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BIRMINGHAM

Legacy System Modernisation in Birmingham

Refactor or migrate outdated systems to modern, cloud-native platforms without data loss or downtime. Evolved Ideas helps CTOs and IT Directors in Birmingham modernise legacy applications and monolithic architectures.

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Where we deliver
Birmingham
Delivery model
Nearshore teams in the UK, Spain, Ukraine
Team
100+ engineers, designers and analysts
First step
Free 30-minute discovery call

Trusted by enterprises, scaleups and startups

  • British Gas
  • Lafarge
  • NHS
  • cinch
  • Bridgestone
  • Dole

Why Legacy Systems Hold Back Birmingham Operations

Outdated systems tied to single vendors, written in unsupported languages, or tightly coupled to on-premise hardware create real friction. Scaling becomes expensive. Security patching takes weeks. Hiring developers who understand the code gets harder each year. Your operations team spends more time firefighting than building. Modernisation isn't about ripping and replacing overnight. It's about reclaiming control: moving to platforms your team can hire for, cloud services that scale with demand, and architectures that don't lock you into a single provider or require years of institutional memory to change.

Many legacy applications are monolithic: one large codebase, one database, one deployment cycle. Breaking this into services sounds straightforward until you start. Evolved Ideas works with your team to map dependencies, identify service boundaries, and extract functionality piece by piece. We build API layers, set up event-driven communication, and establish contracts between services before cutting any code. This approach lets you migrate incrementally, retire modules at your own pace, and keep operations running the whole time. We also handle the data migration: splitting schemas, maintaining referential integrity, and validating consistency across the shift.

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Monolith to Microservices: Structured Refactoring

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Cost and Risk Control in Your Hands

Legacy modernisation budgets often blow out because the scope isn't clear or the team doesn't have capacity. Evolved Ideas takes time upfront to understand your system's real state: which parts are business-critical, which are candidates for retirement, where the data risks live. We then build a phased roadmap with clear milestones and decision points, not a black-box contract. You control the pace. Our nearshore model (UK-based project leadership, Spanish and Ukrainian engineering depth) keeps costs predictable while maintaining the communication and accountability you need. Regular checkpoints mean surprises are rare.

WHAT YOU GET

Built around how your business works

  • 01Migrate monoliths to microservices without operational disruption or data loss
  • 02Preserve business logic and institutional knowledge while adopting modern stacks
  • 03Near-shore team (UK, Spain, Ukraine) ensures timezone overlap and cost efficiency
  • 04Refactor to cloud-native platforms with reduced infrastructure and maintenance costs
  • 05Phased, low-risk modernisation roadmaps built around your operational needs
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Working with Evolved Ideas has been the best experience I've ever had with a technology company. Everything that's done is done carefully. I like how my project team treats my product. We have people using our platform and getting value from it now, which wouldn't be possible without Evolved Ideas.

Jamie Beaumont

CASE STUDIES

How we've transformed enterprises, SMEs and startups

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ABOUT US

Read our story

Founded in 2007 as a dedicated IT consultancy, Evolved Ideas has grown into a team of over 100 professionals, with a head office in Leicester and development hubs in Eastern Europe and Spain.

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19+
Years in business
200+
Successful projects
100+
Developers, designers and analysts
100+
Satisfied clients
  • Clutch Top Software Developers Leicester 2024
  • Clutch Global Fall 2024
  • UK Fintech Awards 2021 — Winner
  • UK Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2018

OUR EXPERTISE

What we build

Over 17 years building custom software and mobile applications, and leveraging AI and ML to build the software you'll need next.

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  • SaaS applications
  • Web-based portals
  • Custom B2B software
  • Native iOS applications
  • Native Android applications
  • Cross-platform mobile apps
  • White-label software
  • AI integration
  • Machine Learning

LOCAL INSIGHT

Working with businesses in Birmingham

Birmingham's manufacturing and midmarket services sectors run systems that grew organically over 10-15 years. Many are business-critical but running on aging infrastructure or platforms with shrinking talent pools. The city's growing tech hub also attracts newer companies looking to integrate or absorb legacy codebases from acquisitions. Modernisation in Birmingham often means balancing 24/7 operational demands with the need to stay competitive on hiring, cost, and speed. Evolved Ideas understands this tension: we've helped operations teams and CTOs across the region move from legacy lock-in to flexible, scalable platforms without betting the business on a risky rewrite.

Where our teams sit

  • LeicesterHead office, UK delivery
  • Gran CanariaEvolved Ideas Spain
  • KyivEngineering hub
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OUR PROVEN PROCESS

From first call to ongoing support

Our process has guided startups, scaleups and enterprises from concept to reality, and continues after launch.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    A free 30-minute consultation followed by a stakeholder workshop, where we listen to your challenges, validate assumptions and build an outside-in view of your situation.

  2. 02

    Plan & design

    We scope the project, define milestones and deliverables, then research your market, wireframe the UX and prototype the UI so the direction is agreed before a line of code.

  3. 03

    Build

    We assemble your dedicated team, establish reporting and work in iterative Scrum sprints, delivering a working MVP or proof of concept you can test with real users.

  4. 04

    Launch & support

    We ship, sign off, and keep your product current through our support service or a permanent extended team as your business evolves.

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OUR SOLUTIONS

We build solutions for your business challenges

Technology is more than just code — it's a tool for solving real business challenges. Whichever route fits your stage, the same team delivers it.

Bespoke Software

With your long-term goals in mind, we help you choose the technology you need and develop a tech roadmap based on industry trends, emerging tech and your business requirements.

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MVP Ideation & Validation

We have years of experience building proof of concepts and MVPs. We will take you from testing viability to building an MVP to validate your hypotheses.

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Application Support

Tier 1 customer support, Tier 2 technical support and Tier 3 development support for applications and legacy software, delivered by our engineering teams.

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Development Teams

If you need to build an IT team from zero or need staff augmentation, we can build the team you need — developers, designers, analysts and even fractional CTOs.

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FAQ

Questions we hear most often

Still unsure how this would work for your business?

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How do you keep systems running while we refactor legacy code?

We use parallel deployment strategies: services are extracted and deployed alongside the existing monolith, with traffic gradually shifting to the new code. Database migrations happen in phases with rollback plans at each step. Your operations team retains the ability to roll back to the legacy path if needed. Critical functions stay live during the entire process.

What's the difference between refactoring and a full rewrite?

Refactoring keeps your existing codebase, improves its structure, and gradually extracts components into services. A rewrite rebuilds from scratch, which is riskier and slower. Refactoring preserves the business logic you've already validated, reduces the chance of lost edge cases, and lets you go live with improvements incrementally rather than all at once.

How long does legacy system modernisation typically take?

Timescales depend on system size, complexity, and your tolerance for operational change. Small to mid-market systems often modernise over 6-18 months in phases. We build a roadmap upfront with clear checkpoints, so you know when each capability is available and can plan other projects around the timeline.

Can you handle systems written in old languages like COBOL or Delphi?

Yes. Our team has experience extracting business logic from legacy languages and expressing it in modern stacks (Node, Python, Go, Java). We map the existing behaviour first so nothing is lost in translation, then build the new services incrementally. If parts of the old system need to stay as-is, we build bridges between old and new.

What happens to our data during migration?

Data integrity is non-negotiable. We validate schemas before cutover, run reconciliation queries to confirm consistency, and keep the old database accessible for weeks post-launch as a safety net. We also establish clear ownership of which system is the source of truth during the transition so no records fall through gaps.

How does your nearshore team structure support legacy modernisation projects?

Your UK-based project lead understands your business and liaises with your operations team daily. Our Spanish and Ukrainian engineers provide depth and cost efficiency on the technical work, with significant timezone overlap so decisions don't stall. This model keeps communication tight while scaling capacity beyond what a single office could provide.

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