Defect Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 491 636
Rank change year-on-year -172 +145 -66
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 86 294 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.47% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.49% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 61 122 117
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,885 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +20.48% -2.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,833 £63,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,041
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.01% -9.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Defect Management 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,113 59,506 66,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.56% 95.62% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,079 30,442 41,567
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Defect Management in the UK excluding London

Defect 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 Defect Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
North of England +23 29 £57,965 +15.93% 4
Yorkshire +82 21 £70,000 +40.00% 1
South East -74 18 £56,000 +12.00% 4
Midlands +6 13 £49,329 -12.30% 5
South West -24 11 £55,000 +18.28% 2
West Midlands +36 8 £42,250 -24.89% 5
East of England -13 7 £40,000 - 5
Wales +14 6 £70,000 -
North West -4 5 £56,067 -5.81% 3
East Midlands -19 5 £49,329 -
North East -2 3 £48,232 +75.39%
Scotland -95 2 - - 3
Defect Management
UK

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.16%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (1.16%) CMS
1 1 (1.16%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (1.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.47%) Azure
2 8 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.65%) Cloud Composer
3 4 (4.65%) Cloud Functions
3 4 (4.65%) dbt
3 4 (4.65%) GCP
3 4 (4.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 4 (4.65%) SaaS
3 4 (4.65%) Snowflake
4 3 (3.49%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.79%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.81%) Tableau
3 4 (4.65%) InterSystems Cache
3 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 28 (32.56%) JIRA
2 18 (20.93%) Selenium
3 15 (17.44%) JMeter
4 10 (11.63%) Cucumber
4 10 (11.63%) Zephyr
5 8 (9.30%) LoadRunner
5 8 (9.30%) TeamCity
6 7 (8.14%) Postman
7 6 (6.98%) SoapUI
7 6 (6.98%) Visual Studio
8 5 (5.81%) HP UFT
8 5 (5.81%) MSTest
8 5 (5.81%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (3.49%) Appium
10 2 (2.33%) Git
11 1 (1.16%) Bugzilla
11 1 (1.16%) JUnit
11 1 (1.16%) SilkPerformer
11 1 (1.16%) TestNG
11 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 33 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 16 (18.60%) Finance
3 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.63%) Law
4 9 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (8.14%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.98%) Games
8 4 (4.65%) Retail
9 2 (2.33%) Aviation
9 2 (2.33%) Marketing
9 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Legal
10 1 (1.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (23.26%) Test Engineer
2 17 (19.77%) Analyst
3 16 (18.60%) Senior
4 15 (17.44%) Lead
5 14 (16.28%) Test Analyst
6 13 (15.12%) Test Manager
7 11 (12.79%) QA Engineer
8 8 (9.30%) Quality Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) QA Leader
9 6 (6.98%) Senior Test Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Developer
11 4 (4.65%) Full Stack Developer
11 4 (4.65%) Test Leader
12 3 (3.49%) Automation Test Analyst
12 3 (3.49%) Coordinator
12 3 (3.49%) Performance Test Leader
12 3 (3.49%) Tester
13 2 (2.33%) Business Analyst
13 2 (2.33%) Project Manager
13 2 (2.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) Gherkin
2 4 (4.65%) HTML
2 4 (4.65%) Web Services
3 3 (3.49%) ADO
4 2 (2.33%) REST
5 1 (1.16%) .NET
5 1 (1.16%) Middleware
5 1 (1.16%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Low-Code
2 7 (8.14%) Product Ownership
3 6 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.16%) PMI
6 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (60.47%) Test Automation
2 48 (55.81%) Agile
3 35 (40.70%) User Acceptance Testing
4 34 (39.53%) Software Testing
5 30 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (31.40%) Test Scripting
7 24 (27.91%) Functional Testing
8 23 (26.74%) Test Strategy
9 22 (25.58%) Test Management
10 19 (22.09%) Mentoring
11 16 (18.60%) End-to-End Testing
11 16 (18.60%) Scrum
11 16 (18.60%) System Integration Testing
12 15 (17.44%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (17.44%) Integration Testing
12 15 (17.44%) Migration
12 15 (17.44%) Regression Testing
13 14 (16.28%) Change Management
13 14 (16.28%) CI/CD
13 14 (16.28%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.28%) SQL
2 7 (8.14%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.81%) Python
4 4 (4.65%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.33%) C#
5 2 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (29.07%) ISTQB
2 20 (23.26%) Degree
3 9 (10.47%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.30%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.98%) ISEB
6 5 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.81%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (22.09%) QA
2 7 (8.14%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.33%) SLA
4 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.16%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) MuleSoft
2 7 (8.14%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.98%) OutSystems
4 4 (4.65%) Atlassian
4 4 (4.65%) Google
4 4 (4.65%) InterSystems
4 4 (4.65%) Jaspersoft
5 2 (2.33%) Oracle
6 1 (1.16%) Denodo
6 1 (1.16%) HP
6 1 (1.16%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.16%) Talend