Defect Management Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Defect Management
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.80% 1.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £360 £410 -
25th Percentile £361 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% - -
75th Percentile £381 £475 -
90th Percentile £385 £490 -
South East median daily rate £350 £413 £425
% change year-on-year -15.15% -2.94% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 197 118 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 78.49% 84.89% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 81 157
10th Percentile £186 £200 £213
25th Percentile £274 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.62% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £720 £650 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.92
25th Percentile £12.63 - £28.92
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -68.75% +120.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 - £68.04
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -53.16% -10.69% +42.67%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Worthing -10 2 £368 -18.33%
Defect Management
South East

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) webMethods