Defect Management Contracts

Defect Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 515 499
Rank change year-on-year +74 -16 -12
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 149 186 383
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.32% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.36% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 123 261
10th Percentile £302 £284 £331
25th Percentile £381 £398 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +20.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £556 £625 £513
90th Percentile £713 £721 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -8.10% +23.53% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £37.90
25th Percentile £19.25 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 - £49.50
75th Percentile £21.75 - £51.88
90th Percentile - - £53.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 - £51.88
% change year-on-year - - +116.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Defect Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Defect Management.

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +66 121 £475 -9.52% 20
UK excluding London +13 67 £483 -8.10% 17
London +100 58 £463 -15.91% 6
Work from Home +90 45 £500 -9.09% 9
South East +4 18 £500 -28.57% 1
Scotland +50 11 £563 -4.26% 3
Midlands +21 11 £525 +61.54% 1
North of England +10 11 £450 -21.74% 1
West Midlands +22 10 £525 +26.51% 1
South West +6 7 £533 +21.71% 7
East of England +16 6 £375 -25.00% 3
Yorkshire +10 6 £465 -15.45%
North West +13 5 £289 -42.25% 1
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
Wales +19 1 £210 -37.78% 1
East Midlands +11 1 £500 +81.82%

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) Apache
3 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.67%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.67%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.67%) Simulink
3 1 (0.67%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 8 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (2.01%) SAP PM
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.34%) SAP MDM
4 2 (1.34%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.67%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.67%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.67%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.67%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.67%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 34 (22.82%) Azure
2 14 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (6.04%) OCI
4 6 (4.03%) SaaS
4 6 (4.03%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (3.36%) Tricentis Tosca
6 3 (2.01%) AWS
6 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.67%) Boomi
7 1 (0.67%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.67%) Commercetools
7 1 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.34%) PBX
1 2 (1.34%) Skype
2 1 (0.67%) Firewall
2 1 (0.67%) Softswitch
2 1 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.70%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.34%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.34%) Power BI
4 1 (0.67%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.67%) Big Data
4 1 (0.67%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.67%) Metadata
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (24.16%) JIRA
2 16 (10.74%) LoadRunner
3 11 (7.38%) JMeter
4 9 (6.04%) Cucumber
5 6 (4.03%) Postman
5 6 (4.03%) Selenium
6 5 (3.36%) Git
6 5 (3.36%) NeoLoad
6 5 (3.36%) TestRail
7 4 (2.68%) Gatling
7 4 (2.68%) SpecFlow
8 3 (2.01%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.34%) FitNesse
9 2 (1.34%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.34%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.34%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.67%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.67%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.67%) Zephyr
General
1 53 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.85%) Finance
3 19 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.40%) Banking
5 13 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.37%) Marketing
8 7 (4.70%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.70%) Retail
9 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.03%) Electronics
9 6 (4.03%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.36%) Law
10 5 (3.36%) Legal
11 4 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.68%) Military
12 3 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.34%) German Language
13 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.34%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (24.83%) Test Manager
2 29 (19.46%) Lead
3 28 (18.79%) Analyst
4 23 (15.44%) Test Analyst
5 18 (12.08%) Test Leader
6 13 (8.72%) Tester
7 8 (5.37%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
8 7 (4.70%) Consultant
8 7 (4.70%) Performance Test Leader
8 7 (4.70%) SAP Manager
8 7 (4.70%) SAP Test Manager
9 6 (4.03%) Coordinator
9 6 (4.03%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (4.03%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (3.36%) Manual Test Analyst
10 5 (3.36%) Service Analyst
10 5 (3.36%) Testing Manager
11 4 (2.68%) Defect Manager
11 4 (2.68%) OAT Manager
11 4 (2.68%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.37%) ADO
2 6 (4.03%) .NET
3 4 (2.68%) BAPI
4 3 (2.01%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (1.34%) Middleware
5 2 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.34%) Playwright
5 2 (1.34%) REST
5 2 (1.34%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.34%) SAP Basis
5 2 (1.34%) XML
6 1 (0.67%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.67%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.67%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.67%) HTML
6 1 (0.67%) JSON
6 1 (0.67%) PySpark
6 1 (0.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.37%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.01%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.34%) Equities
4 2 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.34%) Life Science
4 2 (1.34%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.34%) PKI
4 2 (1.34%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.67%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.67%) EPoS
5 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.67%) NHS
5 1 (0.67%) PMI
5 1 (0.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.37%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Linux
2 4 (2.68%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.34%) Android
3 2 (1.34%) CentOS
3 2 (1.34%) Unix
3 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.58%) User Acceptance Testing
2 47 (31.54%) Test Automation
3 41 (27.52%) Test Management
4 39 (26.17%) Agile
5 38 (25.50%) Test Strategy
6 36 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (19.46%) Test Scripting
8 27 (18.12%) Functional Testing
9 23 (15.44%) DevOps
9 23 (15.44%) Project Management
10 22 (14.77%) Test Planning
11 21 (14.09%) End-to-End Testing
11 21 (14.09%) Regression Testing
11 21 (14.09%) Scenario Testing
12 20 (13.42%) Integration Testing
12 20 (13.42%) Performance Testing
12 20 (13.42%) Software Testing
12 20 (13.42%) Waterfall
13 18 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (10.74%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.72%) SQL
2 6 (4.03%) Java
2 6 (4.03%) Python
3 5 (3.36%) ABAP
4 3 (2.01%) C#
4 3 (2.01%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.01%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.01%) Ruby
5 2 (1.34%) C
5 2 (1.34%) C++
5 2 (1.34%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.34%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.34%) VBA
6 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (16.11%) ISTQB
2 19 (12.75%) Degree
3 16 (10.74%) Security Cleared
4 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.37%) ISEB
5 8 (5.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 6 (4.03%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.01%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.01%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.34%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (1.34%) MCSE
8 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.34%) PMP
9 1 (0.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (23.49%) QA
2 5 (3.36%) SLA
3 4 (2.68%) PMO
4 3 (2.01%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.34%) Basel III
5 2 (1.34%) COREP
5 2 (1.34%) FINREP
5 2 (1.34%) GxP
6 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.67%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (3.36%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.34%) WSUS
4 1 (0.67%) Kibana
Vendors
1 27 (18.12%) SAP
2 22 (14.77%) Oracle
3 9 (6.04%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.36%) CA Agile Central
4 5 (3.36%) iManage
4 5 (3.36%) Intapp
4 5 (3.36%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.68%) HP
5 4 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.01%) Blue Prism
6 3 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.34%) Cisco
7 2 (1.34%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.34%) Ribbon
8 1 (0.67%) Ariba
8 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.67%) Citrix
8 1 (0.67%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.67%) Dell
8 1 (0.67%) Genesys