Defect Tracking Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Defect Tracking
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £438 £463 £390
% change year-on-year -5.41% +18.59% -22.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 338 158 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 85.14% 86.81% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 108 129
10th Percentile £217 £170 £215
25th Percentile £325 £258 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £387 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -14.06% -7.93%
75th Percentile £514 £525 £538
90th Percentile £629 £638 £615
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 10
10th Percentile £13.13 - £20.50
25th Percentile £15.59 £15.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.75 £18.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.14% -16.36% -8.01%
75th Percentile £36.15 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £30.13
South East median hourly rate £57.25 £22.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +154.44% -59.09% +10.00%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Defect Tracking
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

Defect Tracking
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Defect Tracking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Defect Tracking

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Defect Tracking
South East

Defect Tracking
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA