Defect Management Contracts in London

Defect Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 349 429
Rank change year-on-year +65 +80 +23
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 57 47 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.47% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 29 27
10th Percentile £400 £340 £294
25th Percentile £439 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £594
90th Percentile £738 £645 £631
England median daily rate £455 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -4.21% -9.52% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +9 6 - - 2
East London - 1 £600 -
South London - 1 - - 1
West London - 1 £455 - 1
Defect Management
England

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
1 15 (26.32%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (10.53%) AWS
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.77%) Power Automate
3 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.77%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.51%) Twilio
5 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.75%) GitHub
5 1 (1.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Firewall
1 2 (3.51%) LAN
1 2 (3.51%) Unified Communications
1 2 (3.51%) WAN
2 1 (1.75%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.75%) Data Vault
1 1 (1.75%) QlikView
1 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (29.82%) JIRA
2 11 (19.30%) JMeter
3 9 (15.79%) Selenium
4 7 (12.28%) Jenkins
5 6 (10.53%) Gatling
6 5 (8.77%) GitLab
6 5 (8.77%) LoadRunner
6 5 (8.77%) NeoLoad
7 4 (7.02%) Appium
7 4 (7.02%) CircleCI
7 4 (7.02%) Serenity BDD
7 4 (7.02%) SpecFlow
8 3 (5.26%) Git
9 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket
9 2 (3.51%) REST Assured
9 2 (3.51%) TeamCity
9 2 (3.51%) TestCafe
10 1 (1.75%) Burp Suite
10 1 (1.75%) Postman
10 1 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (50.88%) Social Skills
2 22 (38.60%) Finance
3 10 (17.54%) Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Back Office
4 6 (10.53%) Front Office
5 4 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.51%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Test Manager
2 15 (26.32%) Lead
3 11 (19.30%) Analyst
4 10 (17.54%) Senior
5 8 (14.04%) Test Leader
6 7 (12.28%) Consultant
6 7 (12.28%) Test Analyst
6 7 (12.28%) Test Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Developer
8 4 (7.02%) Performance Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Performance Test Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Performance Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Test Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Software Developer
8 4 (7.02%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Test Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Tester
8 4 (7.02%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) Playwright
2 4 (7.02%) Play Framework
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Low-Code
2 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Derivative
3 2 (3.51%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) Online Banking
3 2 (3.51%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) Equities
4 1 (1.75%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.75%) PMI
4 1 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
2 23 (40.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (40.35%) Test Automation
3 22 (38.60%) Agile
4 19 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 16 (28.07%) DevOps
6 14 (24.56%) Test Planning
7 13 (22.81%) Performance Testing
7 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (21.05%) Test Management
9 11 (19.30%) System Integration Testing
10 10 (17.54%) CI/CD
11 9 (15.79%) Software Testing
12 8 (14.04%) Scrum
12 8 (14.04%) Test Scripting
13 7 (12.28%) Integration Testing
13 7 (12.28%) Kanban
13 7 (12.28%) Regression Testing
13 7 (12.28%) Risk Management
13 7 (12.28%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.56%) Java
2 10 (17.54%) JavaScript
3 9 (15.79%) Python
4 8 (14.04%) C#
5 4 (7.02%) C++
5 4 (7.02%) PHP
5 4 (7.02%) Ruby
5 4 (7.02%) Scala
5 4 (7.02%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.26%) SQL
7 2 (3.51%) RPG
Qualifications
1 14 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.75%) Degree
4 1 (1.75%) IIBA
4 1 (1.75%) ISEB
4 1 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.56%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) HP ALM
2 4 (7.02%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 7 (12.28%) Charles River
2 5 (8.77%) HP
3 4 (7.02%) Dynatrace
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) New Relic
4 3 (5.26%) Oracle
5 2 (3.51%) Avaya
5 2 (3.51%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.51%) Google
5 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.75%) Calypso
6 1 (1.75%) Cisco
6 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.75%) Genesys
6 1 (1.75%) Mitel
6 1 (1.75%) Murex
6 1 (1.75%) Workday