Defect Management Contracts with Work from Home 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 23 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 396 442
Rank change year-on-year +101 +46 -29
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 46 61 184
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.26% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.29% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 46 125
10th Percentile £300 £313 £322
25th Percentile £356 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £580 £666 £523
90th Percentile £680 £721 £575
UK median daily rate £473 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -5.64% +11.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.00
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £17.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £33.38
% change year-on-year - - -4.64%

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 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 23 June 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 1 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.17%) Simulink
3 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (4.35%) SAP APO
2 2 (4.35%) SAP IBP
2 2 (4.35%) SAP MM
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 PM
3 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) OCI
2 4 (8.70%) Azure
3 3 (6.52%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.35%) SaaS
5 1 (2.17%) AWS
5 1 (2.17%) Boomi
5 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.35%) DB2
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) JIRA
1 6 (13.04%) JMeter
1 6 (13.04%) LoadRunner
2 2 (4.35%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (4.35%) TestRail
3 1 (2.17%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.17%) FitNesse
3 1 (2.17%) Postman
3 1 (2.17%) Selenium
3 1 (2.17%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.78%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.70%) Banking
4 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.52%) Electronics
6 2 (4.35%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 2 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Retail
6 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.17%) Back Office
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Front Office
7 1 (2.17%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Test Manager
2 11 (23.91%) Analyst
2 11 (23.91%) Lead
3 8 (17.39%) Test Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Test Leader
5 4 (8.70%) Performance Test Leader
6 3 (6.52%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Manual Test Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Report Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.35%) Functional Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Integration Manager
7 2 (4.35%) SAP APO Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) SAP APO Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) SAP Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) SAP Functional Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) SAP MM Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) SAP MM Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) ADO
1 2 (4.35%) Middleware
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (4.35%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.17%) Playwright
2 1 (2.17%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) DataPower
4 1 (2.17%) EPoS
4 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) PKI
4 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.17%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) CentOS
4 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (36.96%) Test Strategy
3 14 (30.43%) Agile
4 12 (26.09%) Integration Testing
5 10 (21.74%) Test Management
6 9 (19.57%) Test Automation
6 9 (19.57%) Test Scripting
7 8 (17.39%) Migration
8 7 (15.22%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (15.22%) System Integration Testing
8 7 (15.22%) Test Planning
9 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (13.04%) Scenario Testing
9 6 (13.04%) Waterfall
10 5 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (10.87%) Performance Testing
10 5 (10.87%) Regression Testing
10 5 (10.87%) SDLC
10 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
10 5 (10.87%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) ISTQB
2 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.70%) ISEB
5 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.35%) PMP
6 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.17%) MCSE
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Oracle
2 8 (17.39%) SAP
3 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.35%) Blue Prism
4 2 (4.35%) VMware
4 2 (4.35%) Workday
5 1 (2.17%) Ariba
5 1 (2.17%) Cognos
5 1 (2.17%) Dell
5 1 (2.17%) HP
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow