Legacy Systems Contracts in England

Legacy System
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 303 302
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 -29
Contract jobs citing Legacy Systems 235 394 648
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.82% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.11% 2.43% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 277 502
10th Percentile £423 £395 £394
25th Percentile £465 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.32%
75th Percentile £651 £656 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.21% -3.64% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 2
10th Percentile - £25.63 £18.57
25th Percentile £15.39 £36.56 £21.66
Median hourly rate £15.79 £57.50 £27.58
Median % change year-on-year -72.54% +108.50% -24.45%
75th Percentile £16.20 £63.44 £33.74
90th Percentile £88.00 £66.00 £36.99
UK median hourly rate £15.79 £57.50 £27.58
% change year-on-year -72.54% +108.50% -6.52%

All Generic Skills
England

Legacy Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,131 16,221 23,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.59% 33.66% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,299 11,282 16,987
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 810 575 635
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.42
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.72% +2.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £49.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Legacy Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in England.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems in England.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legacy Systems in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legacy Systems in England

Legacy Systems
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London -13 98 £575 -4.17% 50
North of England +33 37 £500 -4.76% 27
South East -6 32 £513 -6.77% 14
North West +37 30 £500 -4.76% 11
Midlands +32 25 £600 +23.08% 19
West Midlands +40 23 £600 +9.09% 15
East of England +16 22 £550 +2.33% 3
South West 0 12 £526 +13.17% 8
North East +11 4 £850 +78.95% 4
East Midlands +7 4 £565 +32.94% 4
Yorkshire +3 3 £406 -22.62% 12
Legacy Systems
UK

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.83%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.13%) Apache
4 3 (1.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.55%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 49 (20.85%) Azure
2 37 (15.74%) AWS
3 23 (9.79%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (8.51%) Serverless
5 16 (6.81%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (5.96%) GCP
7 11 (4.68%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.26%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Storage
10 8 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (2.98%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.55%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.55%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.13%) OpenLDAP
2 3 (1.28%) HTTP
3 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.26%) Data Mining
1 10 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.83%) MongoDB
2 9 (3.83%) Power BI
3 6 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.13%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.13%) MariaDB
4 5 (2.13%) MySQL
4 5 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.70%) Metadata
5 4 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.28%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.28%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.28%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.85%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 6 (2.55%) CircleCI
2 5 (2.13%) GitLab
3 4 (1.70%) JIRA
3 4 (1.70%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.28%) LSMW
5 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.85%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) Git
6 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) Maven
6 1 (0.43%) Subversion
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 61 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.30%) Finance
3 24 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.23%) Banking
5 12 (5.11%) Local Government
6 11 (4.68%) Marketing
7 8 (3.40%) Legal
7 8 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.13%) Law
8 5 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.70%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.28%) Billing
10 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.43%) Front Office
12 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (18.72%) Architect
2 35 (14.89%) Developer
3 29 (12.34%) Consultant
4 28 (11.91%) Analyst
5 21 (8.94%) Senior
6 20 (8.51%) Project Manager
6 20 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
7 19 (8.09%) Lead
8 13 (5.53%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.68%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 9 (3.83%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.83%) Full Stack Developer
12 8 (3.40%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) Migration Specialist
13 7 (2.98%) Performance Analyst
13 7 (2.98%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
14 6 (2.55%) Data Analyst
14 6 (2.55%) Data Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.94%) .NET
2 13 (5.53%) .NET Core
3 11 (4.68%) Blazor
3 11 (4.68%) HTML
4 9 (3.83%) React
5 7 (2.98%) CSS
5 7 (2.98%) Node.js
5 7 (2.98%) RESTful
6 5 (2.13%) LAMP
7 4 (1.70%) BAPI
7 4 (1.70%) Kafka
7 4 (1.70%) LDAP
7 4 (1.70%) REST
7 4 (1.70%) Spring
7 4 (1.70%) WPF
8 3 (1.28%) SOAP
8 3 (1.28%) XML
9 2 (0.85%) HTML5
9 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.53%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.40%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (3.40%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.98%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.28%) DataPower
5 3 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.28%) FMCG
5 3 (1.28%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.28%) Reinsurance
5 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.28%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.85%) Social Media
6 2 (0.85%) Solar Panel
6 2 (0.85%) Tandem
7 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.81%) Windows
2 10 (4.26%) Linux
3 5 (2.13%) Unix
4 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (48.51%) Migration
2 60 (25.53%) Data Migration
3 56 (23.83%) Agile
4 50 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (12.34%) CI/CD
6 28 (11.91%) CRM
6 28 (11.91%) Project Management
7 26 (11.06%) DevOps
8 23 (9.79%) ETL
9 22 (9.36%) Full Stack Development
9 22 (9.36%) Roadmaps
10 21 (8.94%) Microservices
11 20 (8.51%) Software Engineering
12 19 (8.09%) ERP
12 19 (8.09%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (7.66%) Computer Science
13 18 (7.66%) SDLC
14 17 (7.23%) Data Modelling
14 17 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (6.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 58 (24.68%) SQL
2 31 (13.19%) JavaScript
3 23 (9.79%) Python
4 18 (7.66%) Java
5 12 (5.11%) C#
5 12 (5.11%) PL/SQL
6 11 (4.68%) C++
7 10 (4.26%) T-SQL
8 9 (3.83%) Go
9 6 (2.55%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.13%) PHP
11 4 (1.70%) Bash
12 1 (0.43%) ABAP
12 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.43%) C
12 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.43%) Perl
12 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (8.94%) Degree
1 21 (8.94%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (7.66%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.13%) PMP
3 5 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.98%) GDPR
2 7 (2.98%) QA
3 4 (1.70%) PMO
4 2 (0.85%) SLA
5 1 (0.43%) EMIR
5 1 (0.43%) FATCA
5 1 (0.43%) GAMP
5 1 (0.43%) MiFID
5 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.55%) Docker
2 5 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Server
3 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.83%) Terraform
3 4 (1.70%) Ansible
3 4 (1.70%) Grafana
3 4 (1.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (11.06%) Oracle
2 21 (8.94%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.38%) SAP
4 13 (5.53%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.83%) Google
5 9 (3.83%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.13%) Databricks
7 4 (1.70%) Liquidlogic
7 4 (1.70%) PagerDuty
8 3 (1.28%) IBM
8 3 (1.28%) Workday
9 2 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.85%) Snow
9 2 (0.85%) VMware
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe
10 1 (0.43%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.43%) Isilon
10 1 (0.43%) Kronos
10 1 (0.43%) Pega
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
156 Legacy Systems jobs Nationwide