Refactoring Job Trends in the City of London

Refactoring
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Refactoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 132 166
Rank change year-on-year +15 +34 +9
Permanent jobs citing Refactoring 11 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.43% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.13% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile - - £82,000
25th Percentile - - £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £70,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -31.71% +36.67%
75th Percentile - - £106,250
90th Percentile - - £116,000
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £70,000 £102,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -31.71% +36.67%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,068 1,551 2,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 81.77% 95.92% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,519 1,245 1,720
10th Percentile £46,750 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +3.45%

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Refactoring job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Refactoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Refactoring

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Refactoring in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary 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:

General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Software Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Python Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Python Software Engineer
3 6 (54.55%) Lead
4 3 (27.27%) Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Lead Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Lead Python Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Python Developer
5 2 (18.18%) GCP Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) GCP Software Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) Python Team Leader
5 2 (18.18%) Team Leader
6 1 (9.09%) Python Developer - Fintech
6 1 (9.09%) Senior
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Fintech
2 9 (81.82%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) Parallel Processing
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Julia
2 1 (9.09%) MATLAB
2 1 (9.09%) R
2 1 (9.09%) SQL