Defect Management Contracts in Berkshire

Defect Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Defect Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Defect Management over the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 116 92
Rank change year-on-year +37 -24 +23
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 12 1 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.06% 0.052% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.059% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 11
10th Percentile £280 - £700
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £721
Median % change year-on-year - - +92.27%
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £575 - -
South East median daily rate £400 £488 £721
% change year-on-year -17.95% -32.39% +61.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,050 1,706 1,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.92% 88.72% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 876 991
10th Percentile £314 £235 £350
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £609 £608 £631
90th Percentile £675 £675 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £505
% change year-on-year -0.20% -0.79% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 102 52
10th Percentile £21.81 £17.05 £18.50
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.25 £24.13
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.30 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% +4.29% +174.67%
75th Percentile £77.19 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.32 £87.41 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £25.82 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.65% -5.00% +132.56%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Berkshire

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in Berkshire

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Berkshire

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in Berkshire

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 May 2025. 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
Reading +47 8 £463 -
Slough - 2 - - 3
Bracknell - 1 £400 -
Defect Management
South East

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) 5G
2 2 (16.67%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (16.67%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (16.67%) SMS
2 2 (16.67%) SS7
2 2 (16.67%) VoLTE
2 2 (16.67%) VoWiFi
2 2 (16.67%) Wireshark
3 1 (8.33%) 4G
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (16.67%) OSS Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) QA Leader
4 1 (8.33%) QA Manager
4 1 (8.33%) QA Test Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Service Management
2 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Test Management
2 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (33.33%) Validation
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Case Management
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Cramer
2 2 (16.67%) Databricks
2 2 (16.67%) Infoblox
2 2 (16.67%) Remedy
2 2 (16.67%) Virgin Media
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft