Bug Management Job Trends

Bug Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 724 - 881
Rank change year-on-year - - +48
Permanent jobs citing Bug Management 4 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £38,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 - £34,000
% change year-on-year - - -40.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,860 40,768 84,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.96% 93.19% 83.65%
Number of salaries quoted 45,013 21,524 60,756
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,228
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,750 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%

Bug Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Bug Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Bug Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bug Management

Bug Management
Top 4 Job Locations

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 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
England - 4 £42,500 - 3
UK excluding London - 4 £42,500 - 3
Work from Home - 3 £42,500 - 1

Bug Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
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