Legacy Systems Job Trends in Yorkshire

Legacy System
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 149 203
Rank change year-on-year +5 +54 +31
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 51 13 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.74% 0.38% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.39% 1.18% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 45 10 8
10th Percentile £53,042 £45,753 £21,250
25th Percentile £58,196 - £29,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £65,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% +20.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £90,000 £67,813 £83,125
90th Percentile - £87,500 £94,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,503 1,098 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.80% 31.84% 27.34%
Number of salaries quoted 999 552 1,095
10th Percentile £29,500 £25,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,507 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -2.99% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,834 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £75,909
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -15.38%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Legacy Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in Yorkshire

Legacy Systems
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -6 36 £65,000 - 10
South Yorkshire -28 8 £66,190 +39.35%
East Yorkshire - 7 £90,000 - 1
Legacy Systems
England

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 4 (7.84%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.96%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (15.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (9.80%) SAP MDG
2 5 (9.80%) SAP MDG-BP
3 1 (1.96%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 14 (27.45%) AWS
2 8 (15.69%) Azure
3 6 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.80%) PowerApps
5 4 (7.84%) GitHub
5 4 (7.84%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (7.84%) SaaS
6 3 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (5.88%) Amazon S3
6 3 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.88%) Serverless
7 2 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.92%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.92%) IaaS
7 2 (3.92%) PaaS
7 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.88%) DynamoDB
2 3 (5.88%) Power BI
2 3 (5.88%) SAP BW
2 3 (5.88%) SAP HANA
2 3 (5.88%) Star Schema
3 2 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) GitLab
1 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Finance
4 6 (11.76%) Retail
5 5 (9.80%) Legal
6 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.92%) Banking
7 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.92%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (50.98%) Senior
2 11 (21.57%) Senior Software Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) Software Engineer
3 10 (19.61%) Architect
4 8 (15.69%) Consultant
4 8 (15.69%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (15.69%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (13.73%) Senior Manager
6 5 (9.80%) Developer
6 5 (9.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) SAP MDG Consultant
6 5 (9.80%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Digital Project Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Digital Project Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Senior IT Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) .NET
2 5 (9.80%) Node.js
2 5 (9.80%) React
2 5 (9.80%) SAP ALE
2 5 (9.80%) Web Dynpro
3 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.88%) CSS
3 3 (5.88%) HTML
3 3 (5.88%) HTML5
3 3 (5.88%) jQuery
4 2 (3.92%) Vue
5 1 (1.96%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (13.73%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (9.80%) Replication
4 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.88%) Low-Code
5 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.92%) NHS
7 1 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.96%) FMCG
7 1 (1.96%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
2 13 (25.49%) Agile
2 13 (25.49%) Coaching
3 12 (23.53%) Migration
3 12 (23.53%) Software Engineering
4 10 (19.61%) Full-Stack Development
5 9 (17.65%) Data Modelling
5 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.73%) Analytics
6 7 (13.73%) CI/CD
6 7 (13.73%) System Integration Testing
6 7 (13.73%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (13.73%) User Experience
7 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.76%) Data Governance
7 6 (11.76%) High Availability
8 5 (9.80%) CRM
8 5 (9.80%) ERP
8 5 (9.80%) SOA
8 5 (9.80%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) JavaScript
2 8 (15.69%) ABAP
3 6 (11.76%) SQL
4 4 (7.84%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.88%) C#
5 3 (5.88%) Perl
5 3 (5.88%) PHP
5 3 (5.88%) VBA
6 2 (3.92%) C++
6 2 (3.92%) Java
6 2 (3.92%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (27.45%) Data Quality
2 6 (11.76%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) HIPAA
3 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) SAP
2 5 (9.80%) Ariba
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.88%) OpenText
5 2 (3.92%) Databricks
5 2 (3.92%) TOWER Software