Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Defect Management
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -35 - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.52% 1.42% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.68% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £316 £348 -
25th Percentile £330 £390 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £460 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.55% - -
75th Percentile £380 - -
90th Percentile £392 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £356 £460 -
% change year-on-year -22.55% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 473 179 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 82.40% 84.43% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 126 88
10th Percentile £313 £219 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -8.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £588 £547 £567
90th Percentile £639 £625 £632
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £453 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +0.56% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 6 25
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.88 £18.25
25th Percentile £59.19 £17.08 £23.00
Median hourly rate £69.47 £18.28 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +280.14% -61.53% +140.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.46 £68.75
90th Percentile - £36.31 £70.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £66.25 £17.15 £19.50
% change year-on-year +286.30% -12.05% -1.27%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Defect Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Defect Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) REST Assured
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility