Defect Tracking Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Defect Tracking
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Defect Tracking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.075% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +2.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 927 639 1,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 69.91% 93.28% 79.42%
Number of salaries quoted 735 295 1,128
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Defect Tracking job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Defect Tracking
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Defect Tracking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Defect Tracking

Defect Tracking
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Tracking within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 June 2026. 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
Oxford - 1 £50,000 -
Defect Tracking
South East

Defect Tracking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA