Regression Testing Contracts in England

Regression Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Regression Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Regression Testing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 344 442
Rank change year-on-year -41 +98 -44
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 154 347 371
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.69% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.76% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 240 273
10th Percentile £319 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +11.11% +13.14%
75th Percentile £556 £713 £625
90th Percentile £625 £838 £788
UK median daily rate £469 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.14% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - - £25.00
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £65.45
UK median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -62.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Regression Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Regression Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Regression Testing in England

Regression Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Regression Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Regression Testing in England

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in England

Regression Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Regression Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Regression Testing in England

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +3 86 £450 -25.00% 22
South East -4 33 £538 +10.26% 14
South West +3 14 £538 +2.38% 2
North of England +12 9 £450 +12.50% 17
West Midlands +25 4 £438 -12.50% 4
Yorkshire +18 4 £450 -16.28% 6
Midlands +17 4 £438 -12.50% 4
North West +9 4 £363 +25.00% 11
East of England +5 2 - - 4
North East +20 1 £450 +20.00%
Regression Testing
UK

Regression Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 23 (14.94%) Confluence
2 15 (9.74%) Apache
2 15 (9.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (8.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Windchill
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) ENOVIA
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (1.95%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.30%) Summit
2 2 (1.30%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.65%) Endur
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.64%) Azure
2 14 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.19%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.60%) AWS
5 3 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.30%) Azure Pipelines
6 2 (1.30%) OCI
6 2 (1.30%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.30%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.30%) SaaS
7 1 (0.65%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.65%) GitHub
7 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.65%) Sauce Labs
7 1 (0.65%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.74%) DHCP
1 15 (9.74%) DNS
2 13 (8.44%) BGP
2 13 (8.44%) Ethernet VPN
2 13 (8.44%) MPLS
2 13 (8.44%) VPN
3 12 (7.79%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.30%) HTTP
5 1 (0.65%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.04%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (9.74%) MongoDB
2 15 (9.74%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.90%) Power BI
4 5 (3.25%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (3.25%) Oracle Database
4 5 (3.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.60%) MS Access
5 4 (2.60%) Tableau
6 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.65%) Metadata
8 1 (0.65%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.65%) QlikView
8 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 49 (31.82%) JIRA
2 19 (12.34%) Selenium
3 14 (9.09%) GitLab
3 14 (9.09%) TestRail
4 13 (8.44%) Robot Framework
5 12 (7.79%) Jenkins
6 10 (6.49%) Git
6 10 (6.49%) SpecFlow
7 8 (5.19%) Cypress.io
7 8 (5.19%) Postman
8 5 (3.25%) JUnit
9 4 (2.60%) Cucumber
9 4 (2.60%) HP UFT
9 4 (2.60%) REST Assured
9 4 (2.60%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (2.60%) WebDriver
10 3 (1.95%) Subversion
10 3 (1.95%) TestNG
10 3 (1.95%) Zephyr
11 2 (1.30%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (14.29%) Finance
4 15 (9.74%) Military
5 12 (7.79%) Banking
6 6 (3.90%) Retail
7 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.25%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.60%) Billing
8 4 (2.60%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.60%) Legal
8 4 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.30%) Electronics
10 2 (1.30%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Automotive
11 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (21.43%) Test Engineer
2 29 (18.83%) Tester
3 23 (14.94%) Analyst
4 17 (11.04%) Test Analyst
5 16 (10.39%) Developer
6 15 (9.74%) Integration Engineer
6 15 (9.74%) Lead
6 15 (9.74%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 14 (9.09%) Test Manager
8 13 (8.44%) Senior
9 12 (7.79%) QA Engineer
10 10 (6.49%) Network Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Automation Tester
12 6 (3.90%) Manual Tester
12 6 (3.90%) Senior Test Engineer
12 6 (3.90%) Test Leader
13 5 (3.25%) C# Developer
13 5 (3.25%) Consultant
13 5 (3.25%) React Developer
13 5 (3.25%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.94%) REST
2 16 (10.39%) SOAP
3 13 (8.44%) NETCONF
3 13 (8.44%) RESTCONF
4 12 (7.79%) YANG
5 10 (6.49%) .NET
6 9 (5.84%) XML
7 8 (5.19%) GraphQL
7 8 (5.19%) Web Services
8 7 (4.55%) Middleware
9 5 (3.25%) JSON
9 5 (3.25%) Next.js
9 5 (3.25%) Node.js
9 5 (3.25%) React
9 5 (3.25%) Redux
9 5 (3.25%) XSLT
10 4 (2.60%) ADO
10 4 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (1.95%) Kafka
11 3 (1.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.74%) PKI
2 6 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.60%) e-Health
4 4 (2.60%) Hedge funds
4 4 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.95%) Market Risk
5 3 (1.95%) NHS
5 3 (1.95%) PACS
5 3 (1.95%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.65%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.65%) Solar Panel
7 1 (0.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.65%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.34%) Windows
2 15 (9.74%) Windows Server
2 15 (9.74%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (3.90%) Linux
3 6 (3.90%) Unix
4 2 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (51.95%) Agile
2 78 (50.65%) Test Automation
3 46 (29.87%) Test Scripting
4 36 (23.38%) CI/CD
5 35 (22.73%) Scrum
6 32 (20.78%) Performance Testing
7 31 (20.13%) Unit Testing
8 30 (19.48%) Integration Testing
8 30 (19.48%) Scenario Testing
9 28 (18.18%) Software Testing
10 26 (16.88%) Test Strategy
11 24 (15.58%) Functional Testing
11 24 (15.58%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (12.34%) Continuous Integration
13 18 (11.69%) Test Planning
14 17 (11.04%) System Integration Testing
15 16 (10.39%) TDD
16 15 (9.74%) DevOps
16 15 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (9.74%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (32.47%) SQL
2 29 (18.83%) Python
3 16 (10.39%) C#
4 13 (8.44%) Java
5 6 (3.90%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.25%) C++
6 5 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.25%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.25%) XPath
7 4 (2.60%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.95%) C
8 3 (1.95%) Go
9 2 (1.30%) Delphi
9 2 (1.30%) Swift
9 2 (1.30%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.30%) VBScript
10 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.65%) ProC
10 1 (0.65%) R
10 1 (0.65%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 29 (18.83%) Security Cleared
2 28 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (9.74%) Degree
4 15 (9.74%) MCSA
4 15 (9.74%) MCSE
4 15 (9.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.25%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.95%) ISEB
9 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (17.53%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.25%) HL7
3 4 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.60%) Software Quality Assurance
4 3 (1.95%) JTAG
5 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.69%) Docker
2 15 (9.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.95%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.30%) Terraform
4 1 (0.65%) Control-M
Vendors
1 29 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.04%) Oracle
2 17 (11.04%) VMware
3 11 (7.14%) SAP
4 7 (4.55%) Workday
5 5 (3.25%) HP
6 4 (2.60%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.95%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.95%) PTC
7 3 (1.95%) Siemens
8 2 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.65%) Apple
9 1 (0.65%) Cognos
9 1 (0.65%) Informatica
9 1 (0.65%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.65%) Perfecto Mobile
9 1 (0.65%) Remedy
9 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow