Issue Tracking Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Issue Tracking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Issue Tracking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 523 499
Rank change year-on-year +42 -24 +90
Permanent jobs citing Issue Tracking 34 44 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 31 21 28
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -17.39% +17.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £63,250
90th Percentile - - £66,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £47,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year +47.37% -21.49% +12.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Issue Tracking 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 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Issue Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Issue Tracking job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Issue Tracking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Issue Tracking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Issue Tracking

Issue Tracking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Issue Tracking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Issue Tracking in the UK excluding London

Issue 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 Issue Tracking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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 East +25 22 £70,000 +3.70% 11
Midlands +31 7 £55,000 - 5
East Midlands - 5 £55,000 -
North of England +4 3 £27,500 -18.52%
West Midlands +29 2 £40,000 - 5
Yorkshire -9 2 £27,500 +2.80%
South West +12 1 £50,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £60,000 - 4
North East - 1 - -
Issue Tracking
UK

Issue Tracking
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) CMS
1 2 (5.88%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Figma
2 2 (5.88%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) GitHub
2 2 (5.88%) Veeva
3 1 (2.94%) Firebase
3 1 (2.94%) OCI
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (38.24%) OLTP
2 3 (8.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.94%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.94%) Power BI
4 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) JIRA
2 6 (17.65%) Git
2 6 (17.65%) Subversion
3 4 (11.76%) Babel
3 4 (11.76%) rollup.js
4 2 (5.88%) Postman
5 1 (2.94%) Bitbucket
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (2.94%) Redmine
5 1 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (79.41%) Social Skills
2 21 (61.76%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Electronics
4 5 (14.71%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Finance
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
6 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (5.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Developer
2 18 (52.94%) Senior
3 15 (44.12%) Oracle Developer
3 15 (44.12%) Senior Developer
3 15 (44.12%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Software Test Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Systems Test Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Test Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) React Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) QA Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Web Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Website Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Applications Support Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Data Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (55.88%) HTML
2 15 (44.12%) JSON
3 6 (17.65%) React
4 4 (11.76%) CSS
4 4 (11.76%) Jest
4 4 (11.76%) Node.js
5 2 (5.88%) Next.js
5 2 (5.88%) XML
6 1 (2.94%) .NET
6 1 (2.94%) Flutter
6 1 (2.94%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (14.71%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (11.76%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (5.88%) Life Science
4 2 (5.88%) Pharmacovigilance
4 2 (5.88%) PMI
4 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.94%) FPGA
5 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.94%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Android
1 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Configuration Management
2 13 (38.24%) Clean Code
3 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (29.41%) Agile
5 8 (23.53%) Test Automation
6 7 (20.59%) Scenario Testing
6 7 (20.59%) Software Testing
7 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (17.65%) Responsive Web Design
7 6 (17.65%) SDLC
8 5 (14.71%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (14.71%) Performance Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Regression Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Test Scripting
8 5 (14.71%) Validation
9 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (8.82%) Code Quality
10 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
10 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering
10 3 (8.82%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 21 (61.76%) JavaScript
2 17 (50.00%) SQL
3 15 (44.12%) Java
3 15 (44.12%) PL/SQL
4 6 (17.65%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.94%) Kotlin
5 1 (2.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) ISTQB
2 2 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (5.88%) Numerate Degree
2 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) ECSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Control-M
1 1 (2.94%) Grafana
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Oracle
2 2 (5.88%) HubSpot