Defect Management Job Trends in Sheffield

Defect Management
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Defect Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 79
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 1 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.11% - 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £63,806
25th Percentile £46,789 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,130 - £70,000
75th Percentile £51,472 - £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,815 - £70,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 569 267 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 65.40% 87.54% 79.86%
Number of salaries quoted 459 182 806
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,438 £64,686
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £49,942 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.57% -3.16% +5.56%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Defect Management
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Defect Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility