Legacy Applications Contracts in the UK excluding London

Legacy Application
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Applications in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Applications over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 392 462
Rank change year-on-year +28 +70 -71
Contract jobs citing Legacy Applications 37 38 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.52% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 28 30
10th Percentile £398 £409 £436
25th Percentile £450 £495 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £531
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +22.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £541 £706 £612
90th Percentile £594 £738 £678
UK median daily rate £559 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -10.64% +5.93% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Legacy Applications 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Legacy Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Legacy Applications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Legacy Applications in the UK excluding London

Legacy Applications
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legacy Applications within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +49 12 £450 -33.33% 1
Midlands +20 6 £500 +17.65% 3
North of England +19 5 £511 -15.50% 7
South West +4 5 £588 +14.63% 2
East of England - 4 £475 - 3
North West +16 3 £523 - 2
East Midlands +7 3 £500 +17.65% 1
South East +1 3 £438 -39.66% 4
Wales - 2 £500 -
Yorkshire +14 1 £500 -17.36% 2
North East - 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 2
Legacy Applications
UK

Legacy Applications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 9 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (16.22%) Power Platform
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.81%) Power Automate
4 4 (10.81%) PowerApps
5 3 (8.11%) GCP
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
6 2 (5.41%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) AMQP
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) MySQL
3 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
3 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
2 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) Local Government
4 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Developer
2 8 (21.62%) .NET Developer
2 8 (21.62%) Architect
2 8 (21.62%) Senior
3 6 (16.22%) Senior .NET Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Senior Developer
4 5 (13.51%) React Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Senior React Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Applications Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Systems Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Full Stack .NET Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Full Stack Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Perl Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Service Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Service Design Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Power BI Developer
7 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared Application Packager
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) .NET
2 8 (21.62%) React
3 5 (13.51%) REST
4 3 (8.11%) XML
5 2 (5.41%) Django
6 1 (2.70%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (2.70%) AWS CDK
6 1 (2.70%) Java EE
6 1 (2.70%) JSON
6 1 (2.70%) Laravel
6 1 (2.70%) Middleware
6 1 (2.70%) SAML
6 1 (2.70%) Struts
6 1 (2.70%) Symfony
6 1 (2.70%) Web Services
6 1 (2.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Product Ownership
2 9 (24.32%) Wiki
3 4 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Unix
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) DevOps
2 9 (24.32%) Code Quality
2 9 (24.32%) Knowledge Transfer
2 9 (24.32%) User Experience
3 8 (21.62%) Migration
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.51%) Project Management
5 4 (10.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (10.81%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (10.81%) Web Development
5 4 (10.81%) Workflow
6 3 (8.11%) Agile
6 3 (8.11%) Microservices
6 3 (8.11%) Scrum
7 2 (5.41%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (5.41%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (5.41%) Design Patterns
7 2 (5.41%) SDLC
7 2 (5.41%) Service Design
7 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) C
2 4 (10.81%) C#
2 4 (10.81%) Java
2 4 (10.81%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.41%) Perl
4 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
1 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.41%) Ansible
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
3 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle
2 3 (8.11%) VMware
3 2 (5.41%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Civica
4 1 (2.70%) Infor
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow