Defect Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Defect Manager
England > London

The median Defect Manager daily rate in London is £402, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 350 396
Rank change year-on-year -70 +46 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Defect Manager 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.010% 0.032% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.034% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.91% - -
England median daily rate £475 £488 £375
% change year-on-year -2.56% +30.00% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 17,706 11,711 16,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.42% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,683 7,937 11,897
10th Percentile £358 £338 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 173 324
10th Percentile £18.28 £19.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.00 £20.17
Median hourly rate £40.98 £34.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.53% +22.26% -23.33%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.50 £46.49
90th Percentile £80.88 £64.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -10.11%

Defect Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Defect Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Defect Manager job vacancy trend in London

Defect Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Defect Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Defect Manager job vacancies in London

Defect Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 June 2026, Defect Manager contract job roles required 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 London region featuring Defect Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing

Defect Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle