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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 414 567
Rank change year-on-year +16 +153 +2
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 12 16 21
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.063% 0.11% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 20
10th Percentile £42,500 - £35,975
25th Percentile £51,250 £31,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +2.86% -0.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £54,063
90th Percentile - £71,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +5.88% +61.90%

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 6,683 6,676 11,847
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.87% 45.60% 35.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,200 3,351 9,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 May 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Solr
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (16.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (8.33%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (25.00%) MySQL
4 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.33%) Claude Code
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Back Office
1 3 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Law
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Applications Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 6 (50.00%) Senior
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Applications Support
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.33%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Development Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Mid Level C# .NET Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Mid Level C# Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
4 1 (8.33%) PHP Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 6 (50.00%) Classic ASP
3 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 2 (16.67%) React
3 2 (16.67%) REST
3 2 (16.67%) RESTful
3 2 (16.67%) WPF
4 1 (8.33%) CSS
4 1 (8.33%) HTML
4 1 (8.33%) Laravel
4 1 (8.33%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (8.33%) Sass
4 1 (8.33%) Spring
4 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Kanban
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) AI
3 2 (16.67%) API Integration
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (16.67%) Microservices
3 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (8.33%) Clean Code
4 1 (8.33%) Coaching
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
4 1 (8.33%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 7 (58.33%) Java
2 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (8.33%) Go
4 1 (8.33%) PHP
4 1 (8.33%) Ruby
4 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) New Relic
2 1 (8.33%) OpenAI