Hybrid/Remote Legacy Code Job Trends

Legacy Code
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 356 548
Rank change year-on-year -27 +192 +59
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 11 34 9
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.066% 0.27% 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.63% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 10 28 9
10th Percentile £42,250 - £36,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.29% +2.94% -3.41%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £73,438
UK median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -14.71% -8.11% +79.61%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Legacy Code 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,921 5,415 11,379
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.36% 42.27% 36.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,678 3,605 9,091
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,563 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -8.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,046
90th Percentile £103,750 £118,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Code and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Legacy Code job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Legacy Code
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legacy Code over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Legacy Code salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure AI
3 1 (9.09%) Azure App Service
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Firebase
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (9.09%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (45.45%) Relational Database
2 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (27.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (18.18%) MySQL
5 1 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Back Office
2 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Applications Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Applications Support
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Applications Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Applications Support
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Developer
3 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
4 1 (9.09%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (9.09%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Lead Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Mid Level C# .NET Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Mid Level C# Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
4 1 (9.09%) PHP Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Principal Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) Classic ASP
3 3 (27.27%) React
4 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 2 (18.18%) REST
4 2 (18.18%) RESTful
4 2 (18.18%) WPF
5 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
5 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (9.09%) CSS
5 1 (9.09%) HTML
5 1 (9.09%) Laravel
5 1 (9.09%) OAuth
5 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
5 1 (9.09%) OpenID
5 1 (9.09%) React Native
5 1 (9.09%) Sass
5 1 (9.09%) Spring
5 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Kanban
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) AI
2 2 (18.18%) API Integration
2 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
2 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
2 2 (18.18%) Microservices
2 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
3 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
3 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Due Diligence
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (9.09%) Storage Management
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
3 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C#
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Java
2 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
4 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
5 1 (9.09%) Go
5 1 (9.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Foundry