Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Defect Management
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £471 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 - -
75th Percentile £514 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £517 £381
% change year-on-year -6.92% +35.54% -20.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 57 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 90.48% 93.44% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 44 38
10th Percentile £376 £303 £197
25th Percentile £413 £394 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -31.82%
75th Percentile £509 £588 £458
90th Percentile £588 £609 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £492 £505
% change year-on-year -3.46% -2.57% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £24.72 - -
25th Percentile £27.30 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £29.50 - £16.00
75th Percentile £40.03 - £17.00
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.27 £24.34 £21.00
% change year-on-year +24.36% +15.90% -23.64%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Solihull

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Defect Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Kronos