Defect Management Jobs in the South West

Defect Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 254 303
Rank change year-on-year -23 +49 -18
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 11 22 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.12% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.33% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 14
10th Percentile - £36,500 £41,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,885 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +3.24% -9.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £52,500
90th Percentile - £66,567 £53,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Defect Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,659 6,728 7,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.30% 94.55% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,543 3,727 4,980
10th Percentile £28,567 £30,500 £30,993
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,231
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the South West

Defect Management
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in the South West.

Salary trend for Defect Management in the South West

Defect Management
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Dorset - 8 - -
Gloucestershire -16 2 £55,000 -
Somerset +1 1 - -
Defect Management
England

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Cucumber
1 8 (72.73%) Selenium
1 8 (72.73%) TeamCity
2 2 (18.18%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) JMeter
3 1 (9.09%) SilkPerformer
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
1 8 (72.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 8 (72.73%) Influencing Skills
1 8 (72.73%) Law
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
2 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) Gherkin
2 2 (18.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 10 (90.91%) Scrum
2 10 (90.91%) User Stories
3 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
4 8 (72.73%) Change Management
4 8 (72.73%) Coaching
4 8 (72.73%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (72.73%) End-to-End Testing
4 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
4 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (72.73%) Process Improvement
4 8 (72.73%) Project Delivery
4 8 (72.73%) TDD
4 8 (72.73%) Test Management
4 8 (72.73%) Test Strategy
4 8 (72.73%) Time Management
4 8 (72.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) API Testing
5 2 (18.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft