Defect Manager Contracts in England

Defect Manager
UK > England

The median Defect Manager daily rate in England is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 656 783
Rank change year-on-year +126 +127 -166
Contract jobs requiring a Defect Manager 11 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.010% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.011% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile - £333 £416
25th Percentile £363 £363 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +13.43%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £519
90th Percentile - £530 £549
UK median daily rate £575 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +13.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,183 47,267 67,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,703 33,560 48,361
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,401 1,881
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Defect Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Defect Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Manager in England

Defect Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Manager in England

Defect Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Manager in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Manager in England

Defect Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Manager in England

Defect Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 +116 4 £563 +9.76%
South East - 4 £575 -
East of England +19 3 £375 -
Defect Manager
UK

Defect Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Defect Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Defect Manager in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) JIRA
3 5 (45.45%) Defect Management
4 4 (36.36%) Confluence
4 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
5 3 (27.27%) Release Management
5 3 (27.27%) V-Model
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) SDLC
6 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
6 2 (18.18%) SAP
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Electronics
6 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 2 (18.18%) Finance
6 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (18.18%) Marketing
7 1 (9.09%) QA
7 1 (9.09%) Test Management
7 1 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (9.09%) ERP
7 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Oracle

Defect Manager Skill Set
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 (36.36%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
1 6 (54.55%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) DevOps
2 5 (45.45%) Defect Management
3 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Release Management
4 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) SDLC
4 3 (27.27%) V-Model
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 1 (9.09%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow