Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Defect Management
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.65% 0.83% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% - -
75th Percentile £469 £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £360 £375 £264
% change year-on-year -4.00% +42.18% +11.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 98 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.23% 80.99% 74.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 41 77
10th Percentile £134 £173 £152
25th Percentile £185 £275 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £376
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +19.68% -16.44%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £550
90th Percentile £604 £625 £663
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 15
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.65
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%
75th Percentile £18.78 £24.18 £28.75
90th Percentile £24.72 - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.44 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.07% +12.50% +18.84%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA