Defect Tracking Contracts in the South East

Defect Tracking
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Defect Tracking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 209 250
Rank change year-on-year +29 +41 -47
Contract jobs citing Defect Tracking 12 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.071% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.080% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 8
10th Percentile £351 - £343
25th Percentile £390 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £420 £368
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +14.13% +13.58%
75th Percentile £466 £448 £419
90th Percentile £513 £479 £464
England median daily rate £471 £450 £388
% change year-on-year +4.72% +16.13% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - £16.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Defect Tracking 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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,603 5,023 6,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.23% 89.08% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,675 3,482 4,732
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £598
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 218 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Defect Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Tracking in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Tracking within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley - 5 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Hampshire -1 3 £400 -4.76%
Surrey - 3 £458 -
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
1 4 (33.33%) Subversion
2 2 (16.67%) ClearCase
2 2 (16.67%) ClearQuest
General
1 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Test Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 4 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 4 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
3 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 5 (41.67%) Test Management
3 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (33.33%) SDLC
4 4 (33.33%) Signal Processing
4 4 (33.33%) Software Optimisation
4 4 (33.33%) Validation
5 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Sprint Backlog
5 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) QMS
6 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Assembly Language
1 4 (33.33%) C
1 4 (33.33%) C++
1 4 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 4 (33.33%) Python
1 4 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 4 (33.33%) PhD
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) JTAG
2 3 (25.00%) HL7
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) HP