Defect Management Job Trends in West Wales

Defect Management
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales requiring Defect Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 0.65% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,663 - -
Wales median annual salary £35,663 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +75.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Wales

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 West Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 85 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 81.82% 90.43% 86.21%
Number of salaries quoted 79 29 116
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,848 £42,512 £46,816
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% -9.19% +14.87%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,252 £62,813
90th Percentile £75,503 £65,000 £74,024
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -

Defect Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Defect Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Wales.

Defect Management job vacancy trend in West Wales

Defect Management
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Defect Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Defect Management

Defect Management
Job Locations in West Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 February 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
Swansea - 1 £35,663 - 1
Defect Management
Wales

Defect Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility