Defect Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Defect Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 402 438
Rank change year-on-year +102 +36 -17
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 45 68 181
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.31% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 51 122
10th Percentile £300 £306 £338
25th Percentile £355 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +22.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £576 £653 £523
90th Percentile £733 £721 £575
UK median daily rate £475 £507 £450
% change year-on-year -6.36% +12.72% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile £19.25 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 - £25.50
75th Percentile £21.75 - £30.50
90th Percentile - - £33.20
UK median hourly rate £20.50 - £35.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

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 May 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 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.22%) WebSphere
1 1 (2.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.22%) Simulink
2 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.22%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.22%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (2.22%) SAP APO
3 1 (2.22%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.22%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.22%) SAP PM
3 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) OCI
3 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.44%) SaaS
3 2 (4.44%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.22%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) Boomi
4 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) DB2
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (6.67%) JMeter
2 3 (6.67%) LoadRunner
3 2 (4.44%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (4.44%) TestRail
4 1 (2.22%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.22%) FitNesse
4 1 (2.22%) Postman
4 1 (2.22%) Selenium
4 1 (2.22%) SpecFlow
4 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (42.22%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Finance
3 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Banking
6 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Electronics
6 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.44%) Marketing
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Retail
7 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.22%) Back Office
8 1 (2.22%) Front Office
8 1 (2.22%) German Language
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.22%) Spanish Language
8 1 (2.22%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Test Manager
2 10 (22.22%) Analyst
3 9 (20.00%) Lead
4 8 (17.78%) Test Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Test Leader
6 3 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Manual Test Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Report Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.44%) Tester
7 2 (4.44%) UAT Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Agile Test Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.22%) SAP Functional Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Test Automation Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Test Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) ADO
1 2 (4.44%) Middleware
1 2 (4.44%) REST
2 1 (2.22%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.22%) Playwright
2 1 (2.22%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.22%) EPoS
3 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.22%) NHS
3 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.22%) PKI
3 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.22%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.22%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.89%) Windows
2 3 (6.67%) Linux
3 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.22%) CentOS
4 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Agile
2 16 (35.56%) User Acceptance Testing
3 14 (31.11%) Test Strategy
4 11 (24.44%) Integration Testing
5 9 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 9 (20.00%) Test Management
5 9 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 8 (17.78%) Software Testing
6 8 (17.78%) Test Planning
7 7 (15.56%) End-to-End Testing
7 7 (15.56%) Scenario Testing
8 6 (13.33%) Functional Testing
8 6 (13.33%) Regression Testing
9 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.11%) Migration
9 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
10 4 (8.89%) DevOps
10 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (8.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) Java
2 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.44%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) C
3 1 (2.22%) C#
3 1 (2.22%) C++
3 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.22%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (24.44%) ISTQB
2 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
3 6 (13.33%) Degree
3 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.67%) ISEB
5 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.44%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.44%) PMP
6 1 (2.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.22%) MCSE
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.67%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Oracle
2 6 (13.33%) SAP
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.44%) Blue Prism
5 1 (2.22%) Ariba
5 1 (2.22%) Cognos
5 1 (2.22%) Dell
5 1 (2.22%) HP
5 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.22%) VMware
5 1 (2.22%) Workday