Defect Management Jobs in Scotland

Defect Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Defect Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Defect Management over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 281 215
Rank change year-on-year +124 -66 +23
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 2 2 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.067% 0.029% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.032% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,727 - £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,253 - £40,113
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.28%
75th Percentile £93,778 - £42,342
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,745 6,197 4,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.61% 91.25% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 2,442 2,100
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in Scotland

Defect Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in Scotland.

Salary trend for Defect Management in Scotland

Defect Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Edinburgh - 2 £85,253 -
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle