Defect Tracking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Tracking over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 688 687 716
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 -66
Permanent jobs citing Defect Tracking 69 74 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.097% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 29 30 54
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £38,049
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +11.70% -15.45%
75th Percentile £61,250 £54,688 £54,818
90th Percentile £64,500 £62,500 £64,106
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Defect Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Defect Tracking in the UK excluding London

Defect Tracking
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 Tracking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West -4 53 £47,500 -29.89% 1
North of England +56 9 £37,500 - 1
North West +17 5 £45,000 -34.55%
Yorkshire +89 4 £35,000 -6.67% 1
South East -13 3 £57,500 +15.00%
Midlands -19 2 £35,000 -6.67% 2
East Midlands -22 2 £35,000 -6.67%
East of England - 2 - - 3
Defect Tracking
UK

Defect Tracking
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 3 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.49%) Azure
2 7 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.45%) AWS
3 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.54%) 5G
1 19 (27.54%) SD-WAN
1 19 (27.54%) WAN
2 4 (5.80%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (24.64%) Git
2 12 (17.39%) JIRA
3 11 (15.94%) Subversion
4 10 (14.49%) Visual Studio
5 9 (13.04%) Postman
6 5 (7.25%) Selenium
7 4 (5.80%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (5.80%) SoapUI
8 2 (2.90%) JMeter
8 2 (2.90%) JUnit
8 2 (2.90%) TestComplete
9 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
9 1 (1.45%) WebDriver
General
1 29 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 23 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (30.43%) Electronics
4 11 (15.94%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (15.94%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (14.49%) Marketing
6 6 (8.70%) Aviation
6 6 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.90%) Automotive
9 1 (1.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 16 (23.19%) Senior
2 16 (23.19%) Senior Software Engineer
3 11 (15.94%) Lead
3 11 (15.94%) Project Leader
3 11 (15.94%) Technical Leader
3 11 (15.94%) Technical Project Leader
4 9 (13.04%) Developer
5 8 (11.59%) FPGA Developer
5 8 (11.59%) Software Project Leader
6 7 (10.14%) Test Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) Engineering Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Software Manager
8 4 (5.80%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Test Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) QA Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) Web Services
2 5 (7.25%) HTML
3 4 (5.80%) .NET
3 4 (5.80%) Gherkin
3 4 (5.80%) XML
3 4 (5.80%) XSLT
4 2 (2.90%) REST
5 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.45%) CSS
5 1 (1.45%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.09%) GNSS
2 12 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (15.94%) FPGA
4 8 (11.59%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (11.59%) Robotics
4 8 (11.59%) VHDL
5 4 (5.80%) NHS
6 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (42.03%) Linux
2 26 (37.68%) Windows
3 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (62.32%) Computer Science
2 36 (52.17%) Test Automation
3 33 (47.83%) B2B
3 33 (47.83%) Requirements Analysis
4 29 (42.03%) Creative Thinking
4 29 (42.03%) Software Engineering
4 29 (42.03%) Validation
5 25 (36.23%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (36.23%) Project Management
6 22 (31.88%) Innovative Thinking
7 21 (30.43%) Signal Processing
8 19 (27.54%) Technical Leadership
8 19 (27.54%) Test Assurance
9 18 (26.09%) Agile
9 18 (26.09%) Configuration Management
10 17 (24.64%) SDLC
11 12 (17.39%) Customer Requirements
12 11 (15.94%) Conflict Resolution
12 11 (15.94%) Mentoring
12 11 (15.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.83%) C++
2 21 (30.43%) Python
3 18 (26.09%) Perl
4 16 (23.19%) C#
5 15 (21.74%) C
5 15 (21.74%) JavaScript
6 13 (18.84%) MATLAB
7 10 (14.49%) Bash
7 10 (14.49%) Java
8 8 (11.59%) Tcl
8 8 (11.59%) VB
9 7 (10.14%) SQL
10 4 (5.80%) Groovy
11 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (68.12%) Degree
2 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.25%) ISTQB
4 4 (5.80%) CIPD
4 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.80%) PMP
5 2 (2.90%) HND
5 2 (2.90%) ISEB
6 1 (1.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (30.43%) PMO
2 15 (21.74%) QA
3 3 (4.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (11.59%) Firmware
2 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.80%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Altera
1 8 (11.59%) Green Hills
1 8 (11.59%) Motorola
1 8 (11.59%) Xilinx
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) VMware
3 4 (5.80%) Google
4 3 (4.35%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat