Hybrid/Remote Legacy Systems Job Trends

Legacy System
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 320 422
Rank change year-on-year +81 +102 -51
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 215 103 146
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 0.63% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.67% 1.46% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 186 86 108
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,942 £46,355 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £74,996 £74,375 £69,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,054 7,034 11,145
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.79% 42.71% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,007 3,617 8,481
10th Percentile £34,400 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

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

Legacy Systems
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 9 (4.19%) Anypoint
1 9 (4.19%) Mule
2 8 (3.72%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.33%) Confluence
4 5 (2.33%) WordPress
5 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.93%) Apache
6 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.93%) JBoss
6 2 (0.93%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.47%) CMS
7 1 (0.47%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.26%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.86%) SAP FSCM
3 3 (1.40%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.40%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.40%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.93%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.47%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 72 (33.49%) Azure
2 35 (16.28%) AWS
3 26 (12.09%) Power Platform
4 21 (9.77%) PowerApps
5 17 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (4.65%) SaaS
7 8 (3.72%) GCP
7 8 (3.72%) GitHub
7 8 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (2.33%) IaaS
9 5 (2.33%) PaaS
10 4 (1.86%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.86%) Boomi
10 4 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.86%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.65%) SSL
2 4 (1.86%) Firewall
3 3 (1.40%) DNS
4 2 (0.93%) DHCP
4 2 (0.93%) SAN
4 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.93%) WAN
4 2 (0.93%) Wireless
5 1 (0.47%) Broadband
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.79%) Power BI
5 5 (2.33%) Redis
6 4 (1.86%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.86%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.86%) SAP HANA
6 4 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.40%) MySQL
7 3 (1.40%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.93%) Big Data
8 2 (0.93%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.93%) Metadata
8 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (6.98%) Git
2 5 (2.33%) JIRA
3 4 (1.86%) GitLab
4 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.93%) JUnit
4 2 (0.93%) Maven
4 2 (0.93%) MLflow
4 2 (0.93%) NUnit
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.47%) Selenium
5 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (26.05%) Finance
2 50 (23.26%) Public Sector
3 32 (14.88%) Social Skills
4 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.98%) Retail
6 11 (5.12%) Law
7 10 (4.65%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.33%) Games
9 5 (2.33%) Legal
10 4 (1.86%) Banking
11 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.40%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.93%) Electronics
12 2 (0.93%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Wearables
13 1 (0.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 59 (27.44%) Senior
2 43 (20.00%) Developer
3 41 (19.07%) Software Engineer
4 25 (11.63%) Architect
5 24 (11.16%) Lead
5 24 (11.16%) Senior Manager
6 20 (9.30%) Project Manager
7 17 (7.91%) Digital Project Manager
7 17 (7.91%) Senior Digital Project Manager
7 17 (7.91%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (6.98%) Consultant
9 13 (6.05%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (5.58%) Analyst
11 11 (5.12%) Business Analyst
12 10 (4.65%) Lead Developer
12 10 (4.65%) MuleSoft Developer
13 9 (4.19%) Service Manager
14 8 (3.72%) Technical Architect
15 7 (3.26%) Data Architect
15 7 (3.26%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.56%) .NET
2 19 (8.84%) React
2 19 (8.84%) Vue
3 14 (6.51%) WPF
4 13 (6.05%) Middleware
4 13 (6.05%) Node.js
4 13 (6.05%) REST
5 9 (4.19%) JWT
5 9 (4.19%) Laravel
5 9 (4.19%) MUnit
5 9 (4.19%) OAuth
5 9 (4.19%) OAuth2
5 9 (4.19%) RAML
6 7 (3.26%) React Native
7 5 (2.33%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.33%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.86%) CSS
8 4 (1.86%) HTML
8 4 (1.86%) SAP PI
8 4 (1.86%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.56%) Legacy Applications
2 22 (10.23%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (6.51%) Low-Code
4 13 (6.05%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.79%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.33%) NHS
7 5 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.40%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.40%) Arduino
8 3 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Linux
2 3 (1.40%) Android
2 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.93%) Windows
4 1 (0.47%) CentOS
4 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.35%) Mentoring
2 72 (33.49%) Agile
3 66 (30.70%) Migration
4 56 (26.05%) CI/CD
5 50 (23.26%) Coaching
6 46 (21.40%) Software Engineering
7 38 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (17.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (17.21%) DevOps
9 31 (14.42%) Full-Stack Development
10 30 (13.95%) Microservices
11 26 (12.09%) AI
12 23 (10.70%) Roadmaps
12 23 (10.70%) Test Automation
13 22 (10.23%) ERP
14 21 (9.77%) Event-Driven
15 20 (9.30%) Analytics
16 19 (8.84%) User Experience
17 18 (8.37%) Project Delivery
17 18 (8.37%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.21%) C#
2 33 (15.35%) JavaScript
2 33 (15.35%) SQL
3 21 (9.77%) Java
3 21 (9.77%) Python
4 18 (8.37%) TypeScript
5 16 (7.44%) VBA
6 14 (6.51%) PHP
7 9 (4.19%) DataWeave
8 8 (3.72%) C++
9 3 (1.40%) C
9 3 (1.40%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.40%) Pascal
9 3 (1.40%) Swift
9 3 (1.40%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.93%) Go
11 1 (0.47%) Bash
11 1 (0.47%) Perl
11 1 (0.47%) Scala
11 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.16%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.65%) Degree
4 4 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.93%) PMP
7 1 (0.47%) ACCA
7 1 (0.47%) CIMA
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.44%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.26%) GDPR
3 6 (2.79%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.40%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.40%) QA
4 3 (1.40%) SLA
5 1 (0.47%) PERC
System Software
1 15 (6.98%) Docker
2 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.93%) Firmware
3 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.93%) vSphere
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (4.19%) CloudHub
1 9 (4.19%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.19%) Terraform
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.93%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.47%) Grafana
4 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.77%) SAP
3 14 (6.51%) MuleSoft
4 11 (5.12%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.65%) Databricks
6 9 (4.19%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.33%) IFS
7 5 (2.33%) Workday
8 3 (1.40%) Google
8 3 (1.40%) Motorola
8 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle
8 3 (1.40%) Sage
8 3 (1.40%) Veeam
9 2 (0.93%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.93%) Cisco
9 2 (0.93%) EMC
9 2 (0.93%) Sophos
9 2 (0.93%) TOWER Software
9 2 (0.93%) VMware