Defect Tracking Jobs in the North West

Defect Tracking
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Defect Tracking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 303 320
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 -72
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 5 2 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.051% 0.025% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.026% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 13
10th Percentile - £50,375 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £56,563 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £68,750 £62,904
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +9.29% +48.01%
75th Percentile £47,500 £81,563 £64,106
90th Percentile - £88,125 -
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Defect Tracking 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 8,082 7,604 8,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.02% 95.73% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,134 3,958 5,358
10th Percentile £27,575 £30,750 £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 Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the North West

Defect Tracking
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Defect Tracking in the North West

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 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 +26 5 £45,000 -50.00%
Defect Tracking
England

Defect Tracking
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Software Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) HND
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA