Defect Tracking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Defect Tracking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 366 429
Rank change year-on-year +44 +63 +42
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 17 33 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.16% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.19% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 15
10th Percentile £300 £395 £319
25th Percentile £331 £446 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +13.10% +2.69%
75th Percentile £469 £504 £475
90th Percentile £488 £571 £500
UK median daily rate £390 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -17.89% +5.56% +17.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile £52.80 £54.45 -
25th Percentile £54.00 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.00 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% - -
75th Percentile £58.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £59.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £56.00 £60.50 -
% change year-on-year -7.44% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Defect Tracking 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 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +42 6 £463 +15.63% 25
South West - 5 £403 - 16
North of England +18 3 £420 -18.76% 21
Midlands +16 2 £288 -36.11% 21
West Midlands +12 2 £288 -36.11% 11
North East - 2 £390 - 3
Scotland +5 1 - - 11
Yorkshire +1 1 £450 -12.96% 7
Defect Tracking
UK

Defect Tracking
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 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) LabWindows
2 1 (5.88%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) GitHub
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) 3GPP
1 1 (5.88%) 4G
1 1 (5.88%) 5G
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
1 1 (5.88%) LTE
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) JIRA
2 3 (17.65%) Selenium
3 2 (11.76%) Cypress.io
3 2 (11.76%) JUnit
3 2 (11.76%) LabVIEW
4 1 (5.88%) Cucumber
4 1 (5.88%) JMeter
4 1 (5.88%) TestRail
4 1 (5.88%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Back Office
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Lead
2 2 (11.76%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) OSS Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) QA Leader
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Test Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Java Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Lead DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Manual Tester
3 1 (5.88%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Test Leader
3 1 (5.88%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) FPGA
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) EPoS
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (52.94%) Test Strategy
3 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
3 8 (47.06%) Test Management
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) End-to-End Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (29.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
6 4 (23.53%) Defect Management
6 4 (23.53%) DevOps
6 4 (23.53%) Performance Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Software Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Change Management
7 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Project Management
7 3 (17.65%) SDLC
7 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C
2 1 (5.88%) C#
2 1 (5.88%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) Java
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) ISTQB
2 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.76%) PMP
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
1 2 (11.76%) Cramer
1 2 (11.76%) Infoblox
1 2 (11.76%) Remedy