Defect Management Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Defect Management
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Defect Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	134	121	88
Rank change year-on-year	-13	-33	-5
Contract jobs citing Defect Management	23	5	14
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	0.80%	0.30%	0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.96%	0.33%	1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	2	9
10^th Percentile	£357	£439	£391
25^th Percentile	£400	£445	£404
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£455	£415
Median % change year-on-year	-6.59%	+9.64%	-24.55%
75^th Percentile	£532	£465	£438
90^th Percentile	£593	£471	£523
England median daily rate	£500	£450	£435
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	+3.45%	-13.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,402	1,500	1,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	83.81%	90.09%	84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,441	973	708
10^th Percentile	£350	£263	£288
25^th Percentile	£413	£380	£404
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£488	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£575	£550	£575
90^th Percentile	£675	£650	£653
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	102	53	39
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£17.36	-
25^th Percentile	£15.29	£18.87	£12.55
Median hourly rate	£19.00	£25.00	£19.00
Median % change year-on-year	-24.00%	+31.58%	-10.84%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	£25.15	£33.75
90^th Percentile	£43.06	£75.50	£50.25
England median hourly rate	£38.25	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+52.09%	-40.82%	-5.56%

Defect Management Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Defect Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Defect Management Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Defect Management.

Defect Management Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in Yorkshire

Defect Management Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Defect Management.

Defect Management Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
West Yorkshire	-11	10	£419	-7.97%	2
South Yorkshire	-	10	£507	-	6
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Defect Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Defect Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Defect Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	60.9%	14
2	Stakeholder Management	52.2%	12
2	Test Strategy	52.2%	12
4	User Acceptance Testing	47.8%	11
5	JIRA	43.5%	10
5	Test Planning	43.5%	10
7	Azure	39.1%	9
8	End-to-End Testing	34.8%	8
8	Non-Functional Testing	34.8%	8
8	QA	34.8%	8
8	Regression Testing	34.8%	8
8	System Integration Testing	34.8%	8
13	Test Automation	30.4%	7
13	Test Management	30.4%	7
13	Validation	30.4%	7
16	CI/CD	26.1%	6
16	Confluence	26.1%	6
16	Data Validation	26.1%	6
16	DevOps	26.1%	6
16	Migration	26.1%	6
21	ETL	21.7%	5
21	Functional Testing	21.7%	5
21	ISTQB	21.7%	5
21	Microsoft	21.7%	5
21	SQL	21.7%	5
26	API Testing	17.4%	4
26	Azure DevOps	17.4%	4
26	Continuous Improvement	17.4%	4
26	DevSecOps	17.4%	4
26	Manual Testing	17.4%	4

Defect Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	60.9%	14
2	Stakeholder Management	52.2%	12
2	Test Strategy	52.2%	12
4	User Acceptance Testing	47.8%	11
5	Test Planning	43.5%	10
6	End-to-End Testing	34.8%	8
6	Non-Functional Testing	34.8%	8
6	Regression Testing	34.8%	8
6	System Integration Testing	34.8%	8
10	Test Automation	30.4%	7
10	Test Management	30.4%	7
10	Validation	30.4%	7
13	CI/CD	26.1%	6
13	Data Validation	26.1%	6
13	DevOps	26.1%	6
13	Migration	26.1%	6
17	ETL	21.7%	5
17	Functional Testing	21.7%	5
19	API Testing	17.4%	4
19	Continuous Improvement	17.4%	4