Defect Management Jobs in the West Midlands

Defect Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Defect Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Defect Management over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 248 263
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 -25
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 18 5 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.21% 0.087% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.089% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 15
10th Percentile - £52,875 £36,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £53,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,250 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +36.36% -13.16%
75th Percentile £49,438 £58,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £61,245 £58,625 £79,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Defect 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,880 5,588 7,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.26% 96.69% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,789 3,127 4,852
10th Percentile £26,700 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,967 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Defect Management in the West Midlands

Defect Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Defect Management in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Defect Management in the West Midlands

Defect Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Defect Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Defect Management in the West Midlands

Defect Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Defect Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Birmingham -9 13 £32,500 - 1
Staffordshire -24 4 £53,900 -2.00% 1
Shropshire -11 1 £60,500 +5.22%
Defect Management
England

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (22.22%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Appium
2 1 (5.56%) JUnit
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
2 1 (5.56%) TestNG
2 1 (5.56%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Junior
2 7 (38.89%) Junior Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Junior Software Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Software Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Full Stack Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Lead
4 3 (16.67%) Test Leader
5 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
5 2 (11.11%) UAT Lead
5 2 (11.11%) UAT Test Lead
6 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Agile
2 11 (61.11%) Asset Management
3 10 (55.56%) Test Automation
4 8 (44.44%) Scrum
5 7 (38.89%) Computer Science
5 7 (38.89%) Customer Service
5 7 (38.89%) Software Testing
6 5 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
7 4 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 4 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
7 4 (22.22%) DevOps
7 4 (22.22%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (22.22%) Investment Management
7 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
8 3 (16.67%) Functional Testing
8 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing
8 3 (16.67%) Test Planning
8 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) SQL
2 8 (44.44%) Java
3 7 (38.89%) C#
3 7 (38.89%) C++
4 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Atlassian
2 4 (22.22%) InterSystems
2 4 (22.22%) Jaspersoft
3 1 (5.56%) Denodo
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Talend