Defect Management Contracts in Hertfordshire

Defect Management
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 69 81
Rank change year-on-year +25 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.30% 0.72% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.81% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £278 £498
25th Percentile £306 £300 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -37.50% +92.00%
75th Percentile £319 £400 £656
90th Percentile - £468 £683
East of England median daily rate £363 £375 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -25.00% +58.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 296 737 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 89.97% 88.90% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 261 349
10th Percentile £361 £225 £240
25th Percentile £450 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £713 £750
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 320 153
10th Percentile £20.34 £38.12 £23.09
25th Percentile £45.98 £40.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £64.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -23.08% +22.82%
75th Percentile £81.10 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.30 £75.70
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.14 £24.62
% change year-on-year -0.34% +63.03% +58.84%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Hertfordshire

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in Hertfordshire

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Watford +9 1 £313 +4.17%
Defect Management
East of England

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification