Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Defect Management
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Defect Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 55 74
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.45% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.77% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £337 £274 £419
25th Percentile £383 £291 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £306 £475
Median % change year-on-year +53.06% -35.53% -
75th Percentile £558 £339 £541
90th Percentile £606 £376 £636
East of England median daily rate £413 £306 £475
% change year-on-year +34.69% -35.53% +11.76%

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 409 522 681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 91.70% 85.71% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 160 373
10th Percentile £244 £239 £260
25th Percentile £425 £306 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £406 £550
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% -26.14% +6.08%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £675
90th Percentile £688 £626 £760
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.17% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 182 154
10th Percentile £16.45 £15.50 £17.76
25th Percentile £22.63 £43.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £23.37 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -41.59% +101.92% -5.67%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Defect Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Hertfordshire

Defect Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Defect Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Defect Management

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 21 September 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 +4 1 £313 +4.17%
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £625 - 2
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 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM