Defect Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 324 346
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 -46
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 67 106 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.52% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 76 116
10th Percentile £270 £316 £323
25th Percentile £369 £408 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £514 £436
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +17.84% +14.67%
75th Percentile £538 £700 £488
90th Percentile £728 £721 £575
UK median daily rate £473 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -5.64% +11.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.98
25th Percentile - - £50.69
Median hourly rate - - £51.88
75th Percentile - - £53.06
90th Percentile - - £53.78
UK median hourly rate - - £33.38
% change year-on-year - - -4.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 June 2024. 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
Midlands +10 14 £500 +5.26% 3
South East 0 14 £500 -30.65% 3
North of England -6 12 £388 -29.55% 3
Scotland +55 11 £563 +2.27% 3
West Midlands +19 10 £525 +14.75% 1
South West -4 7 £518 +21.76% 3
East of England +9 6 £313 -55.36%
North West +7 6 £275 -45.00% 2
Yorkshire +7 6 £458 -16.82% 1
East Midlands +4 4 £400 +42.86% 2
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
Wales +21 1 £210 -37.78%
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.49%) Apache
2 1 (1.49%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) Simulink
2 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.49%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.49%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.90%) Azure
2 8 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (10.45%) OCI
4 5 (7.46%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (5.97%) SaaS
6 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.49%) AWS
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.49%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.49%) Commercetools
7 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) PBX
1 2 (2.99%) Skype
2 1 (1.49%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) Softswitch
2 1 (1.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.99%) Big Data
3 2 (2.99%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.99%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.49%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.49%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.49%) Metadata
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (23.88%) JIRA
2 3 (4.48%) Postman
3 2 (2.99%) JMeter
3 2 (2.99%) Selenium
3 2 (2.99%) SoapUI
3 2 (2.99%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.49%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.49%) Git
4 1 (1.49%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.49%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.49%) TestRail
4 1 (1.49%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.49%) Xcode
4 1 (1.49%) Zephyr
General
1 26 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Finance
3 10 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.45%) Retail
6 6 (8.96%) Marketing
7 4 (5.97%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.97%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.48%) Banking
8 3 (4.48%) Electronics
8 3 (4.48%) Military
9 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Aviation
10 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Test Manager
2 15 (22.39%) Lead
3 13 (19.40%) Analyst
4 9 (13.43%) Test Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Test Leader
6 5 (7.46%) Coordinator
7 4 (5.97%) Senior
7 4 (5.97%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Team Leader
7 4 (5.97%) Technical Coordinator
7 4 (5.97%) Technical Support
7 4 (5.97%) Tester
7 4 (5.97%) UAT Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) OAT Manager
8 3 (4.48%) SAP Manager
8 3 (4.48%) SAP Test Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Test Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Administrator
9 2 (2.99%) Defect Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) .NET
2 3 (4.48%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (2.99%) JSON
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.99%) RESTful
3 2 (2.99%) XML
4 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.49%) ADO
4 1 (1.49%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (1.49%) HTML
4 1 (1.49%) PySpark
4 1 (1.49%) REST
4 1 (1.49%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.99%) Equities
2 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.99%) PKI
3 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.49%) IVR
3 1 (1.49%) NHS
3 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.49%) PMI
3 1 (1.49%) Robotics
3 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Windows
2 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.99%) Android
3 2 (2.99%) CentOS
3 2 (2.99%) Linux
3 2 (2.99%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) Test Management
1 21 (31.34%) User Acceptance Testing
2 20 (29.85%) Test Strategy
3 17 (25.37%) Agile
4 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.39%) Test Automation
5 14 (20.90%) Test Planning
6 13 (19.40%) Test Scripting
7 12 (17.91%) Integration Testing
8 11 (16.42%) DevOps
9 8 (11.94%) Regression Testing
9 8 (11.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (10.45%) Decision-Making
10 7 (10.45%) Non-Functional Testing
10 7 (10.45%) Project Management
10 7 (10.45%) Software Testing
10 7 (10.45%) Waterfall
11 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (8.96%) Process Improvement
11 6 (8.96%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) SQL
2 4 (5.97%) Python
3 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.48%) Ruby
4 2 (2.99%) C#
5 1 (1.49%) C
5 1 (1.49%) C++
5 1 (1.49%) Java
5 1 (1.49%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) ISTQB
2 9 (13.43%) Degree
3 5 (7.46%) ISEB
3 5 (7.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.97%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (2.99%) MCSE
5 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) QA
2 3 (4.48%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (4.48%) SLA
3 2 (2.99%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.99%) WSUS
3 1 (1.49%) Kibana
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Oracle
2 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.96%) SAP
4 3 (4.48%) Blue Prism
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco
5 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.99%) Ribbon
5 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.49%) Cloudera
6 1 (1.49%) Cognos
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) Genesys
6 1 (1.49%) HP
6 1 (1.49%) ScienceLogic