Defect Management Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Defect Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 43 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +14
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% 0.88% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 1.02% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £162 £207
Median % change year-on-year +69.28% -21.52% -50.12%
Wales median daily rate £275 £162 £209
% change year-on-year +69.28% -22.09% -49.76%

All Process & 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 272 295 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.84% 86.26% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 171 239
10th Percentile £205 £168 £166
25th Percentile £285 £213 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £503 £550 £588
90th Percentile £613 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 38 23
10th Percentile £13.03 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% -6.98% +36.13%
75th Percentile £28.22 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Defect Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Defect Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Defect Management

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 28 December 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 -2 1 £275 +69.28%
Defect Management
Wales

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Test Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA