Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Issue Tracking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Issue Tracking over the 6 months to 8 August 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Issue Tracking
UK
6 months to
8 Aug 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 697 865 657
Rank change year-on-year +168 -208 +243
Permanent jobs citing Issue Tracking 607 146 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 211 104 122
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,075 £31,520
25th Percentile £35,980 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -27.42% +24.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £83,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £70,050 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £43,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.44% -20.91% +10.00%

Issue 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163,611 107,228 60,576
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 95.79% 94.06% 93.05%
Number of salaries quoted 84,033 72,697 49,132
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

Issue Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Issue Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Issue Tracking in the UK

Issue Tracking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Issue Tracking.

Salary trend for Issue Tracking in the UK

Issue Tracking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Issue Tracking over the 6 months to 8 August 2022.

Salary histogram for Issue Tracking in the UK

Issue Tracking
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 August 2022. 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
England +140 517 £52,500 +16.67% 29
UK excluding London +113 349 £55,000 +26.44% 27
Work from Home +21 302 £51,250 +28.13% 11
London -73 156 £55,000 -4.35% 3
South East +34 140 £70,000 +55.56% 9
Midlands +56 112 £60,000 +33.33% 4
West Midlands +29 87 £69,500 +54.44% 3
South West +12 40 £40,000 -7.51% 3
North of England -57 33 £38,808 +19.41% 5
East Midlands - 25 £50,000 - 1
East of England -49 21 - - 5
North West -55 18 £41,000 +43.86% 3
North East -11 9 £36,500 -2.67% 1
Yorkshire -17 6 £45,000 - 1
Wales - 3 £39,500 -
Northern Ireland -12 1 £28,500 -28.75%
Scotland -49 1 £50,000 +19.05% 1

For the 6 months to 8 August 2022, IT jobs citing Issue Tracking also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Issue Tracking.

1 381 (62.77%) Agile
2 283 (46.62%) Social Skills
3 269 (44.32%) JIRA
4 221 (36.41%) Degree
5 216 (35.58%) Continuous Integration
6 198 (32.62%) Software Engineering
7 185 (30.48%) JavaScript
8 162 (26.69%) Test Automation
9 157 (25.86%) Git (software)
10 156 (25.70%) SQL
11 155 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
12 150 (24.71%) Software Testing
12 150 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
13 140 (23.06%) Python
14 137 (22.57%) DevOps
15 132 (21.75%) CSS
16 131 (21.58%) HTML
16 131 (21.58%) CI/CD
17 123 (20.26%) Java
18 117 (19.28%) Finance
18 117 (19.28%) Self-Motivation
19 116 (19.11%) SDLC
20 110 (18.12%) C
21 106 (17.46%) AWS
22 105 (17.30%) Project Management
23 104 (17.13%) Scrum
23 104 (17.13%) User Experience
24 103 (16.97%) C#
25 101 (16.64%) Linux
26 99 (16.31%) Microsoft

Issue Tracking
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (5.93%) Confluence
2 17 (2.80%) Apache
3 11 (1.81%) CMS
4 5 (0.82%) nginx
5 4 (0.66%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.49%) IIS
6 3 (0.49%) WordPress
7 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.33%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.33%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.16%) Moodle
8 1 (0.16%) R Markdown
8 1 (0.16%) Totara
Applications
1 48 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (2.31%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.49%) Magento
2 3 (0.49%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 106 (17.46%) AWS
2 66 (10.87%) SaaS
3 56 (9.23%) GCP
4 41 (6.75%) Asana
5 40 (6.59%) Woopra
6 38 (6.26%) Azure
6 38 (6.26%) Serverless
7 36 (5.93%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (5.27%) Amazon S3
9 29 (4.78%) GitHub
10 23 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
11 18 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.80%) Amazon Kinesis
12 17 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
13 16 (2.64%) BrowserStack
13 16 (2.64%) Sauce Labs
14 13 (2.14%) Amazon EventBridge
14 13 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (1.81%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.13%) Wireless
2 16 (2.64%) SSH
3 8 (1.32%) Ethernet
3 8 (1.32%) Network Security
4 6 (0.99%) HTTP
4 6 (0.99%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.82%) Internet
5 5 (0.82%) SSL
6 4 (0.66%) Skype
6 4 (0.66%) WebEx
7 3 (0.49%) SMS
8 2 (0.33%) VoIP
9 1 (0.16%) DNS
9 1 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.24%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (7.25%) MySQL
3 39 (6.43%) SQL Server
4 38 (6.26%) Amazon RDS
4 38 (6.26%) Relational Database
5 37 (6.10%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (3.95%) DynamoDB
7 23 (3.79%) Redis
8 13 (2.14%) Big Data
8 13 (2.14%) BigQuery
8 13 (2.14%) DB2
9 9 (1.48%) Metadata
9 9 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.99%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (0.99%) Power BI
10 6 (0.99%) SQLite
11 4 (0.66%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.33%) JasperReports
12 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database 10g
12 2 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 269 (44.32%) JIRA
2 157 (25.86%) Git (software)
3 62 (10.21%) Rational DOORS
3 62 (10.21%) Rational Rhapsody
4 50 (8.24%) Selenium
5 48 (7.91%) Polyspace
6 39 (6.43%) Jenkins
7 33 (5.44%) Cucumber
8 23 (3.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 22 (3.62%) Visual Studio
10 21 (3.46%) Bitbucket
10 21 (3.46%) TeamCity
11 19 (3.13%) GitLab
12 17 (2.80%) Postman
13 16 (2.64%) Appium
14 13 (2.14%) WebDriver
15 10 (1.65%) JMeter
15 10 (1.65%) Subversion
15 10 (1.65%) Tricentis qTest
16 8 (1.32%) Charles Proxy
General
1 283 (46.62%) Social Skills
2 155 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (19.28%) Finance
4 71 (11.70%) Automotive
5 63 (10.38%) Law
6 59 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (8.24%) Legal
8 36 (5.93%) Electronics
9 33 (5.44%) Aeronautics
10 22 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 20 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.80%) Games
12 17 (2.80%) Retail
12 17 (2.80%) Spanish Language
13 15 (2.47%) Marketing
14 10 (1.65%) Local Government
15 8 (1.32%) Banking
15 8 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.32%) Public Sector
16 6 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 164 (27.02%) Developer
2 96 (15.82%) Software Engineer
3 79 (13.01%) Senior Developer
4 78 (12.85%) Analyst
5 64 (10.54%) Software Developer
6 46 (7.58%) Graduate
7 39 (6.43%) Integration Engineer
8 36 (5.93%) Test Engineer
9 35 (5.77%) Senior Software Developer
10 33 (5.44%) Software Test Engineer
11 32 (5.27%) Project Manager
12 28 (4.61%) .NET Developer
13 27 (4.45%) Software Integration Engineer
14 26 (4.28%) Senior Software Engineer
15 24 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (3.79%) Junior
17 22 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
18 21 (3.46%) React Developer
18 21 (3.46%) Test Manager
19 20 (3.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (21.75%) CSS
2 131 (21.58%) HTML
3 99 (16.31%) React
4 88 (14.50%) AngularJS
5 75 (12.36%) .NET
6 72 (11.86%) Vue.js
7 53 (8.73%) REST
8 45 (7.41%) Node.js
9 40 (6.59%) Nuxt
10 36 (5.93%) Google Maps API
10 36 (5.93%) Spring
11 34 (5.60%) HTML5
12 31 (5.11%) Laravel
13 30 (4.94%) CSS3
13 30 (4.94%) GraphQL
14 24 (3.95%) Elastic Stack
14 24 (3.95%) RESTful
15 23 (3.79%) Spring Boot
16 22 (3.62%) SOAP
16 22 (3.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 117 (19.28%) Self-Motivation
2 104 (17.13%) User Experience
3 59 (9.72%) Management Information System
4 38 (6.26%) Driving Licence
5 29 (4.78%) Algorithms
6 24 (3.95%) Mobile App
7 22 (3.62%) PlayStation
8 19 (3.13%) Raspberry Pi
9 18 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (2.80%) Sports Betting
11 16 (2.64%) Data Structures
12 14 (2.31%) Hedge funds
12 14 (2.31%) Lidar
13 13 (2.14%) Cloud Native
13 13 (2.14%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (1.81%) Life Science
14 11 (1.81%) PMI
15 9 (1.48%) Blockchain
15 9 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 8 (1.32%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 101 (16.64%) Linux
2 82 (13.51%) Windows
3 24 (3.95%) Mac OS
4 19 (3.13%) Ubuntu
5 16 (2.64%) Unix
6 15 (2.47%) Windows Server
7 14 (2.31%) Android
8 13 (2.14%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.14%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.33%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (62.77%) Agile
2 216 (35.58%) Continuous Integration
3 198 (32.62%) Software Engineering
4 162 (26.69%) Test Automation
5 150 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (24.71%) Software Testing
6 137 (22.57%) DevOps
7 131 (21.58%) CI/CD
8 116 (19.11%) SDLC
9 105 (17.30%) Project Management
10 104 (17.13%) Scrum
11 84 (13.84%) Computer Science
12 81 (13.34%) Microservices
13 78 (12.85%) Machine Learning
14 75 (12.36%) Artificial Intelligence
14 75 (12.36%) Test Strategy
15 74 (12.19%) Software Delivery
16 71 (11.70%) Mentoring
17 69 (11.37%) Configuration Management
17 69 (11.37%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 185 (30.48%) JavaScript
2 156 (25.70%) SQL
3 140 (23.06%) Python
4 123 (20.26%) Java
5 110 (18.12%) C
6 103 (16.97%) C#
7 93 (15.32%) C++
8 53 (8.73%) TypeScript
9 51 (8.40%) PHP
10 27 (4.45%) Go
11 20 (3.29%) PowerShell
12 19 (3.13%) VB
13 18 (2.97%) Kotlin
14 16 (2.64%) Bash
15 14 (2.31%) MATLAB
16 12 (1.98%) PL/SQL
17 11 (1.81%) Shell Script
18 10 (1.65%) R
19 9 (1.48%) T-SQL
19 9 (1.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 221 (36.41%) Degree
2 61 (10.05%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (6.26%) ISTQB
5 34 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.97%) ISEB
7 18 (2.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (1.81%) APMP
8 11 (1.81%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (14.99%) QA
2 57 (9.39%) Automotive SPICE
3 48 (7.91%) MISRA
4 19 (3.13%) AUTOSAR
5 11 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.65%) PMO
7 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (10.21%) Docker
2 8 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.33%) VirtualBox
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 53 (8.73%) Bugsnag
2 46 (7.58%) Grafana
3 38 (6.26%) Kubernetes
4 24 (3.95%) Ansible
5 22 (3.62%) Terraform
6 21 (3.46%) Prometheus
7 16 (2.64%) Argo
8 5 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.82%) Opsgenie
9 3 (0.49%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
10 2 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 76 (12.52%) Google
3 62 (10.21%) IBM
4 60 (9.88%) Atlassian
5 40 (6.59%) Oracle
6 17 (2.80%) Datto
7 14 (2.31%) Sony
8 13 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.98%) Splunk
10 8 (1.32%) Apple
10 8 (1.32%) Salesforce.com
11 6 (0.99%) Workday
12 3 (0.49%) Blackboard
13 2 (0.33%) Facebook
13 2 (0.33%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.33%) Spotify
13 2 (0.33%) VMware