Defect Tracking Contracts in the South East

Defect Tracking
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 215 241
Rank change year-on-year +31 +26 -53
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 10 4 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.069% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.078% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile £392 - £346
25th Percentile £395 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £420 £380
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +17.28%
75th Percentile £444 £448 £500
90th Percentile £470 £479 £575
England median daily rate £475 £450 £388
% change year-on-year +5.56% +16.13% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £44.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - £16.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Defect Tracking 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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,700 5,156 6,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.75% 89.24% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,740 3,588 4,724
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £593
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 224 288
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.34 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.72 £48.62
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.55 £62.48
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Defect Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Tracking within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley - 5 - -
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Hampshire -1 3 £400 -4.76%
Surrey - 2 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Git
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
1 4 (40.00%) Subversion
2 2 (20.00%) ClearCase
2 2 (20.00%) ClearQuest
General
1 4 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) Flash
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (40.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (10.00%) Digital TV
2 1 (10.00%) Life Science
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 4 (40.00%) Signal Processing
4 4 (40.00%) Software Optimisation
4 4 (40.00%) Validation
5 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (30.00%) Quality Management
5 3 (30.00%) Sprint Backlog
5 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (20.00%) QMS
6 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (20.00%) SDLC
6 2 (20.00%) Test Management
6 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
7 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
7 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) Assembly Language
2 4 (40.00%) C
2 4 (40.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (40.00%) PhD
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) JTAG
2 1 (10.00%) HL7
2 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Firmware
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) HP