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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 428 481
Rank change year-on-year +68 +53 -6
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 116 109 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 65 103
10th Percentile £323 £300 £301
25th Percentile £393 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £625
90th Percentile £593 £660 £721
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £519
% change year-on-year -5.26% -8.43% +15.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £20.50 -

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 21,947 31,578 42,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.31% 85.86% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,275 20,635 30,003
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 2,303 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.81
Median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.93 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

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 30 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 30 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 +56 56 £525 +2.44% 14
South East +66 27 £375 -23.08% 39
Midlands +18 12 £450 -14.29% 26
North of England +12 12 £450 +16.13% 23
West Midlands +17 11 £450 -14.29% 18
North West +11 8 £425 +54.55% 12
South West +41 5 £456 -14.32% 18
North East - 3 £460 - 4
East of England +30 2 £363 +3.57% 12
Yorkshire +15 1 £475 +3.83% 7
East Midlands +10 1 - - 6
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 4 (3.45%) Confluence
1 4 (3.45%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.86%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.10%) Azure
1 21 (18.10%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (6.03%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.17%) AWS
3 6 (5.17%) Power Automate
4 5 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.31%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.72%) GitHub
5 2 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.72%) Twilio
6 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.86%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.90%) Firewall
2 3 (2.59%) LAN
2 3 (2.59%) WAN
3 2 (1.72%) 5G
3 2 (1.72%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (1.72%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (1.72%) SMS
3 2 (1.72%) SS7
3 2 (1.72%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.72%) VoLTE
3 2 (1.72%) VoWiFi
3 2 (1.72%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.86%) 4G
4 1 (0.86%) Converged Networks
4 1 (0.86%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.86%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.86%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.86%) Data Vault
3 1 (0.86%) QlikView
3 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 46 (39.66%) JIRA
2 15 (12.93%) Selenium
3 13 (11.21%) JMeter
4 12 (10.34%) Jenkins
5 6 (5.17%) Gatling
5 6 (5.17%) GitLab
5 6 (5.17%) LoadRunner
6 5 (4.31%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.31%) NeoLoad
6 5 (4.31%) SpecFlow
7 4 (3.45%) Appium
7 4 (3.45%) CircleCI
7 4 (3.45%) Postman
7 4 (3.45%) REST Assured
7 4 (3.45%) Serenity BDD
7 4 (3.45%) Toad
8 3 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (2.59%) Git
8 3 (2.59%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
General
1 45 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.00%) Finance
3 16 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.21%) Telecoms
5 12 (10.34%) Banking
6 7 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (6.03%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.17%) Back Office
7 6 (5.17%) Front Office
7 6 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.31%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.59%) Automotive
10 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Games
11 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Local Government
11 1 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 31 (26.72%) Analyst
2 29 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 24 (20.69%) Test Analyst
4 20 (17.24%) Lead
5 16 (13.79%) Senior
6 13 (11.21%) Tester
7 12 (10.34%) Test Engineer
8 11 (9.48%) Test Leader
9 10 (8.62%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (6.90%) Consultant
10 8 (6.90%) Senior Test Analyst
11 7 (6.03%) Test Consultant
12 6 (5.17%) Defect Manager
13 5 (4.31%) Business Analyst
14 4 (3.45%) Developer
14 4 (3.45%) Network Engineer
14 4 (3.45%) Project Manager
14 4 (3.45%) QA Leader
14 4 (3.45%) Software Developer
14 4 (3.45%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.90%) XML
2 6 (5.17%) Playwright
2 6 (5.17%) RFC 2544
3 5 (4.31%) Middleware
4 4 (3.45%) Play Framework
5 3 (2.59%) SOAP
6 1 (0.86%) .NET
6 1 (0.86%) JSON
6 1 (0.86%) RESTful
6 1 (0.86%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (0.86%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.03%) SCADA
3 6 (5.17%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.31%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.45%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.72%) Derivative
7 2 (1.72%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.72%) OTC Derivatives
7 2 (1.72%) PMI
7 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.86%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.21%) Windows
2 2 (1.72%) Linux
2 2 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.10%) Agile
2 47 (40.52%) Test Automation
3 39 (33.62%) Test Strategy
4 36 (31.03%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (26.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (26.72%) Test Management
6 28 (24.14%) Test Scripting
7 26 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (19.83%) DevOps
8 23 (19.83%) System Integration Testing
9 22 (18.97%) Test Planning
10 19 (16.38%) Scrum
10 19 (16.38%) Software Testing
11 18 (15.52%) Validation
12 17 (14.66%) Performance Testing
13 16 (13.79%) CI/CD
13 16 (13.79%) Integration Testing
14 15 (12.93%) Scenario Testing
15 14 (12.07%) Non-Functional Testing
16 12 (10.34%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.24%) Java
2 15 (12.93%) JavaScript
3 12 (10.34%) C#
4 9 (7.76%) Python
5 8 (6.90%) SQL
6 5 (4.31%) C++
7 4 (3.45%) PHP
7 4 (3.45%) Ruby
7 4 (3.45%) Scala
7 4 (3.45%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.59%) VB
9 2 (1.72%) RPG
10 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.48%) ISTQB
4 7 (6.03%) ISEB
4 7 (6.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.45%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.72%) Degree
6 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.72%) PMP
7 1 (0.86%) CCNA
7 1 (0.86%) CCNP
7 1 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.86%) IIBA
7 1 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (24.14%) QA
2 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.72%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.86%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (11.21%) HP ALM
2 4 (3.45%) Perfmon
3 2 (1.72%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 14 (12.07%) Oracle
2 13 (11.21%) HP
2 13 (11.21%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.76%) SAP
4 7 (6.03%) Charles River
4 7 (6.03%) Cisco
5 5 (4.31%) MuleSoft
6 4 (3.45%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.45%) New Relic
6 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.45%) webMethods
7 2 (1.72%) Avaya
7 2 (1.72%) Cramer
7 2 (1.72%) Databricks
7 2 (1.72%) Google
7 2 (1.72%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.72%) Remedy
7 2 (1.72%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.86%) Workday