Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Defect Management
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 51 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 11 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.94% 0.77% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 0.93% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile £259 £381 -
25th Percentile £269 £409 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% - -
75th Percentile £338 £559 -
90th Percentile £350 £614 -
South East median daily rate £325 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -21.21% -8.33% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 330 323 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 88.24% 82.61% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 233 430
10th Percentile £224 £247 £275
25th Percentile £329 £406 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £475 £521
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -8.87% +4.25%
75th Percentile £538 £560 £613
90th Percentile £640 £638 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 9 18
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.17
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.70 £16.10
Median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +46.34% +32.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.75 £24.00
90th Percentile £29.61 £41.15 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.52 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.00% +9.56% +20.03%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Buckinghamshire

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Milton Keynes +10 11 £325 -29.73% 2
Defect Management
South East

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Integration Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Integration Test Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
4 1 (9.09%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Tester
4 1 (9.09%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) UAT Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) WebdriverIO
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (18.18%) SAP PI
3 1 (9.09%) SOAP
3 1 (9.09%) XML
3 1 (9.09%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Data Migration
1 8 (72.73%) Migration
1 8 (72.73%) Scenario Testing
2 7 (63.64%) End-to-End Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Test Planning
3 6 (54.55%) Logistics
3 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
3 6 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (45.45%) Regression Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Test Management
5 4 (36.36%) DevOps
5 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
5 4 (36.36%) SDLC
5 4 (36.36%) System Integration Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
6 3 (27.27%) Test Assurance
7 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C#
1 4 (36.36%) VB
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ISEB
2 1 (9.09%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
2 2 (18.18%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Compaq
3 1 (9.09%) JDA
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (9.09%) Terracotta
3 1 (9.09%) webMethods