScript
3 59 (15.36%) C#
4 35 (9.11%) Java
4 35 (9.11%) Python
5 31 (8.07%) PHP
6 14 (3.65%) T-SQL
7 12 (3.13%) Go
8 11 (2.86%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.60%) Delphi
10 8 (2.08%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.82%) Perl
12 6 (1.56%) VB
12 6 (1.56%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.30%) Bash
14 4 (1.04%) C
15 3 (0.78%) C++
15 3 (0.78%) Rust
15 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (10.16%) Degree
2 28 (7.29%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.60%) CISM
5 10 (2.60%) CISSP
6 9 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CBAP
10 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.52%) IIBA
11 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CRISC
11 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) FFIEC
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.25%) QA
2 20 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.82%) GRC
4 7 (1.82%) NIST
5 6 (1.56%) NCSC
5 6 (1.56%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.30%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 9000
8 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) COSO
9 1 (0.26%) GAMP
9 1 (0.26%) PSD2
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (9.64%) Docker
2 8 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.82%) HDFS
4 6 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.30%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (7.29%) Terraform
2 26 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.95%) Ansible
4 8 (2.08%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.30%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) MIIS
7 1 (0.26%) Nagios
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 62 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.68%) ServiceNow
3 37 (9.64%) Oracle
4 21 (5.47%) SAP
5 15 (3.91%) Databricks
6 9 (2.34%) WSO2
7 8 (2.08%) Informatica
8 7 (1.82%) BMC
8 7 (1.82%) Cloudera
8 7 (1.82%) HP
8 7 (1.82%) Remedy
9 6 (1.56%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.56%) Splunk
10 5 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
10 5 (1.30%) Blue Prism
11 4 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco
12 2 (0.52%) JDA
12 2 (0.52%) Thales
12 2 (0.52%) Zend