Defect Management Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Defect Management
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Defect Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.96% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Defect Management 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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 286 320 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 91.67% 81.01% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 168 232 385
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,188 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,700
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -3.51%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Defect Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Defect Management
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Defect Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA