Defect Management Job Trends in Swansea

Defect Management
West Wales > Swansea

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 0.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,663 - -
West Wales median annual salary £35,663 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 107 64 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 81.06% 100.00% 91.41%
Number of salaries quoted 68 27 110
10th Percentile - £33,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,992 £36,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,924 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -7.69% +19.62%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,252 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,054 £65,000 £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £42,848 £43,756 £46,131
% change year-on-year -2.08% -5.15% +13.19%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Defect Management job vacancy trend in Swansea

Defect Management
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Defect Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility