Defect Management Contracts

Defect Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 444 525 496
Rank change year-on-year +81 -29 -23
Contract jobs citing Defect Management 141 173 387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.31% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 114 262
10th Percentile £300 £309 £331
25th Percentile £367 £402 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £501 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +11.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £556 £623 £524
90th Percentile £681 £721 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £514 £436
% change year-on-year -9.44% +17.84% +14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.64
25th Percentile - - £16.59
Median hourly rate - - £33.38
75th Percentile - - £50.69
90th Percentile - - £52.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £51.88
% change year-on-year - - +116.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Defect Management in the UK

Defect Management
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +45 112 £463 -11.90% 25
UK excluding London -10 67 £465 -9.44% 23
London +84 51 £471 -12.06% 6
Work from Home +101 46 £500 - 9
Midlands +10 14 £500 +5.26% 4
South East 0 14 £500 -30.65% 5
North of England -6 12 £388 -29.55% 5
Scotland +55 11 £563 +2.27% 4
West Midlands +19 10 £525 +14.75% 2
South West -4 7 £518 +21.76% 4
East of England +9 6 £313 -55.36%
North West +7 6 £275 -45.00% 1
Yorkshire +7 6 £458 -16.82% 3
East Midlands +4 4 £400 +42.86% 2
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
Wales +21 1 £210 -37.78%

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) Apache
2 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.71%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.71%) Simulink
4 1 (0.71%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 7 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.42%) SAP APO
4 2 (1.42%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.42%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.42%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.71%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.71%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.71%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.71%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.73%) Azure
2 12 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (7.09%) OCI
4 7 (4.96%) SuccessFactors
5 6 (4.26%) SaaS
6 5 (3.55%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (2.13%) AWS
7 3 (2.13%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.71%) Boomi
9 1 (0.71%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.71%) Commercetools
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) PBX
1 2 (1.42%) Skype
2 1 (0.71%) Firewall
2 1 (0.71%) Softswitch
2 1 (0.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.84%) DB2
4 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.42%) Big Data
5 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.42%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.42%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.42%) Power BI
6 1 (0.71%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.71%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.71%) Metadata
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (21.28%) JIRA
2 19 (13.48%) LoadRunner
3 14 (9.93%) JMeter
4 7 (4.96%) Cucumber
5 6 (4.26%) Selenium
6 5 (3.55%) NeoLoad
7 4 (2.84%) Git
7 4 (2.84%) Postman
7 4 (2.84%) SpecFlow
7 4 (2.84%) TestRail
8 3 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.42%) FitNesse
9 2 (1.42%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.42%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.71%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.71%) Gatling
10 1 (0.71%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.71%) Xcode
10 1 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 52 (36.88%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.50%) Finance
3 20 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.93%) Banking
5 11 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.67%) Retail
7 7 (4.96%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.96%) Marketing
8 6 (4.26%) Legal
9 5 (3.55%) Law
9 5 (3.55%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.84%) Electronics
10 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.84%) Military
10 4 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.71%) Billing
13 1 (0.71%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 38 (26.95%) Test Manager
2 36 (25.53%) Lead
3 29 (20.57%) Analyst
4 25 (17.73%) Test Leader
5 23 (16.31%) Test Analyst
6 12 (8.51%) Tester
7 11 (7.80%) Performance Test Leader
8 7 (4.96%) SAP Manager
8 7 (4.96%) SAP Test Manager
9 6 (4.26%) Coordinator
9 6 (4.26%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Defect Manager
10 5 (3.55%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Manual Test Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Service Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) UAT Manager
11 4 (2.84%) QA Tester
11 4 (2.84%) Team Leader
11 4 (2.84%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.26%) .NET
2 5 (3.55%) Middleware
3 4 (2.84%) ADO
4 3 (2.13%) BAPI
4 3 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (2.13%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (1.42%) JSON
5 2 (1.42%) Playwright
5 2 (1.42%) REST
5 2 (1.42%) RESTful
5 2 (1.42%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.42%) XML
6 1 (0.71%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.71%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.71%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.71%) HTML
6 1 (0.71%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.84%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.84%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.13%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.13%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.42%) Equities
4 2 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.42%) Life Science
4 2 (1.42%) PKI
4 2 (1.42%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.71%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.71%) DataPower
5 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.71%) EPoS
5 1 (0.71%) IVR
5 1 (0.71%) NHS
5 1 (0.71%) PMI
5 1 (0.71%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.71%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.51%) Windows
2 8 (5.67%) Linux
3 4 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.42%) Android
4 2 (1.42%) CentOS
4 2 (1.42%) Unix
4 2 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (36.17%) User Acceptance Testing
2 49 (34.75%) Test Strategy
3 48 (34.04%) Test Automation
4 39 (27.66%) Test Management
5 35 (24.82%) Agile
6 33 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (19.86%) Test Scripting
8 25 (17.73%) Functional Testing
9 24 (17.02%) Test Planning
9 24 (17.02%) Waterfall
10 22 (15.60%) Performance Testing
11 21 (14.89%) Integration Testing
12 20 (14.18%) Migration
13 19 (13.48%) Regression Testing
13 19 (13.48%) Scenario Testing
13 19 (13.48%) System Integration Testing
14 18 (12.77%) Project Management
14 18 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (11.35%) DevOps
15 16 (11.35%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.06%) SQL
2 7 (4.96%) Python
3 5 (3.55%) Java
4 3 (2.13%) ABAP
4 3 (2.13%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.13%) Ruby
5 2 (1.42%) C#
5 2 (1.42%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.42%) VBA
6 1 (0.71%) C
6 1 (0.71%) C++
6 1 (0.71%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (14.89%) ISTQB
2 18 (12.77%) Degree
3 11 (7.80%) Security Cleared
4 10 (7.09%) ISEB
4 10 (7.09%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.42%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (1.42%) MCSE
8 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.42%) PMP
9 1 (0.71%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.28%) QA
2 5 (3.55%) SLA
3 4 (2.84%) PMO
4 3 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.42%) Basel III
5 2 (1.42%) COREP
5 2 (1.42%) FINREP
5 2 (1.42%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.26%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.42%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.42%) WSUS
3 1 (0.71%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (17.02%) Oracle
2 20 (14.18%) SAP
3 14 (9.93%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.55%) CA Agile Central
4 5 (3.55%) iManage
4 5 (3.55%) Intapp
4 5 (3.55%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.84%) VMware
6 3 (2.13%) Blue Prism
6 3 (2.13%) HP
6 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.42%) Cisco
7 2 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.42%) Ribbon
7 2 (1.42%) Workday
8 1 (0.71%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.71%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.71%) Databricks
8 1 (0.71%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.71%) ScienceLogic