Defect Tracking Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Manchester

Defect Tracking
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	143	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking	0	9	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	-	0.34%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	-	0.36%	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	7	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	£43,250	-
North West median annual salary	-	£43,250	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,287	2,496	2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	79.63%	93.83%	90.93%
Number of salaries quoted	1,369	1,167	1,854
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£31,800	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£40,250	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£72,500	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£86,750	£84,056
North West median annual salary	£50,000	£52,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-3.85%	-0.95%	-4.55%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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