Refactoring Contract Job Trends in Central London

Refactoring
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Refactoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 127 144
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 +33
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.14% 0.047% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.051% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% - -
75th Percentile £463 £388 -
90th Percentile £620 - -
London median daily rate £520 £607 £800
% change year-on-year -14.33% -24.13% +23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Refactoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,841 1,950 2,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.94% 92.16% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 1,207 1,644
10th Percentile £354 £363 £350
25th Percentile £432 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 27
10th Percentile £19.90 £21.93 £18.16
25th Percentile £24.31 £29.79 £21.36
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%
75th Percentile £41.80 £40.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £46.05 £55.08 £65.00
London median hourly rate £34.14 £36.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +20.00% -15.49%

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Refactoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Refactoring job vacancy trend in Central London

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Refactoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Refactoring in Central London over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Refactoring in Central London

Refactoring
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Refactoring within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
City of London -5 3 £200 -46.67% 5
Refactoring
London

Refactoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS CodePipeline
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Django
1 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 1 (33.33%) AWS CDK
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) API Development
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft