Defect Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Defect Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 294 397
Rank change year-on-year +37 +103 +58
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 47 51 80
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.38% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 54
10th Percentile £360 £300 £330
25th Percentile £413 £352 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -7.50% +10.86%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £669
90th Percentile £575 £723 £721
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +2.78% -12.20% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £52.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Defect Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Defect Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Defect Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Defect Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 1 (2.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.26%) SAP SCM
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.53%) Azure
1 12 (25.53%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (10.64%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) GitHub
3 2 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (4.26%) Twilio
4 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.13%) OCI
4 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.13%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.13%) Converged Networks
2 1 (2.13%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (19.15%) JIRA
1 9 (19.15%) JMeter
2 7 (14.89%) Jenkins
3 6 (12.77%) LoadRunner
4 5 (10.64%) NeoLoad
5 4 (8.51%) Appium
5 4 (8.51%) CircleCI
5 4 (8.51%) Gatling
5 4 (8.51%) GitLab
5 4 (8.51%) Postman
5 4 (8.51%) Selenium
5 4 (8.51%) Serenity BDD
5 4 (8.51%) SpecFlow
6 3 (6.38%) TestRail
7 2 (4.26%) Cypress.io
7 2 (4.26%) REST Assured
8 1 (2.13%) Burp Suite
8 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
8 1 (2.13%) Toad
General
1 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
4 4 (8.51%) Automotive
5 3 (6.38%) Local Government
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Test Manager
2 10 (21.28%) Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Lead
3 7 (14.89%) Senior
3 7 (14.89%) Test Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Test Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Consultant
5 5 (10.64%) Tester
6 4 (8.51%) Developer
6 4 (8.51%) Developer in Test
6 4 (8.51%) Performance Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Performance Test Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Performance Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Test Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Software Developer
6 4 (8.51%) Software Test Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Test Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Test Leader
7 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) Playwright
2 5 (10.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (8.51%) Middleware
3 4 (8.51%) Play Framework
4 3 (6.38%) RFC 2544
5 2 (4.26%) REST
6 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) PMI
3 2 (4.26%) SCADA
3 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.13%) FMCG
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Unix
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Agile
2 16 (34.04%) Test Automation
3 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (27.66%) DevOps
5 12 (25.53%) Performance Testing
5 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (23.40%) Test Strategy
6 11 (23.40%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (21.28%) CI/CD
7 10 (21.28%) Software Testing
7 10 (21.28%) Test Management
7 10 (21.28%) Test Scripting
8 7 (14.89%) Scrum
8 7 (14.89%) Test Planning
9 6 (12.77%) BDD
9 6 (12.77%) ERP
9 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (12.77%) System Integration Testing
10 5 (10.64%) Integration Testing
10 5 (10.64%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
2 9 (19.15%) Java
3 8 (17.02%) C#
3 8 (17.02%) Python
4 6 (12.77%) TypeScript
5 5 (10.64%) C++
6 4 (8.51%) PHP
6 4 (8.51%) Ruby
6 4 (8.51%) Scala
7 2 (4.26%) SQL
8 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 11 (23.40%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
4 3 (6.38%) Degree
5 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.13%) ISEB
6 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) QA
2 2 (4.26%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.26%) PMO
3 1 (2.13%) AUTOSAR
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Perfmon
2 2 (4.26%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Oracle
2 5 (10.64%) SAP
3 4 (8.51%) Dynatrace
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.51%) New Relic
4 3 (6.38%) Cisco
5 2 (4.26%) Avaya
5 2 (4.26%) Databricks
5 2 (4.26%) Google
5 2 (4.26%) HP
5 2 (4.26%) MuleSoft
5 2 (4.26%) Virgin Media
6 1 (2.13%) Calypso
6 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.13%) Micro Focus
6 1 (2.13%) Murex
6 1 (2.13%) webMethods