Defect Tracking Jobs in the South West

Defect Tracking
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Defect Tracking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Defect Tracking 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 168 248 243
Rank change year-on-year +80 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 16 53 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.46% 0.55% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.67% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 5
10th Percentile - £33,750 £65,100
25th Percentile £56,250 £43,750 £72,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £75,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -37.09% +51.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £78,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £53,000 £43,750 £51,250
% change year-on-year +21.14% -14.63% -2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,242 7,925 6,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.08% 81.59% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,822 5,692 3,503
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Defect Tracking in the South West

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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 Tracking within the South West 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
Devon +3 15 - - 1
Somerset - 1 £57,500 - 1
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England

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) 5G
1 12 (75.00%) SD-WAN
1 12 (75.00%) WAN
2 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.25%) Selenium
General
1 11 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (68.75%) Electronics
2 8 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Senior
2 8 (50.00%) Lead
2 8 (50.00%) Project Leader
2 8 (50.00%) Senior Project Leader
2 8 (50.00%) Software Project Leader
2 8 (50.00%) Technical Leader
2 8 (50.00%) Technical Project Leader
3 4 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Real Time Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 8 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (43.75%) GNSS
4 3 (18.75%) FPGA
4 3 (18.75%) MicroBlaze
4 3 (18.75%) Satnav
4 3 (18.75%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) B2B
1 15 (93.75%) Computer Science
1 15 (93.75%) Requirements Analysis
2 13 (81.25%) Test Automation
3 12 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 12 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 12 (75.00%) Test Assurance
3 12 (75.00%) Validation
4 11 (68.75%) Creative Thinking
4 11 (68.75%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (50.00%) Agile
5 8 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (50.00%) Product Management
5 8 (50.00%) Programme Management
5 8 (50.00%) Project Delivery
5 8 (50.00%) Project Management
5 8 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C
1 7 (43.75%) C++
2 3 (18.75%) MATLAB
2 3 (18.75%) Perl
2 3 (18.75%) Tcl
2 3 (18.75%) VB
3 1 (6.25%) Go
3 1 (6.25%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) PHP
3 1 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (75.00%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (18.75%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Intel
2 3 (18.75%) Altera
2 3 (18.75%) Green Hills
2 3 (18.75%) Xilinx