Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Defect Management
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.92% - 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £207
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.86%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £361 - -
South Wales median daily rate £350 - £207
% change year-on-year - - -43.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 204 157 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 78.16% 90.23% 76.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 129 149
10th Percentile £249 £195 £143
25th Percentile £293 £263 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £553
90th Percentile £645 £630 £639
South Wales median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £21.25 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £24.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.65% +34.72% +12.29%
75th Percentile £20.88 £34.06 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £45.88 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.25 £21.49
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.56% +18.44%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) Traceability Matrix
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft