Refactoring Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Refactoring
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Refactoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.24% - 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £412
25th Percentile - - £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £615
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.38%
75th Percentile - - £623
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £400 - £615
% change year-on-year - - +11.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 313 216 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 75.79% 90.38% 79.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 153 188
10th Percentile £258 £185 £160
25th Percentile £359 £285 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £559 £530 £588
90th Percentile £735 £625 £669
Wales median daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 22
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.30 £11.21
25th Percentile £15.46 £19.09 £15.35
Median hourly rate £21.50 £20.62 £22.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -9.09% +25.03%
75th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £52.31
90th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £87.62
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £21.01 £22.50
% change year-on-year +1.14% -6.62% +19.59%

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Refactoring job vacancy trend in South Wales

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Refactoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Refactoring within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Cardiff - 1 £400 - 1
Refactoring
Wales

Refactoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions