Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Defect Management
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 12 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 2.96% 1.52% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 1.74% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.63% - -
75th Percentile £554 - -
90th Percentile £575 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £520 £400 -
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Defect Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 334 172 389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 82.27% 86.87% 80.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 144 235
10th Percentile £463 £463 £425
25th Percentile £519 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £713 £616 £700
90th Percentile £750 £650 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £589
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +12.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile £15.15 - £16.25
25th Percentile £21.25 - £20.94
Median hourly rate £27.00 £21.39 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +26.23% -48.15% +157.81%
75th Percentile £28.38 - £48.75
90th Percentile £50.25 - £53.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.59 £43.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +6.01% -25.02% +6.70%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Defect Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Defect Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Basingstoke

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
1 1 (8.33%) TestRail
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Test Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Tester
2 3 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SOAP
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Linux
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (91.67%) Test Scripting
3 7 (58.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Zero Trust
4 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Validation
5 3 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (8.33%) Agile
6 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (8.33%) SDLC
6 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Test Management
6 1 (8.33%) Test Planning
6 1 (8.33%) V-Model
6 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) VMware