Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Defect Management
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.87% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £675 £413 £313
% change year-on-year +63.64% +32.00% -34.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 298 297 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 86.13% 88.39% 80.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 107 107
10th Percentile £168 £250 £215
25th Percentile £361 £389 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £442
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +18.78% -1.78%
75th Percentile £581 £625 £550
90th Percentile £626 £700 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 84 137
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.38 £14.16
25th Percentile - £14.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.22 £16.12 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -0.71% +11.93%
75th Percentile £20.44 £21.50 £18.22
90th Percentile £38.18 £43.75 £43.35
East of England median hourly rate £47.25 £30.16 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.66% -24.60% +101.92%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Defect Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Defect Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Cambridge - 3 £375 - 1
Defect Management
East of England

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Ranorex
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Trend Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware