Defect Tracking Contracts in Central London

Defect Tracking
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Defect Tracking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 129 167
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 +26
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 4 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.25% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.27% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £365 £492 -
25th Percentile £370 £497 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £386 £519 £509
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +2.06% +39.79%
75th Percentile £400 £553 £513
90th Percentile £403 £566 -
London median daily rate £389 £468 £380
% change year-on-year -16.84% +23.03% +2.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,761 2,182 3,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.32% 90.99% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,138 1,545 2,281
10th Percentile £355 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
75th Percentile £678 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £815
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 27
10th Percentile £19.36 £20.22 £14.85
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.63 £17.56
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% -20.54% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.98 £53.25
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Defect Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Defect Tracking in Central London

Defect Tracking
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 29 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
City of London +7 3 £386 -25.58% 3
City of Westminster - 1 - -
Defect Tracking
London

Defect Tracking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Case Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow