The first table below looks at the demand for Refactoring skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Refactoring over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Refactoring
Rank 202 174 168
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -6
Permanent jobs citing Refactoring 2 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.041% 0.266% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.384% 0.142%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 4
Average salary £42,500 £24,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+73.46% -38.75%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3695 3126 2812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.92% 69.25% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3110 2691 2375
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Refactoring
England

Refactoring
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Refactoring across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Refactoring Jobs Demand Trend

Refactoring
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Refactoring across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Refactoring Salary Trend

Refactoring
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Refactoring across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Refactoring Salary Histogram

Refactoring
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Refactoring within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -17 1 £50,000 +76.99%
Wolverhampton - 1 £35,000 -
Refactoring
England

Refactoring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Refactoring also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Refactoring.

1 13 (86.67%) PHP
2 12 (80.00%) MySQL
3 11 (73.33%) jQuery
3 11 (73.33%) Git (software)
3 11 (73.33%) Subversion
3 11 (73.33%) SQL
3 11 (73.33%) HTML
3 11 (73.33%) MVC
3 11 (73.33%) Migration
3 11 (73.33%) OO
3 11 (73.33%) CRM
4 9 (60.00%) Web Design
4 9 (60.00%) CSS
5 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
6 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
6 2 (13.33%) Moodle
6 2 (13.33%) WordPress
6 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (13.33%) SugarCRM
6 2 (13.33%) XPath
6 2 (13.33%) Joomla!
6 2 (13.33%) Symfony
6 2 (13.33%) XML
6 2 (13.33%) XSD
6 2 (13.33%) XSL
6 2 (13.33%) C#
6 2 (13.33%) .NET
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (13.33%) BizTalk Server

Refactoring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Refactoring also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Refactoring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (73.33%) HTML
1 11 (73.33%) jQuery
2 9 (60.00%) CSS
3 2 (13.33%) XML
3 2 (13.33%) XSD
3 2 (13.33%) XSL
3 2 (13.33%) Symfony
3 2 (13.33%) .NET
4 1 (6.667%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (13.33%) SugarCRM
1 2 (13.33%) Joomla!
1 2 (13.33%) WordPress
1 2 (13.33%) Moodle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) MySQL
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 11 (73.33%) Subversion
1 11 (73.33%) Git (software)
2 2 (13.33%) PHPUnit
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 11 (73.33%) PHP Developer
3 2 (13.33%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.667%) MySQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) OO
1 11 (73.33%) CRM
1 11 (73.33%) MVC
1 11 (73.33%) Migration
2 9 (60.00%) Web Design
3 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.667%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) PHP
2 11 (73.33%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) C#
3 2 (13.33%) XPath
4 1 (6.667%) Ruby
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
Coventry, West Midlands
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus;* Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Also required is unit testing, automated testing and continuous integration, with an emphasis on refactoring is a key to this role. Tech skills; PHP, node.js, ruby, MangoDB,...
ISL
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013