Refactoring Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Refactoring
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 120 115 127
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +41
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.16% 0.054% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.059% 0.047%
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 - -
Central London median daily rate £200 £375 -
% change year-on-year -46.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,680 1,707 2,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.94% 91.72% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,027 1,519
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +1.05% -4.37%
75th Percentile £675 £677 £688
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 14
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £49.36 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Refactoring job vacancy trend in the City of London

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Refactoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Refactoring in the City of London

Refactoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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