Refactoring Contract Job Trends in the South West

Refactoring
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Refactoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 151
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.068% - 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% - 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.11%
75th Percentile £525 - £419
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £469 £550 £615
% change year-on-year -14.77% -10.57% +14.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,357 1,537 2,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.74% 89.99% 83.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,013 1,744
10th Percentile £312 £245 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £713
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 109 333
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.88
25th Percentile £23.50 £50.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +35.90% -22.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Refactoring job vacancy trend in the South West

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Refactoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 March 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
Bristol - 1 £500 - 1
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Refactoring
England

Refactoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Conceptual Models
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Amplitude