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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 303 376
Rank change year-on-year +58 +73 +67
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 59 48 76
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.60% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.37% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 56
10th Percentile £326 £300 £313
25th Percentile £359 £358 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +10.99%
75th Percentile £491 £611 £625
90th Percentile £553 £714 £721
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +8.81%

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 9,002 12,814 21,318
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.75% 87.05% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,099 8,627 15,107
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +1.89%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 564 502
10th Percentile £13.20 £15.05 £17.60
25th Percentile £18.36 £23.75 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.75 £52.32
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% -18.28% +30.79%
75th Percentile £65.13 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £79.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

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 25 June 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 (1.69%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (3.39%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.03%) Azure
1 13 (22.03%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (10.17%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) GitHub
3 2 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (1.69%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) Firewall
2 1 (1.69%) Converged Networks
2 1 (1.69%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (25.42%) JIRA
2 9 (15.25%) JMeter
3 8 (13.56%) Jenkins
4 7 (11.86%) Selenium
5 5 (8.47%) GitLab
5 5 (8.47%) LoadRunner
5 5 (8.47%) Postman
6 4 (6.78%) Appium
6 4 (6.78%) CircleCI
6 4 (6.78%) Cypress.io
6 4 (6.78%) Gatling
6 4 (6.78%) NeoLoad
6 4 (6.78%) Serenity BDD
6 4 (6.78%) SpecFlow
7 3 (5.08%) Cucumber
7 3 (5.08%) REST Assured
7 3 (5.08%) TestRail
8 1 (1.69%) Git
8 1 (1.69%) Maven
8 1 (1.69%) TestNG
General
1 23 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Automotive
6 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.69%) Billing
7 1 (1.69%) Local Government
7 1 (1.69%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Test Manager
2 13 (22.03%) Analyst
3 10 (16.95%) Senior
4 9 (15.25%) Test Analyst
4 9 (15.25%) Test Engineer
5 8 (13.56%) Lead
6 7 (11.86%) Tester
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Test Manager
8 4 (6.78%) Developer in Test
8 4 (6.78%) Network Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (6.78%) Network Manager
8 4 (6.78%) Performance Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Performance Test Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Performance Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Test Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Test Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Test Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.64%) RFC 2544
2 8 (13.56%) Playwright
3 4 (6.78%) Middleware
3 4 (6.78%) Play Framework
4 2 (3.39%) REST
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.17%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.78%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.08%) SCADA
5 2 (3.39%) PMI
6 1 (1.69%) FMCG
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Unix
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.29%) Agile
2 18 (30.51%) Test Automation
2 18 (30.51%) Test Scripting
3 16 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (23.73%) Test Management
4 14 (23.73%) Test Planning
4 14 (23.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (22.03%) DevOps
5 13 (22.03%) Software Testing
5 13 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.34%) Performance Testing
7 11 (18.64%) Regression Testing
7 11 (18.64%) Test Strategy
8 10 (16.95%) CI/CD
8 10 (16.95%) Risk Management
8 10 (16.95%) Service Management
8 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (13.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (11.86%) ERP
10 7 (11.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) Java
2 11 (18.64%) JavaScript
3 8 (13.56%) C#
3 8 (13.56%) Python
4 6 (10.17%) TypeScript
5 5 (8.47%) C++
6 4 (6.78%) PHP
6 4 (6.78%) Ruby
6 4 (6.78%) Scala
7 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) Security Cleared
2 22 (37.29%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.39%) Degree
4 2 (3.39%) ISEB
4 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) IIBA
5 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (25.42%) QA
2 5 (8.47%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.39%) PMO
4 1 (1.69%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (1.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Perfmon
2 2 (3.39%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 11 (18.64%) Cisco
2 7 (11.86%) Oracle
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.47%) SAP
4 4 (6.78%) Dynatrace
4 4 (6.78%) New Relic
5 2 (3.39%) Databricks
5 2 (3.39%) HP
5 2 (3.39%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.39%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.69%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.69%) Avaya
6 1 (1.69%) Google
6 1 (1.69%) Micro Focus
6 1 (1.69%) webMethods