Defect Manager
England > London
The median Defect Manager daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 360 | 383 | 437 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | +54 | +152 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Defect Manager | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 0.015% | 0.006% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.016% | 0.007% | 0.015% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £501 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | £502 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | £506 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | £514 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £517 |
| England median daily rate | £425 | £325 | £483 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.77% | -32.64% | +0.52% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title | 12,462 | 15,317 | 20,545 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.67% | 94.03% | 94.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,353 | 10,248 | 14,977 |
| 10th Percentile | £331 | £340 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £543 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.27% | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £694 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 206 | 181 | 229 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.00 | £17.50 | £18.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.00 | £23.80 | £22.29 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.25 | £35.00 | £37.34 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.57% | -6.27% | +14.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.13 | £56.00 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.54 | £71.88 | £76.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £46.18 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.54% | +2.62% | +73.08% |
Defect Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Defect Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Defect Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Defect Manager job vacancies in London.
Defect Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Defect Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Defect Manager in the job title.
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Defect Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:
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