Defect Management Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Defect Management
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Defect Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 191 79 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 72.35% 92.94% 86.05%
Number of salaries quoted 115 63 217
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,150 £21,500
25th Percentile £34,674 £32,500 £28,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £44,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £53,500 £60,000
Staffordshire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -11.11%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Defect Management
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Defect Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Appium
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA