Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Defect Management
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
East of England median daily rate £675 £363 £375
% change year-on-year +86.21% -3.33% -37.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 282 153 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 81.98% 95.03% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 84 122
10th Percentile £405 £466 £301
25th Percentile £413 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +12.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £689 £574
90th Percentile £650 £726 £697
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.53% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 34
10th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 £15.32
25th Percentile £57.32 £28.21 £15.39
Median hourly rate £66.61 £60.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% +182.56% -66.27%
75th Percentile £73.46 £81.25 £32.90
90th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.84 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.90% - +62.47%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

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

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 1 £700 -
Defect Management
East of England

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP