Legacy Applications Job Trends in Wales

Legacy Application
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 77 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Applications 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.11% 0.16% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.68% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £98,322 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.15% - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £92,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -24.32% +31.07% +4.56%

All Generic Skills
Wales

Legacy Applications 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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 252 295 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.27% 24.26% 35.73%
Number of salaries quoted 185 172 270
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,700 £29,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,188
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Applications relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Legacy Applications job vacancy trend in Wales

Legacy Applications
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Legacy Applications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Legacy Applications

Legacy Applications
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the Wales region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
South Wales +1 1 £50,000 -61.67% 2
Legacy Applications
UK

Legacy Applications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (100.00%) ColdFusion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle