Defect Tracking Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Defect Tracking
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £358 - -
25th Percentile £359 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £431 - -
90th Percentile £458 - -
South East median daily rate £375 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Defect Tracking 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 375 310 486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.27% 86.83% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 223 363
10th Percentile £223 £235 £279
25th Percentile £358 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £560 £575 £610
90th Percentile £638 £650 £742
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 17
10th Percentile - £15.35 £17.95
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £33.44 £55.63 -
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Defect Tracking
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Milton Keynes - 3 £375 - 1
Defect Tracking
South East

Defect Tracking
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Web Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) TMMi
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow