Defect Management Contracts in Wales

Defect Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 42 61
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +12
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.34% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £210 £338
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -37.78% +3.85%
75th Percentile £419 - £356
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 282 534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 89.00% 76.84% 87.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 190 409
10th Percentile £185 £160 £188
25th Percentile £285 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.21% -
75th Percentile £488 £563 £583
90th Percentile £625 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 26
10th Percentile £15.40 £11.51 £14.63
25th Percentile £20.12 £13.06 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.17 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +17.37% +5.68% -19.38%
75th Percentile £41.25 £51.75 £22.93
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.72 £49.38
UK median hourly rate £28.30 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -22.48% +0.29% +41.73%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Wales

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in Wales

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in Wales

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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 Wales +2 1 £413 +96.43% 1
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA