Defect Management Jobs in the North West

Defect Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 280 250
Rank change year-on-year -3 -30 -40
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 5 15 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.051% 0.19% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.20% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 31
10th Percentile £49,596 £50,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £51,240 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,067 £59,526 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% +32.28% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,741 £61,417 £47,500
90th Percentile - £72,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £54,584 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +9.17% +3.09% -3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Defect Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,089 7,596 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.07% 95.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,145 3,957 5,366
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the North West

Defect Management
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in the North West.

Salary trend for Defect Management in the North West

Defect Management
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +21 3 £56,067 +1.94%
Merseyside +13 1 £49,000 -
Lancashire -9 1 £57,965 +15.93%
Defect Management
England

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Context-Driven Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) API Testing
4 1 (20.00%) BDD
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) QA