Defect Tracking Contract Job Trends in England

Defect Tracking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 460 499
Rank change year-on-year -10 +39 +198
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 67 36 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.21% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 21 43
10th Percentile £340 £300 £400
25th Percentile £375 £375 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £460 £521
90th Percentile £588 £500 £630
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £46.75
% change year-on-year - +60.43% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,948 25,588 32,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.76% 88.59% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,756 15,817 22,467
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,828 844 1,393
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%
75th Percentile £53.81 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.66 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in England

Defect Tracking
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Defect Tracking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Tracking in England

Defect Tracking
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking within the England region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 +24 48 £463 +8.82% 2
South East -15 5 £403 -5.29% 7
West Midlands -27 3 £492 +71.13%
Midlands -34 3 £492 +71.13%
North West -30 2 £400 -11.11%
North of England -54 2 £400 -11.11%
South West - 1 - - 2
Defect Tracking
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Defect Tracking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) Confluence
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) CMS
2 1 (1.49%) Kentico
2 1 (1.49%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (4.48%) Workday HCM
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.99%) PORTIA
2 2 (2.99%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.49%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.49%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (41.79%) Azure
2 23 (34.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.48%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.99%) AWS
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.49%) IaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.49%) SaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceMax
6 1 (1.49%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) SSL
2 1 (1.49%) MPLS
2 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.99%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) CockroachDB
2 1 (1.49%) Informix
2 1 (1.49%) MySQL
2 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.49%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (35.82%) JIRA
2 10 (14.93%) Selenium
3 4 (5.97%) Git
4 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 3 (4.48%) JUnit
4 3 (4.48%) Postman
4 3 (4.48%) TestRail
4 3 (4.48%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.99%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.99%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.99%) GitLab
5 2 (2.99%) REST Assured
5 2 (2.99%) TestNG
5 2 (2.99%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.49%) JMeter
6 1 (1.49%) LSMW
6 1 (1.49%) NUnit
6 1 (1.49%) RSpec
6 1 (1.49%) SoapUI
General
1 27 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.84%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (20.90%) Finance
4 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.48%) Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Legal
5 3 (4.48%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Back Office
6 2 (2.99%) Front Office
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.99%) Law
6 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.49%) French Language
7 1 (1.49%) Games
7 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Military
7 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) Test Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) Tester
4 7 (10.45%) Lead
4 7 (10.45%) QA Engineer
4 7 (10.45%) Test Manager
5 6 (8.96%) Integration Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Integration Test Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) IT Manager
5 6 (8.96%) Systems Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Systems Integration Analyst
5 6 (8.96%) Systems Test Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) QA Automation Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) QA Tester
6 5 (7.46%) Senior
7 4 (5.97%) Business Manager
7 4 (5.97%) Business Relationship Manager
7 4 (5.97%) IT Relationships Manager
7 4 (5.97%) Senior Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.94%) Node.js
2 6 (8.96%) Middleware
3 3 (4.48%) LDAP
3 3 (4.48%) pytest
4 2 (2.99%) .NET
4 2 (2.99%) JSON
4 2 (2.99%) Playwright
4 2 (2.99%) REST
5 1 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.49%) Kafka
5 1 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.49%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.49%) SOAP
5 1 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.49%) Derivative
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.75%) Test Management
2 32 (47.76%) Agile
3 29 (43.28%) Test Automation
4 27 (40.30%) DevOps
4 27 (40.30%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (35.82%) Software Testing
6 20 (29.85%) Test Scripting
7 18 (26.87%) Regression Testing
8 17 (25.37%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (22.39%) Test Strategy
10 14 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (20.90%) Manual Testing
10 14 (20.90%) System Integration Testing
11 13 (19.40%) API Testing
11 13 (19.40%) CI/CD
11 13 (19.40%) Integration Testing
11 13 (19.40%) Validation
12 12 (17.91%) Scenario Testing
13 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (14.93%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.87%) SQL
2 11 (16.42%) JavaScript
3 9 (13.43%) TypeScript
4 5 (7.46%) Python
5 3 (4.48%) C#
6 2 (2.99%) Java
7 1 (1.49%) Bash
7 1 (1.49%) Ruby
7 1 (1.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) SC Cleared
1 17 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.46%) ISTQB
3 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.48%) Degree
4 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.99%) ISEB
5 1 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (38.81%) QA
2 5 (7.46%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.99%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (2.99%) WCAG
5 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) HP
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Oracle
3 4 (5.97%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.97%) SAP
4 3 (4.48%) Micro Focus
4 3 (4.48%) OpenText
4 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.48%) Workday
5 2 (2.99%) Charles River
5 2 (2.99%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.99%) SimCorp
6 1 (1.49%) Apple
6 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) Informatica
6 1 (1.49%) Mercator
6 1 (1.49%) Splunk
6 1 (1.49%) Talend
6 1 (1.49%) Tradeweb