Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Regression Testing
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 2.20% - 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% - 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South West median daily rate £438 £543 £506
% change year-on-year -19.35% +7.16% -19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.43
Median hourly rate - - £23.86
75th Percentile - - £24.28
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £23.86

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Regression Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 100 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 86.81% 89.29% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 53 140
10th Percentile £203 £323 £172
25th Percentile £363 £450 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £538
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -9.30% +7.50%
75th Percentile £553 £634 £650
90th Percentile £595 £724 £738
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 52
10th Percentile - £14.41 £17.46
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.71 £23.43
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -72.35% +175.56%
75th Percentile £16.36 £22.79 £65.98
90th Percentile £22.58 £43.84 £69.26
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Regression Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in Dorset

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Regression Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth - 1 - -
Regression Testing
South West

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Graphite