Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Defect Management
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 41 52
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.63% 0.33% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.36% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £522 - -
25th Percentile £533 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile £580 - -
South East median daily rate £433 £431 £488
% change year-on-year +0.29% -11.54% -23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.25
Median hourly rate - - £20.50
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £20.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 389 275 480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 81.21% 90.16% 82.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 190 351
10th Percentile £264 £187 £213
25th Percentile £406 £289 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% -2.68%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £619
90th Percentile £688 £657 £700
South East median daily rate £513 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +2.40% +0.10% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 25 52
10th Percentile £21.64 £20.68 £11.71
25th Percentile £37.20 £24.18 £13.25
Median hourly rate £66.99 £27.50 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +143.60% +49.86% -59.22%
75th Percentile £71.99 £43.39 £46.25
90th Percentile £79.37 £62.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -5.26%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Surrey

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Defect Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 April 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
Leatherhead - 3 £550 -
Defect Management
South East

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Business IT Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 3 (100.00%) Swim Lanes
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft