Legacy Code
England > North West
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code 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 | - | 145 | 148 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +3 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Legacy Code | 0 | 5 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | 0.17% | 0.84% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.52% | 2.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £331 | £408 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £363 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £590 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +15.12% | +28.13% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £610 | £519 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £639 | £525 |
| England median daily rate | £388 | £630 | £460 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.49% | +36.96% | -8.00% |
All Generic Skills
North West
Legacy Code 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 North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 695 | 967 | 1,410 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 24.89% | 32.10% | 35.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 437 | 633 | 1,075 |
| 10th Percentile | £292 | £295 | £210 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £355 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £493 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.26% | +16.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £606 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £675 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £565 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.65% | +2.73% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 72 | 39 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £16.50 | £11.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.00 | £20.11 | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.25 | £27.50 | £19.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.18% | +42.86% | +7.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £39.06 | £58.18 | £27.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £57.50 | £67.60 | £61.88 |
| England median hourly rate | £36.50 | £22.49 | £26.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +62.33% | -15.15% | +6.00% |
Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Legacy Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Legacy Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legacy Code in the North West.