Defect Manager Contracts 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 24 January 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
24 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 385 528
Rank change year-on-year +25 +143 +65
Contract jobs requiring a Defect Manager 4 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.029% 0.038% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.041% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £339 £431 -
25th Percentile £378 £503 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £538 £563
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -4.44% +18.42%
75th Percentile £405 £584 £594
90th Percentile £413 £613 £628
England median daily rate £400 £400 £550
% change year-on-year - -27.27% +33.33%

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 13,025 17,170 29,902
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 93.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,368 12,394 21,317
10th Percentile £338 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 289 272
10th Percentile £20.75 £16.02 £16.04
25th Percentile £24.42 £19.05 £21.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.50 £33.16
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -11.04% -3.74%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.75 £66.40 £72.48
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.98% +9.86% +66.67%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Manager in London

Defect Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Manager in London

Defect Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 January 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.

1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
4 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Management
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
4 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (25.00%) Confluence
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) Ariba
4 1 (25.00%) Charles River
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Agile

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) Charles River
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SAP