Legacy Systems Jobs

Legacy System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Systems in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 459 508
Rank change year-on-year -43 +49 -159
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Systems 448 618 1,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.66% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.23% 1.53% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 244 426 570
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,531 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £82,970
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £100,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,456
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.58% +21.41%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 36,313 40,517 83,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.94% 43.16% 48.57%
Number of salaries quoted 23,344 22,343 34,665
10th Percentile £28,179 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,500 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Legacy Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legacy Systems.

Salary trend for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legacy Systems over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Legacy Systems in the UK

Legacy Systems
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -84 367 £56,250 -13.46% 111
UK excluding London -35 335 £52,500 -4.55% 71
Work from Home -83 167 £52,500 -21.17% 65
London -48 94 £82,500 -2.94% 37
North of England +35 86 £55,000 -15.38% 26
South East -5 74 £52,500 +10.53% 13
Midlands -4 73 £50,000 -9.09% 15
North West -11 49 £55,000 -15.38% 12
Scotland -54 44 £73,750 -1.67%
West Midlands -26 39 £50,000 -23.08% 9
East Midlands -11 34 £37,500 -21.05% 6
Yorkshire +73 23 £45,500 -17.27% 8
East of England -20 19 £37,500 -31.82% 5
South West -69 18 £62,500 +16.28% 7
North East -4 14 £55,000 -11.29% 6
Northern Ireland +25 11 £67,500 -20.59% 3
Wales +10 10 - - 2

Legacy Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (4.91%) SAS
2 15 (3.35%) Apache
3 14 (3.13%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.79%) OpenStack
6 6 (1.34%) Mendix
7 5 (1.12%) CMS
7 5 (1.12%) Drupal
7 5 (1.12%) K2 blackpearl
7 5 (1.12%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.67%) IIS
9 2 (0.45%) Confluence
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.45%) Resin
9 2 (0.45%) WordPress
10 1 (0.22%) nginx
10 1 (0.22%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 12 (2.68%) Sketch
2 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 11 (2.46%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.12%) Elite 3E
4 5 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.12%) SAP MDG
5 4 (0.89%) SAP MDM
5 4 (0.89%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.67%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.22%) Magento
7 1 (0.22%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.22%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG-BP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 172 (38.39%) Azure
2 153 (34.15%) AWS
3 30 (6.70%) Power Platform
4 28 (6.25%) GCP
5 19 (4.24%) SaaS
6 14 (3.13%) Figma
6 14 (3.13%) GitHub
7 13 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (2.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.68%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.23%) Amazon Kinesis
9 10 (2.23%) Stackdriver
10 9 (2.01%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.01%) PowerApps
10 9 (2.01%) Serverless
11 8 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.34%) Azure API Management
12 6 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.67%) Firewall
1 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.67%) VPN
2 2 (0.45%) 4G
2 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.45%) Multicast
2 2 (0.45%) VoIP
3 1 (0.22%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.22%) DHCP
3 1 (0.22%) DNS
3 1 (0.22%) FTP
3 1 (0.22%) Internet
3 1 (0.22%) Modbus
3 1 (0.22%) Network Security
3 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (19.64%) Geospatial Data
2 61 (13.62%) SQL Server
3 36 (8.04%) Relational Database
4 33 (7.37%) NoSQL
5 31 (6.92%) MySQL
6 28 (6.25%) Power BI
7 18 (4.02%) Big Data
8 17 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (2.23%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.23%) Data Mining
10 10 (2.23%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.34%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.34%) Tableau
12 5 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.89%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.89%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.89%) HBase
Development Applications
1 45 (10.04%) Git
2 39 (8.71%) JIRA
3 31 (6.92%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (2.46%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.34%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (1.12%) LabVIEW
7 5 (1.12%) NUnit
8 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.67%) JUnit
10 2 (0.45%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.45%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.45%) Postman
10 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.22%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.22%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 182 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 76 (16.96%) Finance
3 40 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.25%) Retail
5 24 (5.36%) Law
6 22 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (4.91%) Marketing
7 16 (3.57%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.23%) Back Office
9 10 (2.23%) Banking
10 9 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.34%) Legal
11 6 (1.34%) Local Government
12 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.89%) Police
14 3 (0.67%) Electronics
14 3 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.67%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 154 (34.38%) Architect
2 149 (33.26%) Developer
3 88 (19.64%) Geospatial Architect
3 88 (19.64%) Software Architect
4 56 (12.50%) Senior
5 37 (8.26%) Lead
6 34 (7.59%) Senior Developer
7 25 (5.58%) PHP Developer
8 24 (5.36%) Technical Architect
9 22 (4.91%) ServiceNow Developer
10 19 (4.24%) C# Developer
10 19 (4.24%) Consultant
11 18 (4.02%) Data Architect
12 17 (3.79%) Full Stack Developer
13 15 (3.35%) .NET Developer
14 14 (3.13%) Java Developer
15 13 (2.90%) FoxPro Developer
16 12 (2.68%) Analyst
16 12 (2.68%) Senior .NET Developer
17 11 (2.46%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (16.07%) HTML
2 56 (12.50%) Web Services
3 53 (11.83%) CSS
4 50 (11.16%) .NET
5 31 (6.92%) AngularJS
6 29 (6.47%) REST
7 25 (5.58%) Laravel
8 23 (5.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 22 (4.91%) HTML5
10 21 (4.69%) Symfony
11 19 (4.24%) Kafka
12 17 (3.79%) jQuery
13 15 (3.35%) ASP.NET
13 15 (3.35%) RabbitMQ
13 15 (3.35%) SOAP
13 15 (3.35%) Spring
14 14 (3.13%) .NET Core
15 13 (2.90%) CSS3
15 13 (2.90%) JSON
16 12 (2.68%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.61%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.91%) CMDB
3 14 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.13%) Clustering
4 12 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.46%) Replication
6 9 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.79%) NHS
8 7 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.56%) PMI
9 6 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.12%) BBC
10 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.12%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.89%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.89%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.24%) Linux
2 16 (3.57%) Windows
3 6 (1.34%) Unix
4 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.67%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (40.85%) Agile
2 160 (35.71%) Migration
3 150 (33.48%) DevOps
4 94 (20.98%) Software Testing
5 89 (19.87%) Software Architecture
6 75 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (11.16%) Project Management
8 47 (10.49%) Microservices
9 45 (10.04%) Mentoring
10 42 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (9.15%) Data Management
12 38 (8.48%) Software Engineering
12 38 (8.48%) Visualisation
13 37 (8.26%) Data Migration
14 35 (7.81%) Analytics
15 34 (7.59%) Code Quality
16 33 (7.37%) Data Modelling
16 33 (7.37%) SDLC
17 32 (7.14%) Web Development
18 31 (6.92%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 99 (22.10%) SQL
2 73 (16.29%) JavaScript
3 53 (11.83%) C#
4 32 (7.14%) Python
5 31 (6.92%) PHP
6 29 (6.47%) Java
7 14 (3.13%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.90%) FoxPro (VFP)
9 12 (2.68%) Go
10 10 (2.23%) Delphi
11 7 (1.56%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.34%) Perl
12 6 (1.34%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.12%) Bash
13 5 (1.12%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.12%) VB
13 5 (1.12%) VBA
14 4 (0.89%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.67%) Rust
15 3 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (7.14%) Degree
2 26 (5.80%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.46%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.56%) CISM
6 7 (1.56%) CISSP
7 6 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.34%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.45%) CBAP
8 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.45%) IIBA
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CIMA
9 1 (0.22%) CISA
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CRISC
9 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.91%) QA
2 19 (4.24%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.56%) GDPR
4 7 (1.56%) GRC
4 7 (1.56%) NIST
5 6 (1.34%) NCSC
5 6 (1.34%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.45%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) COBIT
8 1 (0.22%) COSO
8 1 (0.22%) GAMP
8 1 (0.22%) PSD2
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (8.26%) Docker
2 8 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.34%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.89%) HDFS
5 4 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.22%) KVM
6 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 28 (6.25%) Terraform
2 19 (4.24%) Ansible
3 5 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (1.12%) Grafana
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
3 5 (1.12%) Puppet
4 4 (0.89%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.22%) MIIS
6 1 (0.22%) Nagios
6 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 62 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.71%) ServiceNow
3 32 (7.14%) Oracle
4 19 (4.24%) SAP
5 14 (3.13%) Databricks
6 8 (1.79%) WSO2
7 5 (1.12%) Automation Anywhere
7 5 (1.12%) Blue Prism
7 5 (1.12%) BMC
7 5 (1.12%) HP
7 5 (1.12%) Informatica
7 5 (1.12%) Remedy
8 4 (0.89%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.89%) JDA
8 4 (0.89%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.67%) Adobe
9 3 (0.67%) Cisco
9 3 (0.67%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.67%) Splunk
10 2 (0.45%) Salesforce