Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Defect Management
Wiltshire > Corsham

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 37 60
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 -1
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 1.66% 1.03% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.26% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £413 £452 £558
25th Percentile £439 £481 £621
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £548 £750
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -27.00% +76.47%
75th Percentile £725 £621 £788
90th Percentile - £653 £795
Wiltshire median daily rate £488 £340 £750
% change year-on-year +43.38% -54.67% +76.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Corsham

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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 304 159 389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 84.21% 81.54% 83.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 115 277
10th Percentile £450 £427 £413
25th Percentile £519 £509 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +6.82% -9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £658 £669
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £32.51
25th Percentile - - £40.85
Median hourly rate £20.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +20.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile - - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £74.00
Wiltshire median hourly rate £21.64 £60.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -63.94% +263.64% -74.81%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Corsham

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

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

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

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Corsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Corsham over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Corsham

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (33.33%) Confluence
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) CentOS
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) NsoIT
2 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Red Hat