Defect Management Contracts in Scotland

Defect Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 114 154
Rank change year-on-year -1 +40 +8
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 4 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.52% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.59% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £383 £421 £424
25th Percentile £394 £507 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -4.26% +30.41%
75th Percentile £456 £713 £647
90th Percentile £468 £738 £664
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £519
% change year-on-year -5.26% -8.43% +15.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,541 1,854 2,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.51% 87.41% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 1,152 1,729
10th Percentile £263 £219 £250
25th Percentile £370 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £640
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 96 54
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.53 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.34 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +33.34% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Scotland

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in Scotland

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in Scotland

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Lanarkshire +3 1 - - 1
Edinburgh -3 1 £425 -22.80% 1
Glasgow - 1 £450 - 2
Argyll and Bute - 1 £400 -
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) 4G
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (50.00%) SoapUI
3 1 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
1 2 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) V-Model
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP