Defect Tracking Contracts in the North of England

Defect Tracking
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Defect Tracking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 213 240
Rank change year-on-year +32 +27 -55
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 8 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.051% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.057% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £477 £410 £433
25th Percentile £492 £426 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -4.47% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £483 £538
90th Percentile - £500 £568
England median daily rate £471 £420 £394
% change year-on-year +12.20% +6.67% +5.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Defect Tracking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,108 5,304 6,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.82% 90.84% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,517 3,679 4,645
10th Percentile £287 £300 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.08%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £560
90th Percentile £675 £681 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 212 263
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.50 £12.94
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.60 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -35.80% +47.59% -1.29%
75th Percentile £44.74 £45.05 £33.66
90th Percentile £53.85 £65.00 £51.69
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Defect Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the North of England

Defect Tracking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Defect Tracking in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Tracking in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Yorkshire - 7 £517 - 1
North West +19 1 - - 2
Defect Tracking
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Cucumber
1 3 (37.50%) Cypress.io
1 3 (37.50%) JMeter
1 3 (37.50%) Postman
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) QA Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) QA Test Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Test Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Automation Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Manual Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Gherkin
2 1 (12.50%) Swagger
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) Test Strategy
3 6 (75.00%) Test Planning
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
5 3 (37.50%) IT Audit
5 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
5 3 (37.50%) Scrum
5 3 (37.50%) User Stories
6 2 (25.00%) Project Management
7 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
7 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft