Defect Management Jobs with Work from Home Options

Defect Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Defect Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Defect Management over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 537 734
Rank change year-on-year +3 +197 -201
Permanent jobs citing Defect Management 58 108 137
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.28% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 51 72 92
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,700 £31,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,885 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £68,125 £60,000 £61,938
90th Percentile £72,500 £69,875 £62,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £46,270
% change year-on-year +10.00% +8.06% -7.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Defect Management 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,945 38,441 70,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.67% 96.05% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23,414 26,713 41,519
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Defect Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Defect Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Defect Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Defect Management.

Defect Management salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Defect Management over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Defect Management salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Defect Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.41%) Azure
2 11 (18.97%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (15.52%) SaaS
4 4 (6.90%) Cloud Composer
4 4 (6.90%) Cloud Functions
4 4 (6.90%) dbt
4 4 (6.90%) GCP
4 4 (6.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 4 (6.90%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.72%) AWS
5 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 10 (17.24%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (6.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (34.48%) JIRA
2 13 (22.41%) Selenium
3 8 (13.79%) JMeter
3 8 (13.79%) SoapUI
3 8 (13.79%) Visual Studio
4 7 (12.07%) TestRail
5 6 (10.34%) Postman
5 6 (10.34%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (6.90%) JUnit
6 4 (6.90%) TestNG
7 3 (5.17%) Appium
7 3 (5.17%) Zephyr
8 2 (3.45%) Cucumber
8 2 (3.45%) Git
8 2 (3.45%) HP UFT
8 2 (3.45%) LoadRunner
8 2 (3.45%) MSTest
8 2 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (3.45%) WebDriver
9 1 (1.72%) GitLab
General
1 23 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Legal
4 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Local Government
4 4 (6.90%) Police
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Retail
6 2 (3.45%) Electronics
6 2 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (3.45%) Marketing
7 1 (1.72%) Games
7 1 (1.72%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Senior
2 13 (22.41%) Test Engineer
3 12 (20.69%) Analyst
4 11 (18.97%) Lead
5 9 (15.52%) QA Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) Test Manager
7 6 (10.34%) QA Leader
7 6 (10.34%) Quality Engineer
7 6 (10.34%) Senior Test Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Automation Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Developer
8 5 (8.62%) Junior
8 5 (8.62%) Junior Developer
8 5 (8.62%) Junior Software Developer
8 5 (8.62%) QA Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) QA Automation Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) SaaS Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Senior Automation Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Senior QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) Gherkin
2 2 (3.45%) .NET
2 2 (3.45%) .NET Core
2 2 (3.45%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.45%) ADO
2 2 (3.45%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.45%) JSON
2 2 (3.45%) REST
2 2 (3.45%) RESTful
2 2 (3.45%) Web Services
2 2 (3.45%) XML
2 2 (3.45%) XSD
2 2 (3.45%) XSLT
3 1 (1.72%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (13.79%) Low-Code
2 8 (13.79%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.90%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (65.52%) Agile
2 33 (56.90%) Test Automation
3 22 (37.93%) Software Testing
4 21 (36.21%) Scrum
5 18 (31.03%) Regression Testing
6 15 (25.86%) CI/CD
6 15 (25.86%) User Acceptance Testing
7 14 (24.14%) DevOps
7 14 (24.14%) Performance Testing
8 13 (22.41%) Test Scripting
9 12 (20.69%) Mentoring
10 10 (17.24%) Analytics
10 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (17.24%) Manual Testing
11 9 (15.52%) Coaching
11 9 (15.52%) Non-Functional Testing
11 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (13.79%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (13.79%) Roadmaps
12 8 (13.79%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) SQL
2 8 (13.79%) Python
3 7 (12.07%) C#
3 7 (12.07%) Java
4 6 (10.34%) T-SQL
5 5 (8.62%) C++
6 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.45%) XPath
Qualifications
1 18 (31.03%) Degree
2 16 (27.59%) ISTQB
3 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.72%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (32.76%) QA
2 9 (15.52%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.45%) SLA
4 1 (1.72%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Firmware
2 2 (3.45%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) Google
2 6 (10.34%) MuleSoft
2 6 (10.34%) OutSystems