Legacy Systems Job Trends in West Sussex

Legacy System
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +48
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 1.41% - 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.13% - 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £58,125 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile £107,500 - £41,250
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +44.44% -18.18% -15.38%

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

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 in West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 117 169 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 27.46% 52.81% 35.48%
Number of salaries quoted 85 74 104
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,025 £36,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -17.01% +0.42%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £80,875
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -0.60%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Systems relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in West Sussex over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in West Sussex

Legacy Systems
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Horsham - 3 £105,000 -
Worthing - 3 £60,000 -
Legacy Systems
South East

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 3 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Billing
2 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Business Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Business Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) CRM Manager
2 2 (33.33%) CRM Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) ERP Manager
2 2 (33.33%) ERP Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) SDLC
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Case Management
2 3 (50.00%) Coaching
2 3 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Line Management
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) People Management
2 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) User Experience
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
1 3 (50.00%) Workday