Defect Tracking Jobs in the South West

Defect Tracking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Defect Tracking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 239 255
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +25
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 53 35 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.57% 0.51% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.54% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 22
10th Percentile £37,500 - £32,975
25th Percentile £43,750 - £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £60,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +12.97% -5.58%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £64,106
90th Percentile £67,500 - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -11.90% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Defect Tracking 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 7,758 6,534 7,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.13% 94.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,561 3,649 4,987
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,973
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
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 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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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram 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 1 May 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
Devon +18 32 - - 1
Dorset - 17 £62,500 - 2
Wiltshire - 2 £32,500 -
Gloucestershire -41 1 £50,000 -
Bristol - 1 - -
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England

Defect Tracking
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.66%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.89%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.85%) 5G
1 19 (35.85%) SD-WAN
1 19 (35.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (33.96%) Git
2 12 (22.64%) Subversion
3 11 (20.75%) JIRA
4 9 (16.98%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.77%) JMeter
5 2 (3.77%) Postman
5 2 (3.77%) SoapUI
5 2 (3.77%) TestComplete
6 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.89%) Selenium
6 1 (1.89%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (56.60%) Social Skills
2 21 (39.62%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (35.85%) Electronics
4 11 (20.75%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (20.75%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (16.98%) Marketing
6 7 (13.21%) Aviation
7 6 (11.32%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (39.62%) Software Engineer
2 15 (28.30%) Senior
2 15 (28.30%) Senior Software Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Lead
4 11 (20.75%) Project Leader
4 11 (20.75%) Technical Leader
4 11 (20.75%) Technical Project Leader
5 8 (15.09%) Developer
5 8 (15.09%) FPGA Developer
5 8 (15.09%) Software Project Leader
6 4 (7.55%) Engineering Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Software Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) QA Analyst
9 1 (1.89%) Payments Analyst
9 1 (1.89%) Software Team Leader
9 1 (1.89%) Team Leader
9 1 (1.89%) Test Analyst
9 1 (1.89%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.08%) GNSS
2 12 (22.64%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (20.75%) FPGA
4 8 (15.09%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (15.09%) Robotics
4 8 (15.09%) VHDL
5 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 28 (52.83%) Linux
2 24 (45.28%) Windows
3 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (73.58%) Computer Science
2 32 (60.38%) B2B
2 32 (60.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 28 (52.83%) Creative Thinking
4 26 (49.06%) Software Engineering
5 24 (45.28%) Project Management
6 23 (43.40%) Test Automation
7 20 (37.74%) Innovative Thinking
7 20 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (37.74%) Signal Processing
7 20 (37.74%) Validation
8 19 (35.85%) Test Assurance
9 18 (33.96%) Technical Leadership
10 15 (28.30%) Configuration Management
11 12 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (20.75%) Conflict Resolution
12 11 (20.75%) Customer Requirements
12 11 (20.75%) FPGA Design
12 11 (20.75%) Product Management
12 11 (20.75%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (58.49%) C++
2 18 (33.96%) Python
3 17 (32.08%) Perl
4 14 (26.42%) C
5 11 (20.75%) C#
5 11 (20.75%) JavaScript
5 11 (20.75%) MATLAB
6 9 (16.98%) Bash
7 8 (15.09%) Java
7 8 (15.09%) Tcl
7 8 (15.09%) VB
8 2 (3.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (79.25%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.55%) PMP
4 2 (3.77%) ISEB
4 2 (3.77%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (37.74%) PMO
2 9 (16.98%) QA
3 3 (5.66%) JTAG
System Software
1 8 (15.09%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (15.09%) Firmware
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Altera
1 8 (15.09%) Green Hills
1 8 (15.09%) Motorola
1 8 (15.09%) Xilinx
2 1 (1.89%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.89%) VMware