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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 605 697
Rank change year-on-year -29 +92 -43
Permanent jobs citing Refactoring 149 55 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.12% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 113 27 76
10th Percentile £45,750 £57,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £97,500 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,000 £105,000
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 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 26 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Refactoring in the UK

Refactoring
Top 15 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 26 August 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 -13 131 £69,305 -0.99% 177
UK excluding London -43 75 £57,000 -18.57% 124
London -16 64 £100,000 +42.86% 121
Work from Home +10 45 £95,000 +35.71% 46
North of England -34 21 £69,305 +2.67% 13
South West -53 21 £57,000 -0.87% 38
North West -4 10 £69,653 +3.19% 9
South East -28 9 £57,000 +20.00% 8
Wales - 9 £63,500 - 1
North East - 8 £51,500 - 1
East of England -21 6 £45,000 - 7
West Midlands -25 6 £50,000 -28.57% 2
Midlands -31 6 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Scotland +2 3 - - 52
Yorkshire - 3 £69,305 - 3

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 (5.37%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (2.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.34%) Apache
3 2 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.67%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.67%) CMS
4 1 (0.67%) Documentum
4 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.67%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 49 (32.89%) AWS
2 47 (31.54%) Azure
3 20 (13.42%) GitHub
4 19 (12.75%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (10.07%) Serverless
6 10 (6.71%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (6.04%) GCP
7 9 (6.04%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (5.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (4.70%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (4.70%) Anthropic Claude
9 7 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
10 6 (4.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (4.03%) SaaS
11 5 (3.36%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.68%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (2.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.03%) Internet
2 2 (1.34%) DNS
2 2 (1.34%) HTTP
2 2 (1.34%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.34%) Network Security
2 2 (1.34%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.08%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.37%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.03%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.03%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (3.36%) Big Data
5 5 (3.36%) MySQL
5 5 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.68%) Power BI
6 4 (2.68%) Redis
7 3 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.01%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.34%) DTS
9 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.67%) Power Query
9 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (12.08%) Git
2 10 (6.71%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.37%) Claude Code
4 4 (2.68%) JIRA
4 4 (2.68%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.34%) Gatling
5 2 (1.34%) Pa11y
5 2 (1.34%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.67%) Yeoman
General
1 37 (24.83%) Finance
2 20 (13.42%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.41%) Banking
4 15 (10.07%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (8.72%) Local Government
6 12 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (8.05%) Law
7 10 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (5.37%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.70%) Marketing
10 3 (2.01%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.01%) Public Speaking
11 2 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.67%) Advertising
12 1 (0.67%) Billing
12 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (47.65%) Senior
2 66 (44.30%) Developer
3 50 (33.56%) Software Engineer
4 39 (26.17%) Senior Developer
5 25 (16.78%) Consultant
6 24 (16.11%) Lead
6 24 (16.11%) Software Developer
7 19 (12.75%) Software Consultant
8 18 (12.08%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (10.07%) Lead Software Engineer
9 15 (10.07%) Senior Consultant
10 14 (9.40%) C++ Developer
10 14 (9.40%) Senior C++ Developer
11 12 (8.05%) Backend Developer
11 12 (8.05%) Python Engineer
11 12 (8.05%) Senior Backend Developer
12 10 (6.71%) Python Software Engineer
12 10 (6.71%) Senior Software Developer
13 8 (5.37%) Data Engineer
14 7 (4.70%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (19.46%) .NET
2 14 (9.40%) MFC
3 11 (7.38%) Terraform
4 8 (5.37%) REST
5 7 (4.70%) .NET Core
5 7 (4.70%) .NET Framework
5 7 (4.70%) Kafka
5 7 (4.70%) React
6 5 (3.36%) CSS
6 5 (3.36%) Entity Framework
6 5 (3.36%) HTML
6 5 (3.36%) Model Context Protocol
6 5 (3.36%) Node.js
6 5 (3.36%) pytest
6 5 (3.36%) WPF
7 4 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.68%) SignalR
7 4 (2.68%) WinForms
8 3 (2.01%) Dropwizard
8 3 (2.01%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.50%) Cloud Native
2 19 (12.75%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (12.75%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (10.74%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (10.07%) Algorithms
5 14 (9.40%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (8.72%) Data Structures
6 13 (8.72%) NHS
7 12 (8.05%) Onboarding
8 8 (5.37%) Data Centre
9 7 (4.70%) Legacy Code
10 6 (4.03%) AI Agents
10 6 (4.03%) Blog
10 6 (4.03%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (2.01%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (2.01%) Mobile App
11 3 (2.01%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (1.34%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.09%) Windows
2 5 (3.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (48.99%) Software Engineering
2 58 (38.93%) Agile
3 50 (33.56%) CI/CD
4 45 (30.20%) Migration
4 45 (30.20%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (28.19%) Mentoring
6 40 (26.85%) AI
7 38 (25.50%) OO
8 35 (23.49%) Coaching
9 31 (20.81%) Test Automation
10 28 (18.79%) Code Quality
11 27 (18.12%) DevOps
11 27 (18.12%) Microservices
12 26 (17.45%) SDLC
13 24 (16.11%) TDD
14 23 (15.44%) Decision-Making
15 21 (14.09%) Full-Stack Development
16 19 (12.75%) Secure Coding
16 19 (12.75%) User Stories
17 18 (12.08%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.23%) Python
2 45 (30.20%) Java
3 39 (26.17%) C#
4 34 (22.82%) SQL
5 33 (22.15%) JavaScript
6 28 (18.79%) C++
7 21 (14.09%) Scala
8 16 (10.74%) TypeScript
9 11 (7.38%) T-SQL
10 7 (4.70%) Go
11 4 (2.68%) PHP
12 3 (2.01%) PowerShell
12 3 (2.01%) Rust
13 2 (1.34%) C
13 2 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (1.34%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.67%) Groovy
14 1 (0.67%) Perl
14 1 (0.67%) R
14 1 (0.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (20.81%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.70%) Degree
4 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.68%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.34%) CCSP
6 2 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.34%) CISSP
7 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.37%) QA
2 3 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.01%) WCAG
3 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (14.09%) Docker
2 3 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.34%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 23 (15.44%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.03%) Progress Chef
2 6 (4.03%) Puppet
3 3 (2.01%) Grafana
3 3 (2.01%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.34%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.67%) Ansible
5 1 (0.67%) Istio
Vendors
1 18 (12.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.01%) Dynatrace
2 3 (2.01%) RedGate
2 3 (2.01%) SAP
2 3 (2.01%) SolarWinds
2 3 (2.01%) Splunk
2 3 (2.01%) VMware
3 2 (1.34%) Arista
3 2 (1.34%) Broadcom
3 2 (1.34%) Cisco
3 2 (1.34%) Databricks
3 2 (1.34%) Google
3 2 (1.34%) Netskope
3 2 (1.34%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.34%) Oracle
3 2 (1.34%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.34%) Zscaler
4 1 (0.67%) OpenText
4 1 (0.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.67%) Teradata