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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 483 494
Rank change year-on-year +45 +11 -50
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 112 153 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.33% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.36% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 99 207
10th Percentile £300 £305 £331
25th Percentile £363 £412 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £538 £626 £523
90th Percentile £640 £721 £575
UK median daily rate £473 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -5.64% +11.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.64
25th Percentile - - £16.59
Median hourly rate - - £33.38
75th Percentile - - £50.69
90th Percentile - - £52.83
UK median hourly rate - - £33.38
% change year-on-year - - -4.64%

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 June 2024.

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 12 June 2024. 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 +84 51 £471 -12.06% 6
Midlands +10 14 £500 +5.26% 4
South East 0 14 £500 -30.65% 5
North of England -6 12 £388 -29.55% 5
West Midlands +19 10 £525 +14.75% 2
South West -4 7 £518 +21.76% 4
East of England +9 6 £313 -55.36%
North West +7 6 £275 -45.00% 1
Yorkshire +7 6 £458 -16.82% 3
East Midlands +4 4 £400 +42.86% 2
Defect Management
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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 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.89%) Apache
2 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.89%) Simulink
4 1 (0.89%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 6 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.79%) Temenos Globus
3 1 (0.89%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.89%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.89%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.89%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.64%) Azure
2 9 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (5.36%) OCI
5 5 (4.46%) Tricentis Tosca
6 4 (3.57%) SaaS
7 3 (2.68%) AWS
8 2 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.79%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.89%) Boomi
9 1 (0.89%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.89%) Commercetools
9 1 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.79%) PBX
1 2 (1.79%) Skype
2 1 (0.89%) Firewall
2 1 (0.89%) Softswitch
2 1 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.57%) DB2
3 3 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.79%) Big Data
4 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.79%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.79%) Power BI
5 1 (0.89%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.89%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.89%) Metadata
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (21.43%) JIRA
2 14 (12.50%) LoadRunner
3 9 (8.04%) JMeter
4 6 (5.36%) Cucumber
4 6 (5.36%) Selenium
5 5 (4.46%) NeoLoad
6 4 (3.57%) Git
6 4 (3.57%) SpecFlow
6 4 (3.57%) TestRail
7 3 (2.68%) Postman
8 2 (1.79%) FitNesse
8 2 (1.79%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.79%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.79%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.89%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.89%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.89%) Xcode
9 1 (0.89%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 33 (29.46%) Finance
3 16 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.82%) Banking
5 7 (6.25%) Marketing
5 7 (6.25%) Retail
6 6 (5.36%) Legal
6 6 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.46%) Law
7 5 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.46%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.57%) Electronics
8 4 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.57%) Military
9 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.89%) Back Office
11 1 (0.89%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.89%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 28 (25.00%) Lead
2 27 (24.11%) Test Manager
3 23 (20.54%) Analyst
4 19 (16.96%) Test Analyst
5 17 (15.18%) Test Leader
6 11 (9.82%) Tester
7 8 (7.14%) Performance Test Leader
8 6 (5.36%) Coordinator
8 6 (5.36%) SAP Manager
8 6 (5.36%) SAP Test Manager
9 5 (4.46%) Defect Manager
9 5 (4.46%) Financial Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Manual Test Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Service Analyst
10 4 (3.57%) OAT Manager
10 4 (3.57%) Senior
10 4 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.57%) Technical Coordinator
10 4 (3.57%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.36%) .NET
2 5 (4.46%) Middleware
3 4 (3.57%) ADO
4 3 (2.68%) BAPI
4 3 (2.68%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (1.79%) JSON
5 2 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.79%) Playwright
5 2 (1.79%) REST
5 2 (1.79%) RESTful
6 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.89%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.89%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.89%) HTML
6 1 (0.89%) PySpark
6 1 (0.89%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.68%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.68%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.79%) Life Science
3 2 (1.79%) PKI
3 2 (1.79%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.89%) DataPower
4 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.89%) EPoS
4 1 (0.89%) IVR
4 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.89%) PMI
4 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.89%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.04%) Windows
2 7 (6.25%) Linux
3 3 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.79%) Android
4 2 (1.79%) CentOS
4 2 (1.79%) Unix
4 2 (1.79%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.89%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (32.14%) Test Strategy
2 34 (30.36%) Test Automation
3 33 (29.46%) User Acceptance Testing
4 31 (27.68%) Agile
5 30 (26.79%) Test Management
6 26 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (18.75%) Functional Testing
8 19 (16.96%) Test Scripting
9 18 (16.07%) Waterfall
10 17 (15.18%) Performance Testing
10 17 (15.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (15.18%) Test Planning
11 15 (13.39%) Migration
12 14 (12.50%) Project Management
13 13 (11.61%) System Integration Testing
14 12 (10.71%) Scenario Testing
14 12 (10.71%) Software Testing
15 11 (9.82%) DevOps
15 11 (9.82%) Integration Testing
16 10 (8.93%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.29%) SQL
2 7 (6.25%) Python
3 5 (4.46%) Java
4 3 (2.68%) ABAP
4 3 (2.68%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.68%) Ruby
5 2 (1.79%) C#
5 2 (1.79%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.79%) VBA
6 1 (0.89%) C
6 1 (0.89%) C++
6 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (12.50%) Degree
1 14 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 9 (8.04%) SC Cleared
2 9 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 6 (5.36%) ISEB
5 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.79%) MCSE
6 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (22.32%) QA
2 3 (2.68%) SLA
3 2 (1.79%) Basel III
3 2 (1.79%) COREP
3 2 (1.79%) FINREP
3 2 (1.79%) GxP
3 2 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.79%) WSUS
3 1 (0.89%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (14.29%) SAP
2 15 (13.39%) Oracle
3 11 (9.82%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.46%) CA Agile Central
4 5 (4.46%) iManage
4 5 (4.46%) Intapp
4 5 (4.46%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.57%) VMware
6 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco
7 2 (1.79%) HP
7 2 (1.79%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.79%) Ribbon
7 2 (1.79%) Workday
8 1 (0.89%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.89%) Citrix
8 1 (0.89%) Cognos
8 1 (0.89%) Databricks
8 1 (0.89%) Dell
8 1 (0.89%) Genesys