Defect Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Defect Manager
England > London

The median Defect Manager daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 374 422
Rank change year-on-year +8 +48 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Defect Manager 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.026% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.027% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £330 £390
25th Percentile - £356 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £409 £519
90th Percentile - £415 £530
England median daily rate £525 £388 £375
% change year-on-year +35.48% +3.33% -31.82%

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 12,918 14,555 18,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.87% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,569 9,408 13,666
10th Percentile £333 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £794
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 155 224
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.21
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £49.13 £57.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.94
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.93% +53.13%

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
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. 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
North London - 1 £400 -
Defect Manager
England

Defect Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, 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 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP