Defect Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Defect Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 396 439
Rank change year-on-year +98 +43 -21
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 46 78 183
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.31% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.34% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 56 126
10th Percentile £300 £313 £328
25th Percentile £350 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.89% +10.30%
75th Percentile £575 £669 £523
90th Percentile £728 £721 £581
UK median daily rate £465 £525 £436
% change year-on-year -11.43% +20.48% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile £21.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.50 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - +106.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Defect Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Defect Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Defect Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Defect Management.

Defect Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Defect Management over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Defect Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Defect Management.

Defect Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.52%) Confluence
2 1 (2.17%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Simulink
2 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (6.52%) SAP PM
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.17%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (2.17%) SAP APO
3 1 (2.17%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.17%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) OCI
3 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.35%) SaaS
3 2 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.17%) AWS
4 1 (2.17%) Boomi
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.17%) MS Access
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 7 (15.22%) JIRA
2 3 (6.52%) JMeter
2 3 (6.52%) LoadRunner
3 2 (4.35%) Git
3 2 (4.35%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (4.35%) TestRail
4 1 (2.17%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.17%) FitNesse
4 1 (2.17%) Postman
4 1 (2.17%) Selenium
4 1 (2.17%) SpecFlow
4 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Finance
3 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Electronics
4 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.70%) Marketing
5 4 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Retail
8 1 (2.17%) Back Office
8 1 (2.17%) Front Office
8 1 (2.17%) German Language
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
8 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.17%) Spanish Language
8 1 (2.17%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Test Manager
2 9 (19.57%) Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Lead
4 7 (15.22%) Test Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Defect Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Report Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Service Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Test Leader
6 2 (4.35%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.35%) Manual Test Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Tester
6 2 (4.35%) UAT Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Consultant
7 1 (2.17%) Performance Test Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) SAP Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) ADO
1 2 (4.35%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.17%) Middleware
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.17%) Playwright
2 1 (2.17%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.35%) NHS
2 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.17%) EPoS
3 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.17%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (36.96%) Agile
3 13 (28.26%) Integration Testing
4 12 (26.09%) Test Strategy
5 11 (23.91%) Test Scripting
6 9 (19.57%) Test Automation
7 8 (17.39%) Software Testing
7 8 (17.39%) Test Management
8 7 (15.22%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (15.22%) Migration
8 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (15.22%) Scenario Testing
8 7 (15.22%) Test Planning
9 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (13.04%) ERP
9 6 (13.04%) Functional Testing
9 6 (13.04%) Regression Testing
10 5 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (10.87%) Programme Management
10 5 (10.87%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) Java
2 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) C
3 1 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (2.17%) C++
3 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.17%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.17%) VB
3 1 (2.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) ISTQB
2 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) Degree
4 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.52%) ISEB
5 3 (6.52%) SAP Certification
6 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
6 2 (4.35%) PMP
7 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.09%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.17%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) SAP
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) Blue Prism
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.17%) Ariba
4 1 (2.17%) Cognos
4 1 (2.17%) Dell
4 1 (2.17%) HP
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Workday