Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Defect Management
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £520 £400 -
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 121 101 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 80.67% 80.16% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 60 79
10th Percentile £170 £200 £213
25th Percentile £358 £423 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £634
90th Percentile £688 £713 £660
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.70% +12.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 10
10th Percentile £12.21 - £13.13
25th Percentile £14.47 - £66.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +196.30%
75th Percentile £62.23 - -
90th Percentile £72.60 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -11.11% -21.53% +9.24%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Southampton

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Defect Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall