Refactoring Job Trends

Refactoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Refactoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 679 609
Rank change year-on-year +56 -70 -49
Permanent jobs citing Refactoring 39 82 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.12% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18 44 100
10th Percentile £57,125 £44,000 £40,775
25th Percentile £61,563 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £66,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +2.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,000 £91,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £108,875 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +3.31% +7.56% -2.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,867 56,178 51,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.81% 82.55% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 25,533 29,803 39,225
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,441 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% +2.86% -

Refactoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Refactoring job vacancy trend in the UK

Refactoring
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Refactoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Refactoring

Refactoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Refactoring over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Refactoring in the UK

Refactoring
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Refactoring within the UK over the 6 months to 30 October 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +47 35 £67,500 +1.12% 21
London +40 20 £78,000 -2.50% 11
UK excluding London +41 16 £62,500 +3.31% 14
Work from Home +38 14 £65,000 -10.34% 15
South East +34 5 £67,500 +9.76% 6
North West +5 4 £61,250 -
North of England -1 4 £61,250 +36.11% 3
Scotland -5 4 £75,000 - 2
South West +31 2 £57,500 -9.45% 1
Midlands +48 1 - -
East Midlands +7 1 - -

Refactoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) Apache Spark
3 3 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.56%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.90%) Azure
2 10 (25.64%) AWS
3 9 (23.08%) SaaS
4 7 (17.95%) Power Platform
5 5 (12.82%) GitHub
6 3 (7.69%) Dagster
6 3 (7.69%) GCP
6 3 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
6 3 (7.69%) PaaS
6 3 (7.69%) Prefect
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Functions
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
7 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
7 2 (5.13%) Serverless
8 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.56%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
1 1 (2.56%) NAS
1 1 (2.56%) RS-232
1 1 (2.56%) RS-422
1 1 (2.56%) RS-485
1 1 (2.56%) SAN
1 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.64%) SQL Server
2 9 (23.08%) Relational Database
3 8 (20.51%) MySQL
4 5 (12.82%) Data Hub
4 5 (12.82%) Metadata
4 5 (12.82%) Power BI
4 5 (12.82%) SQL CLR
4 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (10.26%) Big Data
6 3 (7.69%) Hadoop
6 3 (7.69%) NoSQL
6 3 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (5.13%) MariaDB
8 1 (2.56%) DB2
8 1 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (2.56%) Flink
8 1 (2.56%) MongoDB
8 1 (2.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.13%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) GitLab
2 2 (5.13%) PHPUnit
3 1 (2.56%) CircleCI
3 1 (2.56%) Testinfra
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (64.10%) Finance
2 12 (30.77%) Banking
2 12 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (28.21%) Law
4 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Back Office
6 4 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 3 (7.69%) Marketing
8 2 (5.13%) Games
9 1 (2.56%) Electronics
9 1 (2.56%) Front Office
9 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Developer
2 12 (30.77%) Software Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Senior
4 8 (20.51%) Python Engineer
4 8 (20.51%) Python Software Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) SaaS Developer
6 6 (15.38%) Senior Developer
7 5 (12.82%) Lead
7 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Developer
7 5 (12.82%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 5 (12.82%) Senior SQL Developer
7 5 (12.82%) SQL Developer
8 4 (10.26%) Lead Software Engineer
8 4 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (7.69%) .NET Developer
9 3 (7.69%) C# Developer
9 3 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
9 3 (7.69%) Java Developer
9 3 (7.69%) Linux Developer
9 3 (7.69%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) REST
2 8 (20.51%) .NET
3 7 (17.95%) CSS
3 7 (17.95%) HTML
4 5 (12.82%) .NET Core
5 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
5 4 (10.26%) Kafka
5 4 (10.26%) Node.js
5 4 (10.26%) RESTful
5 4 (10.26%) Spring
6 3 (7.69%) ASP.NET
6 3 (7.69%) JSON
7 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (5.13%) jQuery
7 2 (5.13%) LAMP
7 2 (5.13%) Laravel
7 2 (5.13%) Middleware
7 2 (5.13%) React
7 2 (5.13%) Smarty
7 2 (5.13%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 8 (20.51%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (12.82%) Private Cloud
4 4 (10.26%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (7.69%) Credit Risk
5 3 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (7.69%) Legacy Code
6 2 (5.13%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (5.13%) Online Games
7 1 (2.56%) Acoustics
7 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.56%) Derivative
7 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.56%) Mainframe
7 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.56%) Replication
7 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Software Engineering
2 15 (38.46%) Agile
2 15 (38.46%) SDLC
3 12 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 12 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (25.64%) Mathematics
6 9 (23.08%) Migration
6 9 (23.08%) Software Testing
7 8 (20.51%) Creative Thinking
7 8 (20.51%) Electronic Trading
7 8 (20.51%) Full-Stack Development
7 8 (20.51%) High Availability
7 8 (20.51%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (17.95%) Data Privacy
8 7 (17.95%) DevOps
8 7 (17.95%) Fintech
9 6 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
9 6 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Python
2 12 (30.77%) Java
2 12 (30.77%) SQL
3 10 (25.64%) JavaScript
4 8 (20.51%) C#
5 5 (12.82%) PHP
5 5 (12.82%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.13%) C
6 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.56%) C++
7 1 (2.56%) COBOL
7 1 (2.56%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.56%) JCL
7 1 (2.56%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.82%) Docker
3 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.56%) Ansible
3 1 (2.56%) Grafana
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.56%) Packer
3 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) VMware
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) Google