Defect Tracking Contracts in the City of London

Defect Tracking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 118 155
Rank change year-on-year 0 +37 +42
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Defect Tracking 5 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.27% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.16% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £368 £325 £507
25th Percentile £378 £344 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -22.63% +41.64%
75th Percentile £421 £457 £590
90th Percentile £431 £475 £633
Central London median daily rate £400 £413 £517
% change year-on-year -3.03% -20.21% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,721 1,894 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.20% 91.90% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,130 1,259 1,990
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £424 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 14
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.21 £19.79 £14.50
Median hourly rate £28.15 £26.63 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +6.50% -42.18%
75th Percentile £50.25 £82.19 £41.24
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £52.85
Central London median hourly rate £28.79 £26.78 £31.25
% change year-on-year +7.49% -14.30% -26.47%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the City of London

Defect Tracking
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Defect Tracking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Defect Tracking

Defect Tracking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (20.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Case Management
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Insurtech
4 1 (20.00%) Model Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle