Defect Tracking Job Trends in Central London

Defect Tracking
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 - 178
Rank change year-on-year - - +98
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.085% - 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% - 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £73,750 - £45,625
25th Percentile £75,625 - £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.47%
75th Percentile £90,625 - £82,188
90th Percentile £93,250 - £89,875
London median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -18.52% +17.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,079 3,112 2,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.62% 95.58% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,931 2,618
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +0.67%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Defect Tracking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in Central London

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Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Defect Tracking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Defect Tracking

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Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking in Central London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Defect Tracking in Central London

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Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Tracking within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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
City of London - 2 £82,500 - 5
Defect Tracking
London

Defect Tracking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Release Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Workday