Defect Management Contracts in England

Defect Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Defect Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Defect Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 412 474
Rank change year-on-year +37 +62 +14
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 110 130 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.35% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.40% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 75 121
10th Percentile £361 £307 £280
25th Percentile £401 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +23.53%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £625
90th Percentile £585 £660 £721
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +2.78% -12.20% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in England

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +28 52 £500 +11.11% 47
South East +53 24 £400 -17.95% 29
North of England +16 12 £455 +4.00% 27
Midlands +20 11 £491 -6.43% 20
North West +22 10 £450 +55.84% 14
West Midlands +12 10 £491 -6.43% 11
South West +48 7 £456 -14.32% 18
East of England +23 1 £413 +10.00% 14
East Midlands +10 1 - - 8
Yorkshire -1 1 - - 11
North East - 1 £460 - 3
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (5.45%) Confluence
2 4 (3.64%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.91%) Appian
3 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) SAP HR
1 2 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.91%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.91%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.00%) Azure
1 22 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (4.55%) AWS
3 4 (3.64%) Power Automate
3 4 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.73%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.82%) GitHub
5 2 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.82%) Twilio
6 1 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.91%) OCI
6 1 (0.91%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.91%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.55%) Firewall
2 2 (1.82%) 5G
2 2 (1.82%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (1.82%) LAN
2 2 (1.82%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (1.82%) SMS
2 2 (1.82%) SS7
2 2 (1.82%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.82%) VoLTE
2 2 (1.82%) VoWiFi
2 2 (1.82%) WAN
2 2 (1.82%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.91%) Converged Networks
3 1 (0.91%) FlexRay
3 1 (0.91%) Network Security
3 1 (0.91%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.91%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.91%) IDMS
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.91%) Power BI
2 1 (0.91%) QlikView
2 1 (0.91%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (38.18%) JIRA
2 12 (10.91%) JMeter
2 12 (10.91%) Selenium
3 11 (10.00%) Jenkins
4 6 (5.45%) Gatling
4 6 (5.45%) LoadRunner
5 5 (4.55%) GitLab
5 5 (4.55%) NeoLoad
5 5 (4.55%) SpecFlow
6 4 (3.64%) Appium
6 4 (3.64%) CircleCI
6 4 (3.64%) Serenity BDD
6 4 (3.64%) Toad
7 3 (2.73%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.73%) Cucumber
7 3 (2.73%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.82%) Git
8 2 (1.82%) QARun
8 2 (1.82%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.82%) WinRunner
General
1 45 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.45%) Finance
3 20 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.09%) Banking
5 9 (8.18%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.27%) Public Sector
7 7 (6.36%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (5.45%) Front Office
9 5 (4.55%) Back Office
9 5 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.64%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.73%) Automotive
11 3 (2.73%) Local Government
12 2 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.82%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (24.55%) Analyst
2 25 (22.73%) Test Manager
3 21 (19.09%) Lead
3 21 (19.09%) Test Analyst
4 14 (12.73%) Senior
5 12 (10.91%) Test Leader
6 11 (10.00%) Tester
7 10 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (8.18%) Consultant
9 8 (7.27%) Senior Test Analyst
9 8 (7.27%) Test Engineer
10 7 (6.36%) Defect Manager
10 7 (6.36%) Test Consultant
11 5 (4.55%) QA Leader
12 4 (3.64%) Designer
12 4 (3.64%) Performance Test Consultant
12 4 (3.64%) SAP Analyst
12 4 (3.64%) SAP Test Analyst
12 4 (3.64%) Senior Test Consultant
12 4 (3.64%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.27%) XML
2 6 (5.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (4.55%) Middleware
4 4 (3.64%) Play Framework
4 4 (3.64%) Playwright
5 3 (2.73%) SOAP
6 2 (1.82%) .NET
6 2 (1.82%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.91%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.91%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.18%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.55%) SCADA
3 3 (2.73%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.73%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.82%) Derivative
4 2 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.82%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (1.82%) Online Banking
4 2 (1.82%) OTC Derivatives
4 2 (1.82%) PMI
4 2 (1.82%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.91%) CMDB
5 1 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.91%) Equities
5 1 (0.91%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.09%) Windows
2 3 (2.73%) Unix
3 2 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.91%) Agile
2 40 (36.36%) Test Automation
3 37 (33.64%) Test Strategy
4 35 (31.82%) User Acceptance Testing
5 30 (27.27%) Test Management
6 29 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (26.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (21.82%) DevOps
7 24 (21.82%) Test Scripting
8 22 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
9 20 (18.18%) Software Testing
10 19 (17.27%) Validation
11 18 (16.36%) Performance Testing
11 18 (16.36%) Scrum
12 16 (14.55%) Integration Testing
12 16 (14.55%) Test Planning
13 15 (13.64%) CI/CD
14 14 (12.73%) Scenario Testing
15 13 (11.82%) Change Management
15 13 (11.82%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.55%) Java
2 13 (11.82%) JavaScript
3 11 (10.00%) C#
3 11 (10.00%) SQL
4 9 (8.18%) Python
5 5 (4.55%) C++
6 4 (3.64%) PHP
6 4 (3.64%) Ruby
6 4 (3.64%) Scala
6 4 (3.64%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.82%) RPG
7 2 (1.82%) VB
8 1 (0.91%) COBOL
8 1 (0.91%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.64%) ISTQB
4 7 (6.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (5.45%) ISEB
6 5 (4.55%) Degree
7 4 (3.64%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.82%) PMP
10 1 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (24.55%) QA
2 2 (1.82%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.82%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.91%) AUTOSAR
Systems Management
1 10 (9.09%) HP ALM
2 4 (3.64%) Perfmon
3 2 (1.82%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Oracle
2 12 (10.91%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.09%) HP
3 10 (9.09%) SAP
4 7 (6.36%) Charles River
5 5 (4.55%) MuleSoft
5 5 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.64%) Cisco
6 4 (3.64%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.64%) New Relic
6 4 (3.64%) webMethods
7 3 (2.73%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.73%) Remedy
8 2 (1.82%) Avaya
8 2 (1.82%) Cramer
8 2 (1.82%) Databricks
8 2 (1.82%) Google
8 2 (1.82%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.82%) OpenText
8 2 (1.82%) Virgin Media