Defect Tracking Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Defect Tracking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 67 68
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 1 1 15
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% 0.16% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.17% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile - - £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £491
Scotland median daily rate - - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.50
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year - +22.95% -
75th Percentile - - £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - £75.00 £61.00
% change year-on-year - +22.95% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 532 587 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.41% 91.72% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 310 492
10th Percentile £221 £228 £200
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 10
10th Percentile £17.62 £16.86 £13.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +33.96% -14.33%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £66.00 - £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Defect Tracking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Defect Tracking

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Defect Tracking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Defect Tracking

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabWindows
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian