Defect Management Contracts in Reading

Defect Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 90 70
Rank change year-on-year +36 -20 +26
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 6 1 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.01% 0.084% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.093% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile £347 - £719
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 - £721
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.89%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £463 - £721
% change year-on-year - - +86.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 5G
1 2 (33.33%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (33.33%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (33.33%) SMS
1 2 (33.33%) SS7
1 2 (33.33%) VoLTE
1 2 (33.33%) VoWiFi
1 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Network Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) OSS Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks
1 2 (33.33%) Virgin Media
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Cramer
2 1 (16.67%) Infoblox
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy