Bug Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Bug Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Bug Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 - 748
Rank change year-on-year - - -28
Permanent jobs citing Bug Management 4 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% - 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £34,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.09%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £52,125
90th Percentile - - £57,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 - £38,750
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Bug 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,912 26,786 59,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.11% 91.90% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 31,345 13,282 42,145
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,117
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

Bug Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bug Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Bug Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Bug Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bug Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Bug Management

Bug Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bug Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2026. 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
South West - 4 £42,500 - 3
Bug Management
UK

Bug Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Support
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Support Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Lean Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft