Defect Manager Contract Job Trends in North London

Defect Manager
London > North London

The median Defect Manager daily rate in North London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Defect Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North London 4.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
London median daily rate £400 - £506
% change year-on-year - - +4.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in North London with a recognized job title 24 22 29
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 100.00% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 27
10th Percentile £376 £248 £165
25th Percentile £490 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £344 £450
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -23.61% -
75th Percentile £650 £473 £538
90th Percentile £651 £581 £593
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
London median hourly rate £28.14 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.61% -6.67% +19.05%

Defect Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North London

For the 6 months to 29 September 2025, Defect Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North London region featuring Defect Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Defect Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP