Legacy Systems Contract Job Trends in Central London

Legacy System
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 104 124
Rank change year-on-year +22 +20 +31
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 61 31 12
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.35% 1.51% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.00% 4.17% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 4
10th Percentile £425 £498 £466
25th Percentile £469 £525 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £653 £697 £825
90th Percentile £752 £736 -
London median daily rate £550 £585 £550
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +73.29% - -
London median hourly rate £60.71 £44.50 -
% change year-on-year +36.43% - -

All Generic Skills
Central London

Legacy Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 871 743 738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 33.58% 36.30% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 497 491
10th Percentile £337 £345 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 7
10th Percentile £19.44 £17.57 £14.70
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.28 £19.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.29 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +32.58% +18.84% -32.00%
75th Percentile £59.72 £43.39 £27.00
90th Percentile £69.70 £86.43 £53.20
London median hourly rate £36.00 £29.07 £30.16
% change year-on-year +23.84% -3.61% -13.83%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legacy Systems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Legacy Systems job vacancy trend in Central London

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in Central London over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in Central London

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Legacy Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +16 52 £600 -6.29% 14
Southwark - 9 £600 -
Legacy Systems
London

Legacy Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.64%) CMS
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Aladdin
2 2 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.28%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.64%) Maximo
3 1 (1.64%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.64%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.64%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.59%) Azure
2 11 (18.03%) AWS
3 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.92%) Serverless
6 2 (3.28%) Azure App Service
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.64%) AWS Data Pipeline
7 1 (1.64%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.64%) Boomi
7 1 (1.64%) dbt
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) GitHub
7 1 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.64%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Data Mart
1 4 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle Database
1 4 (6.56%) Power BI
2 3 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.28%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.64%) DataStage
4 1 (1.64%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.64%) Logi Info
4 1 (1.64%) Metadata
4 1 (1.64%) Power Query
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 23 (37.70%) Finance
2 10 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.75%) Social Skills
4 8 (13.11%) Law
5 6 (9.84%) Banking
5 6 (9.84%) Legal
6 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.92%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.64%) Back Office
9 1 (1.64%) Front Office
9 1 (1.64%) Local Government
9 1 (1.64%) Military
9 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.03%) Lead
2 7 (11.48%) Architect
2 7 (11.48%) Data Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Consultant
3 6 (9.84%) Senior
4 4 (6.56%) Applications Architect
4 4 (6.56%) Cloud Consultant
4 4 (6.56%) Data Analyst
4 4 (6.56%) Developer
4 4 (6.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 4 (6.56%) Lead Data Engineer
4 4 (6.56%) Salesforce Consultant
5 3 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (4.92%) Data Migration Lead
5 3 (4.92%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.92%) Tester
6 2 (3.28%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (3.28%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.28%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) .NET
1 4 (6.56%) Kafka
2 3 (4.92%) React
3 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.28%) JSON
3 2 (3.28%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (3.28%) RESTful
4 1 (1.64%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (1.64%) EDI
4 1 (1.64%) GeoJSON
4 1 (1.64%) jQuery
4 1 (1.64%) Middleware
4 1 (1.64%) Node.js
4 1 (1.64%) Playwright
4 1 (1.64%) PySpark
4 1 (1.64%) REST
4 1 (1.64%) XML
4 1 (1.64%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.95%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.84%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.56%) LIMS
4 3 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.92%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.28%) Derivative
6 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.64%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.64%) Exotic Derivative
6 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.64%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.64%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.64%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (1.64%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Migration
2 15 (24.59%) DevOps
3 14 (22.95%) Data Modelling
3 14 (22.95%) ETL
4 11 (18.03%) Data Migration
5 10 (16.39%) Agile
5 10 (16.39%) Analytics
5 10 (16.39%) Case Management
5 10 (16.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (13.11%) Data Mapping
6 8 (13.11%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
7 7 (11.48%) Data Architecture
7 7 (11.48%) Decision-Making
7 7 (11.48%) Validation
8 6 (9.84%) Data Engineering
8 6 (9.84%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) Python
1 12 (19.67%) SQL
2 3 (4.92%) C#
2 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.92%) TypeScript
3 2 (3.28%) Apex Code
3 2 (3.28%) Java
4 1 (1.64%) Bicep
4 1 (1.64%) C++
4 1 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.64%) Korn
4 1 (1.64%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.64%) CISM
5 1 (1.64%) CISSP
5 1 (1.64%) Degree
5 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) Data Quality
2 7 (11.48%) QA
3 3 (4.92%) GDPR
3 3 (4.92%) NCSC
4 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.64%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (1.64%) NIST
5 1 (1.64%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Terraform
2 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) Oracle
2 6 (9.84%) Salesforce
3 5 (8.20%) Databricks
4 4 (6.56%) SAP
5 3 (4.92%) Workday
6 2 (3.28%) iManage
6 2 (3.28%) MuleSoft
6 2 (3.28%) Xero
7 1 (1.64%) Aderant
7 1 (1.64%) Ariba
7 1 (1.64%) IBM
7 1 (1.64%) IFS
7 1 (1.64%) Informatica
7 1 (1.64%) Logi
7 1 (1.64%) Logi Analytics
7 1 (1.64%) Palantir
7 1 (1.64%) Talend