Defect Tracking Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Defect Tracking
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - -39
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.12% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45,500
25th Percentile £46,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £66,250
90th Percentile - - £68,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £31,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +50.79% -35.38% -2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 665 488 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 77.96% 93.49% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 448 188 892
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,925 £29,382
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,450 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £78,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.69%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Defect Tracking
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Defect Tracking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Defect Tracking

Defect Tracking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware