Refactoring Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Refactoring
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Refactoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.18% - 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.43%
75th Percentile £375 - £419
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £350 - £413
% change year-on-year - - -31.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,015 1,014 1,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.66% 88.71% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 597 1,026
10th Percentile £300 £294 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £661 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 41 48
10th Percentile £17.26 £16.00 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £22.00 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +64.56% -43.57%
75th Percentile £31.40 £45.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +46.15%

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Refactoring job vacancy trend in Manchester

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Refactoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Refactoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (50.00%) PHP Web Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) Laravel
2 1 (50.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft