Refactoring Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire
Refactoring
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Refactoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 103 | - | 53 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Refactoring | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire | 0.86% | - | 0.86% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.01% | - | 0.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | - | £504 |
| 25th Percentile | £399 | - | £511 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £431 | - | £528 |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | - | £551 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | - | £561 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £436 | £525 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.90% | -0.47% | +30.25% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 988 | 654 | 413 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 85.39% | 95.75% | 89.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 658 | 432 | 210 |
| 10th Percentile | £372 | £307 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £440 | £389 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £512 | £480 | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.61% | -8.13% | -11.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £538 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £638 | £650 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 8 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £14.66 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.35 | £15.00 | £12.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.60 | £18.87 | £12.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.17% | +47.08% | -37.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.29 | £20.44 | £16.68 |
| 90th Percentile | £25.50 | £25.15 | £21.05 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £19.00 | £25.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.00% | +31.58% | -10.84% |
Refactoring Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Refactoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
Refactoring Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Refactoring.
Refactoring Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Refactoring in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.
Refactoring Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | - | 10 | £431 | - | 2 |
| Refactoring Yorkshire |
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Refactoring Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 90.0% | 9 |
| 3 | AI | 50.0% | 5 |
| 3 | BDD | 50.0% | 5 |
| 3 | DevOps | 50.0% | 5 |
| 3 | TDD | 50.0% | 5 |
| 7 | Code Quality | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Continuous Improvement | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Cybersecurity | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Design Patterns | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Infrastructure as Code | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | LLM | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Secrets Management | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | SOLID | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 40.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Artefact Management | 30.0% | 3 |
| 16 | Data Engineering | 30.0% | 3 |
| 16 | Mentoring | 30.0% | 3 |
| 16 | Prompt Engineering | 30.0% | 3 |
| 16 | Risk Management | 30.0% | 3 |