Defect Management Contracts in Manchester

Defect Management
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 109 139
Rank change year-on-year +16 +30 -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 3 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.20% 0.48% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.52% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £400 £244
25th Percentile £251 £438 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £253 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -49.50% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £254 £558 £453
90th Percentile - £605 £496
North West median daily rate £289 £500 £448
% change year-on-year -42.25% +11.73% +27.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,316 1,731 2,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.21% 91.68% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 1,270 1,807
10th Percentile £316 £318 £263
25th Percentile £407 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £492
Median % change year-on-year - +1.73% +9.22%
75th Percentile £594 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 59 51
10th Percentile £12.43 £16.41 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.10 £37.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.72% +140.65% -3.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.27 £24.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.00 £20.49
% change year-on-year -38.41% +70.82% +10.76%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Manchester

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in Manchester

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in Manchester

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft