Defect Management Contracts in South Wales

Defect Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 37 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +20
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.42% 0.32% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.41% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £210 £338
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -37.78% +3.85%
75th Percentile £419 - £356
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £413 £210 £338
% change year-on-year +96.43% -37.78% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 219 242 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 91.25% 78.06% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 169 338
10th Percentile £185 £143 £197
25th Percentile £285 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.50% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £586
90th Percentile £625 £675 £650
Wales median daily rate £405 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 23
10th Percentile £14.72 £11.11 £16.37
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.57 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.37 £21.49 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.44% -19.38%
75th Percentile £41.25 £75.75 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £19.17 £18.14
% change year-on-year +17.37% +5.68% -19.38%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in South Wales

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in South Wales

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in South Wales

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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
Cardiff +4 1 £413 +96.43% 2
Defect Management
Wales

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (100.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA