Defect Management Contracts in London

Defect Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Defect Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Defect Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 433 458
Rank change year-on-year +84 +25 -40
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 51 49 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.19% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.21% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 97
10th Percentile £350 £294 £329
25th Percentile £428 £436 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £535 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.06% +12.63% -6.86%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £538
90th Percentile £650 £630 £585
England median daily rate £463 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -11.90% +16.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.21
25th Percentile - - £15.53
Median hourly rate - - £16.63
75th Percentile - - £17.28
90th Percentile - - £17.34
England median hourly rate - - £33.38
% change year-on-year - - -4.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Defect Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in London

Defect Management
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 Management within the London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Central London +43 7 £450 - 1
North London - 1 £300 -
Defect Management
England

Defect Management
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 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.92%) Temenos Globus
3 1 (1.96%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.61%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Tricentis Tosca
3 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.92%) AWS
4 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 2 (3.92%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.96%) Boomi
5 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.96%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) DB2
1 4 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.92%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (23.53%) JIRA
1 12 (23.53%) LoadRunner
2 6 (11.76%) Cucumber
2 6 (11.76%) JMeter
3 5 (9.80%) NeoLoad
4 4 (7.84%) Selenium
5 3 (5.88%) Git
5 3 (5.88%) SpecFlow
5 3 (5.88%) TestRail
6 2 (3.92%) FitNesse
6 2 (3.92%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (1.96%) HP UFT
7 1 (1.96%) WebDriver
General
1 25 (49.02%) Finance
2 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Banking
4 8 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.76%) Legal
6 5 (9.80%) Law
7 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Back Office
8 1 (1.96%) Billing
8 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.96%) Front Office
8 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Lead
2 13 (25.49%) Test Leader
3 12 (23.53%) Test Manager
4 9 (17.65%) Analyst
4 9 (17.65%) Test Analyst
5 7 (13.73%) Performance Test Leader
6 6 (11.76%) Tester
7 5 (9.80%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
7 5 (9.80%) Service Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) Manual Test Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Banking Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Defect Manager
9 3 (5.88%) Project Manager
9 3 (5.88%) QA Tester
9 3 (5.88%) Report Analyst
10 2 (3.92%) ABAP Consultant
10 2 (3.92%) Consultant
10 2 (3.92%) QA Engineer
10 2 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) Middleware
2 3 (5.88%) ADO
3 2 (3.92%) BAPI
3 2 (3.92%) Playwright
4 1 (1.96%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) Reinsurance
2 2 (3.92%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.96%) DataPower
3 1 (1.96%) EPoS
3 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Linux
3 2 (3.92%) Unix
4 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Test Automation
1 21 (41.18%) Test Strategy
2 18 (35.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 15 (29.41%) Functional Testing
3 15 (29.41%) Performance Testing
4 14 (27.45%) Agile
4 14 (27.45%) Test Management
5 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (19.61%) Test Scripting
6 10 (19.61%) Waterfall
7 9 (17.65%) Migration
7 9 (17.65%) Project Management
7 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.69%) Software Testing
8 8 (15.69%) System Integration Testing
9 7 (13.73%) End-to-End Testing
9 7 (13.73%) Integration Testing
9 7 (13.73%) Test Planning
10 6 (11.76%) Non-Functional Testing
10 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) Java
3 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.88%) Python
4 2 (3.92%) ABAP
4 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) ISTQB
2 7 (13.73%) Degree
3 5 (9.80%) ISEB
3 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.96%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (27.45%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Basel III
2 2 (3.92%) COREP
2 2 (3.92%) FINREP
2 2 (3.92%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Oracle
2 6 (11.76%) SAP
3 5 (9.80%) CA Agile Central
3 5 (9.80%) iManage
3 5 (9.80%) Intapp
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.80%) OpenAI
4 4 (7.84%) VMware
5 2 (3.92%) Workday
6 1 (1.96%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.96%) Citrix
6 1 (1.96%) Dell
6 1 (1.96%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.96%) HP