Defect Tracking Contracts in London

Defect Tracking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Defect Tracking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Defect Tracking 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 317 376 462
Rank change year-on-year +59 +86 +95
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 24 20 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.11% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.13% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 7
10th Percentile £289 £419 £312
25th Percentile £350 £425 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £468 £380
Median % change year-on-year -16.84% +23.03% +2.01%
75th Percentile £446 £563 £500
90th Percentile £538 £606 £515
England median daily rate £405 £471 £450
% change year-on-year -14.06% +4.72% +16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Tracking in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Defect Tracking in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Tracking in London

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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 Tracking 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 +6 4 £386 -25.58% 5
North London - 1 £440 -
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England

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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 5 (20.83%) WebSphere
2 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.17%) CMS
3 1 (4.17%) Confluence
3 1 (4.17%) Drupal
3 1 (4.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.17%) Murex MxG2000
2 1 (4.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 4 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 4 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle Database
1 5 (20.83%) Power BI
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) Power Query
3 1 (4.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 17 (70.83%) JIRA
2 5 (20.83%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (12.50%) Selenium
4 1 (4.17%) SpecFlow
4 1 (4.17%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (4.17%) TestComplete
4 1 (4.17%) TestRail
4 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Back Office
4 2 (8.33%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Marketing
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Payments Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Banking Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) QA Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Test Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) CRM Developer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Manual Tester
5 1 (4.17%) QA Tester
5 1 (4.17%) UAT Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) REST
1 4 (16.67%) SOAP
1 4 (16.67%) Web Services
2 1 (4.17%) MDX
2 1 (4.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
1 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (29.17%) Agile
4 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (25.00%) CRM
5 5 (20.83%) DevOps
5 5 (20.83%) Migration
5 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
5 5 (20.83%) Software Testing
5 5 (20.83%) Test Management
5 5 (20.83%) Test Planning
5 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 4 (16.67%) Integration Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Manual Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 4 (16.67%) Visualisation
7 3 (12.50%) Case Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
3 4 (16.67%) C#
3 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) QA
2 4 (16.67%) ISO 20022
2 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.67%) SEPA
3 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
4 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) IBM
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle
1 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.17%) Avaloq
4 1 (4.17%) HP
4 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.17%) Murex
4 1 (4.17%) Optimizely
4 1 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Sitecore