Defect Management Contracts in England

Defect Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 480 495
Rank change year-on-year +55 +15 -41
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 123 176 310
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.35% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.39% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 119 205
10th Percentile £306 £280 £332
25th Percentile £400 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £535 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +22.29% +6.06%
75th Percentile £538 £633 £500
90th Percentile £668 £721 £575
UK median daily rate £465 £525 £436
% change year-on-year -11.43% +20.48% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.98
25th Percentile £19.25 - £50.69
Median hourly rate £20.50 - £51.88
75th Percentile £21.75 - £53.06
90th Percentile - - £53.78
UK median hourly rate £20.50 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - +106.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Defect Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,103 45,050 64,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,075 31,613 45,917
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 1,592 1,754
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.42
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
London +110 60 £450 -18.18% 9
South East +5 18 £500 -25.93% 3
North of England +1 12 £450 -21.74% 1
Midlands +22 11 £525 +73.55% 1
West Midlands +26 10 £525 +26.51% 1
Yorkshire +16 7 £458 -16.82%
East of England +11 7 £375 -42.31% 3
North West +22 5 £289 -42.25% 1
South West +16 5 £533 +25.29% 5
East Midlands +9 1 £500 +85.19%
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.07%) Confluence
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.81%) Apache
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.81%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.81%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.81%) Simulink
3 1 (0.81%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 7 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.44%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.63%) SAP MDM
3 2 (1.63%) Temenos Globus
4 1 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.81%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.81%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (26.02%) Azure
2 11 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
4 5 (4.07%) OCI
5 4 (3.25%) SaaS
5 4 (3.25%) Tricentis Tosca
6 3 (2.44%) AWS
7 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.81%) Boomi
8 1 (0.81%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.81%) Commercetools
8 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.63%) PBX
2 1 (0.81%) Firewall
2 1 (0.81%) Softswitch
2 1 (0.81%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.63%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.63%) Power BI
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.81%) Big Data
4 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.81%) Metadata
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (26.83%) JIRA
2 12 (9.76%) LoadRunner
3 8 (6.50%) JMeter
4 7 (5.69%) Cucumber
4 7 (5.69%) Selenium
5 5 (4.07%) Git
5 5 (4.07%) TestRail
6 4 (3.25%) NeoLoad
6 4 (3.25%) Postman
6 4 (3.25%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.63%) FitNesse
7 2 (1.63%) Gatling
7 2 (1.63%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.63%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.63%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.81%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.81%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.81%) Xcode
General
1 40 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 32 (26.02%) Finance
3 14 (11.38%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.94%) Banking
6 9 (7.32%) Marketing
6 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.69%) Electronics
7 7 (5.69%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.69%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.88%) Retail
9 4 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.25%) Law
9 4 (3.25%) Legal
9 4 (3.25%) Military
10 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.63%) German Language
11 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.63%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (20.33%) Test Manager
2 22 (17.89%) Analyst
2 22 (17.89%) Lead
3 18 (14.63%) Test Analyst
4 12 (9.76%) Tester
5 11 (8.94%) Test Leader
6 8 (6.50%) Testing Manager
7 7 (5.69%) Consultant
8 6 (4.88%) Coordinator
8 6 (4.88%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (4.88%) SAP Consultant
8 6 (4.88%) SAP Manager
8 6 (4.88%) SAP Test Manager
8 6 (4.88%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
9 5 (4.07%) Defect Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Manual Test Analyst
9 5 (4.07%) Performance Test Leader
9 5 (4.07%) Service Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.94%) ADO
2 7 (5.69%) .NET
3 4 (3.25%) BAPI
4 3 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (1.63%) Middleware
5 2 (1.63%) Playwright
5 2 (1.63%) REST
5 2 (1.63%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.81%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.81%) HTML
6 1 (0.81%) JSON
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.81%) PySpark
6 1 (0.81%) RESTful
6 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.63%) Life Science
2 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.63%) Reinsurance
2 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
3 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.81%) Digital Media
3 1 (0.81%) EPoS
3 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
3 1 (0.81%) IVR
3 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.81%) PMI
3 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.44%) Windows
2 2 (1.63%) Android
2 2 (1.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.81%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.96%) User Acceptance Testing
2 35 (28.46%) Test Management
3 34 (27.64%) Agile
4 33 (26.83%) Test Automation
5 27 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (20.33%) Test Strategy
7 24 (19.51%) Functional Testing
8 21 (17.07%) DevOps
8 21 (17.07%) Project Management
8 21 (17.07%) Test Scripting
9 19 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (14.63%) End-to-End Testing
11 16 (13.01%) Performance Testing
11 16 (13.01%) Software Testing
12 15 (12.20%) Test Planning
12 15 (12.20%) Waterfall
13 13 (10.57%) Migration
13 13 (10.57%) Scenario Testing
14 12 (9.76%) Regression Testing
14 12 (9.76%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.13%) SQL
2 6 (4.88%) Java
2 6 (4.88%) Python
3 5 (4.07%) ABAP
4 4 (3.25%) C#
5 3 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.44%) Ruby
6 2 (1.63%) C
6 2 (1.63%) C++
6 2 (1.63%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.63%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.63%) VBA
7 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (13.82%) ISTQB
2 13 (10.57%) Degree
3 11 (8.94%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (4.07%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.25%) ISEB
8 3 (2.44%) SAP Certification
9 2 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (23.58%) QA
2 4 (3.25%) SLA
3 2 (1.63%) Basel III
3 2 (1.63%) COREP
3 2 (1.63%) FINREP
3 2 (1.63%) GxP
3 2 (1.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 4 (3.25%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.63%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.81%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (19.51%) SAP
2 12 (9.76%) Oracle
3 4 (3.25%) CA Agile Central
3 4 (3.25%) iManage
3 4 (3.25%) Intapp
3 4 (3.25%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.44%) HP
4 3 (2.44%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.63%) Cisco
5 2 (1.63%) Ribbon
6 1 (0.81%) Citrix
6 1 (0.81%) Cloudera
6 1 (0.81%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.81%) Databricks
6 1 (0.81%) Dell
6 1 (0.81%) Genesys
6 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.81%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (0.81%) Workday