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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 624 677
Rank change year-on-year -34 +53 -57
Permanent jobs citing Refactoring 152 54 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 111 26 57
10th Percentile £45,750 £56,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £97,500 £77,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,000 £105,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £70,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -18.57% +15.70% +5.22%

All Process & 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 86,437 44,202 61,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 89.12% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59,483 24,460 33,440
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 2 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Refactoring in the UK

Refactoring
Top 16 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 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -53 132 £69,305 -0.99% 365
UK excluding London -81 77 £57,000 -18.57% 260
London -23 62 £100,000 +42.86% 230
Work from Home -10 51 £95,000 +35.71% 84
North of England -49 23 £69,305 +6.62% 29
South West -52 20 £57,000 -0.87% 67
North West -28 12 £69,653 +7.16% 15
South East -43 11 £57,000 -17.09% 23
Wales - 9 £63,500 - 1
North East - 8 £51,500 - 6
East of England -37 6 £45,000 - 9
Midlands -48 5 £50,000 -28.57% 23
Scotland +7 3 - - 107
West Midlands -42 3 £50,000 -28.57% 8
Yorkshire - 3 £69,305 - 9
East Midlands -38 2 £37,500 - 15

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 8 (5.26%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (1.97%) Confluence
3 2 (1.32%) Apache
3 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.66%) CMS
4 1 (0.66%) Documentum
4 1 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Maximo
1 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (32.89%) Azure
2 49 (32.24%) AWS
3 22 (14.47%) GitHub
4 19 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.21%) Serverless
6 11 (7.24%) GitHub Copilot
7 10 (6.58%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (5.92%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (5.26%) SaaS
10 7 (4.61%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (4.61%) Anthropic Claude
10 7 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (4.61%) GCP
10 7 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (4.61%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (3.29%) Amazon S3
12 5 (3.29%) Snowflake
13 4 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.95%) Internet
2 2 (1.32%) DNS
2 2 (1.32%) HTTP
2 2 (1.32%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.32%) Network Security
2 2 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.18%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (5.26%) Redis
4 6 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.95%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.29%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (3.29%) Big Data
5 5 (3.29%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.29%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.29%) Power BI
6 3 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.97%) MySQL
7 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.32%) DTS
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.66%) Db2
8 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (13.16%) Git
2 11 (7.24%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.26%) Claude Code
4 6 (3.95%) JIRA
5 4 (2.63%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.32%) Gatling
6 2 (1.32%) Pa11y
6 2 (1.32%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.66%) Postman
General
1 36 (23.68%) Finance
2 23 (15.13%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.50%) Banking
4 15 (9.87%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (8.55%) Local Government
6 12 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (7.89%) Law
7 10 (6.58%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.92%) Marketing
9 7 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.97%) Public Speaking
11 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.66%) Advertising
12 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.66%) Billing
12 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (46.71%) Senior
2 65 (42.76%) Developer
3 51 (33.55%) Software Engineer
4 35 (23.03%) Senior Developer
5 28 (18.42%) Lead
6 26 (17.11%) Software Developer
7 25 (16.45%) Consultant
8 19 (12.50%) Software Consultant
9 18 (11.84%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (10.53%) Lead Software Engineer
11 15 (9.87%) Senior Consultant
12 14 (9.21%) C++ Developer
12 14 (9.21%) Python Engineer
12 14 (9.21%) Senior C++ Developer
13 12 (7.89%) Python Software Engineer
14 10 (6.58%) Lead Developer
14 10 (6.58%) Senior Software Developer
15 9 (5.92%) Data Engineer
16 7 (4.61%) Backend Developer
16 7 (4.61%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (17.76%) .NET
2 14 (9.21%) MFC
3 12 (7.89%) Terraform
4 10 (6.58%) REST
5 9 (5.92%) Kafka
6 8 (5.26%) .NET Core
7 7 (4.61%) .NET Framework
7 7 (4.61%) React
8 6 (3.95%) Entity Framework
8 6 (3.95%) Node.js
8 6 (3.95%) RESTful
8 6 (3.95%) Spring
9 5 (3.29%) Model Context Protocol
9 5 (3.29%) pytest
9 5 (3.29%) WPF
10 4 (2.63%) OAuth
10 4 (2.63%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.63%) OpenID
10 4 (2.63%) Swagger
10 4 (2.63%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 18 (11.84%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (9.87%) Legacy Applications
4 14 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (8.55%) NHS
6 12 (7.89%) Onboarding
7 11 (7.24%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (6.58%) Algorithms
9 8 (5.26%) Blog
9 8 (5.26%) Data Centre
9 8 (5.26%) Data Structures
10 7 (4.61%) Legacy Code
11 6 (3.95%) AI Agents
11 6 (3.95%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.97%) Distributed Architecture
13 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.97%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.82%) Windows
2 5 (3.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (47.37%) Software Engineering
2 62 (40.79%) Agile
3 49 (32.24%) CI/CD
4 46 (30.26%) Migration
5 41 (26.97%) Mentoring
6 39 (25.66%) AI
6 39 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (23.68%) Coaching
8 33 (21.71%) OO
8 33 (21.71%) Test Automation
9 30 (19.74%) Microservices
10 29 (19.08%) DevOps
11 27 (17.76%) Code Quality
12 25 (16.45%) SDLC
13 24 (15.79%) Decision-Making
13 24 (15.79%) TDD
14 21 (13.82%) Full-Stack Development
14 21 (13.82%) User Stories
15 19 (12.50%) Fintech
16 18 (11.84%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 51 (33.55%) Python
2 45 (29.61%) Java
3 40 (26.32%) C#
4 36 (23.68%) SQL
5 31 (20.39%) JavaScript
6 27 (17.76%) C++
7 21 (13.82%) Scala
8 16 (10.53%) TypeScript
9 8 (5.26%) T-SQL
10 5 (3.29%) Go
11 3 (1.97%) Rust
12 2 (1.32%) C
12 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (1.32%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.32%) PHP
13 1 (0.66%) Julia
13 1 (0.66%) Perl
13 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.66%) R
13 1 (0.66%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.13%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.61%) Degree
4 5 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.32%) CCSP
6 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.32%) CISSP
7 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.29%) QA
2 4 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.97%) WCAG
4 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (18.42%) Docker
2 3 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.32%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 28 (18.42%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.95%) Progress Chef
2 6 (3.95%) Puppet
3 3 (1.97%) Grafana
3 3 (1.97%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.32%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.66%) Ansible
5 1 (0.66%) Istio
Vendors
1 22 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.97%) Dynatrace
2 3 (1.97%) Oracle
2 3 (1.97%) SAP
2 3 (1.97%) Splunk
2 3 (1.97%) VMware
3 2 (1.32%) Arista
3 2 (1.32%) Broadcom
3 2 (1.32%) Cisco
3 2 (1.32%) Google
3 2 (1.32%) Netskope
3 2 (1.32%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.32%) Zscaler
4 1 (0.66%) Netezza
4 1 (0.66%) OpenText
4 1 (0.66%) RedGate
4 1 (0.66%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.66%) Teradata