Defect Tracking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 800 864 931
Rank change year-on-year +64 +67 -102
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 94 125 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.12% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 53 61 137
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,000 £64,106
90th Percentile £68,500 £92,500 £78,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £38,049
% change year-on-year +5.56% +18.27% -10.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the UK

Defect Tracking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Defect Tracking in the UK

Defect Tracking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Defect Tracking in the UK

Defect Tracking
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Tracking within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +80 80 £47,500 - 19
UK excluding London -11 67 £47,500 +5.56% 14
South West -9 51 £48,750 -18.75% 4
Work from Home +71 32 £35,000 -41.67% 7
London +109 13 £42,500 -24.44% 4
North of England +39 9 £37,500 -6.25% 3
North West +15 5 £45,000 -34.55% 2
Yorkshire +82 4 £35,000 -6.67% 1
South East +6 3 £57,500 +15.00% 1
Midlands 0 3 £35,000 -6.67% 3
East Midlands -22 3 £35,000 -6.67%
East of England +29 2 - - 3

Defect Tracking
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 5 (5.32%) Confluence
2 3 (3.19%) Apache
2 3 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.13%) IIS
3 2 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.32%) Trello
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.13%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.77%) Azure
2 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.32%) ClickUp
4 3 (3.19%) dbt
4 3 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.06%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (23.40%) 5G
1 22 (23.40%) SD-WAN
1 22 (23.40%) WAN
2 4 (4.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.19%) Big Data
2 3 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.06%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.06%) MySQL
3 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.06%) Power BI
3 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (32.98%) JIRA
2 18 (19.15%) Git
3 13 (13.83%) Visual Studio
4 12 (12.77%) Subversion
5 10 (10.64%) Postman
6 6 (6.38%) Selenium
7 4 (4.26%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (4.26%) SoapUI
8 3 (3.19%) Deequ
9 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
9 2 (2.13%) JMeter
9 2 (2.13%) JUnit
9 2 (2.13%) TestComplete
10 1 (1.06%) Cucumber
10 1 (1.06%) WebDriver
General
1 33 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 23 (24.47%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.21%) Electronics
4 15 (15.96%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (13.83%) Marketing
6 10 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (9.57%) Finance
8 7 (7.45%) Aviation
9 6 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (6.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (5.32%) Aerospace
10 5 (5.32%) Retail
11 2 (2.13%) Automotive
11 2 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (27.66%) Software Engineer
2 20 (21.28%) Senior
3 19 (20.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 11 (11.70%) Developer
4 11 (11.70%) Lead
5 10 (10.64%) Project Leader
5 10 (10.64%) Technical Leader
5 10 (10.64%) Technical Project Leader
6 8 (8.51%) Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Junior
6 8 (8.51%) QA Engineer
6 8 (8.51%) Test Engineer
6 8 (8.51%) Tester
7 7 (7.45%) FPGA Developer
7 7 (7.45%) Junior QA Engineer
7 7 (7.45%) Software Project Leader
8 6 (6.38%) Software Tester
9 5 (5.32%) C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (5.32%) Graduate
9 5 (5.32%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.57%) Web Services
2 5 (5.32%) .NET
2 5 (5.32%) HTML
2 5 (5.32%) XML
3 4 (4.26%) Gherkin
3 4 (4.26%) REST
3 4 (4.26%) XSLT
4 3 (3.19%) Great Expectations
5 2 (2.13%) RESTful
5 2 (2.13%) SOAP
6 1 (1.06%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.06%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.06%) CSS
6 1 (1.06%) HTML5
6 1 (1.06%) JSON
6 1 (1.06%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.28%) GNSS
2 11 (11.70%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (10.64%) FPGA
4 8 (8.51%) Product Ownership
5 7 (7.45%) MicroBlaze
5 7 (7.45%) Robotics
5 7 (7.45%) VHDL
6 4 (4.26%) NHS
7 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.13%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 41 (43.62%) Linux
2 28 (29.79%) Windows
3 8 (8.51%) Ubuntu
4 6 (6.38%) Debian
5 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (51.06%) Computer Science
1 48 (51.06%) Test Automation
2 36 (38.30%) Software Engineering
3 34 (36.17%) B2B
3 34 (36.17%) Requirements Analysis
4 32 (34.04%) Project Management
5 31 (32.98%) Validation
6 30 (31.91%) Creative Thinking
7 28 (29.79%) Agile
8 26 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (25.53%) Innovative Thinking
10 23 (24.47%) Signal Processing
11 22 (23.40%) Software Testing
11 22 (23.40%) Test Assurance
12 21 (22.34%) Configuration Management
13 20 (21.28%) SDLC
14 19 (20.21%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (14.89%) OO
15 14 (14.89%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 35 (37.23%) C++
2 30 (31.91%) Python
3 20 (21.28%) Perl
4 19 (20.21%) C#
5 18 (19.15%) JavaScript
6 16 (17.02%) SQL
7 14 (14.89%) C
8 13 (13.83%) Bash
9 12 (12.77%) Java
9 12 (12.77%) MATLAB
10 7 (7.45%) Tcl
10 7 (7.45%) VB
11 4 (4.26%) Groovy
11 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.06%) PHP
12 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (64.89%) Degree
2 10 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (7.45%) ISTQB
4 4 (4.26%) CIPD
4 4 (4.26%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.26%) PMP
5 3 (3.19%) HND
5 3 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.19%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.13%) ISEB
6 2 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.06%) HNC
7 1 (1.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.06%) MCSA
7 1 (1.06%) MCSE
7 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (28.72%) QA
2 23 (24.47%) PMO
3 4 (4.26%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.19%) JTAG
5 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (7.45%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (7.45%) Firmware
2 5 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.26%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.45%) Altera
2 7 (7.45%) Green Hills
2 7 (7.45%) Motorola
2 7 (7.45%) Xilinx
3 5 (5.32%) VMware
4 4 (4.26%) Google
5 3 (3.19%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.19%) Databricks
6 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.13%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.06%) Dataiku
7 1 (1.06%) Oracle
7 1 (1.06%) Red Hat