Regression Testing Contracts in the North of England

Regression Testing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Regression Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Regression Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 176 191
Rank change year-on-year +19 +15 +31
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 9 9 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.19% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.22% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 22
10th Percentile £256 £356 -
25th Percentile £307 £406 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% +12.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £403 £472 £547
90th Percentile £450 £481 £631
England median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Regression Testing in the North of England

Regression Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Regression Testing in the North of England

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in the North of England

Regression Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Regression Testing in the North of England

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +18 5 £333 -8.28% 28
Yorkshire +7 3 £450 - 17
North East 0 1 £363 -19.44% 7
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
2 1 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 1 (11.11%) JUnit
2 1 (11.11%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (11.11%) REST Assured
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
1 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Automation Test Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Lead DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Test Automation
2 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Defect Management
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 3 (33.33%) SDLC
4 3 (33.33%) Test Management
4 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
6 1 (11.11%) ERP
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) HP
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle