Defect Management Contract Job Trends in South London

Defect Management
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 36 37
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.63% 0.58% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.68% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £502 - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile £517 - -
London median daily rate £534 £509 £467
% change year-on-year +5.01% +9.00% -11.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 266 148 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 83.39% 85.55% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 87 117
10th Percentile £413 £213 £320
25th Percentile £456 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.30%
75th Percentile £575 £636 £567
90th Percentile £725 £712 £730
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.70 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £17.85 £15.84 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.69% -18.77% -61.99%
75th Percentile £19.50 - £71.88
90th Percentile - £17.98 £73.75
London median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in South London

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 South London region over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. 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
Croydon - 2 £508 - 2
Defect Management
London

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA