Regression Testing Contracts in the North West

Regression Testing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 115 133 139
Rank change year-on-year +18 +6 +24
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 5 4 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% 0.15% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.17% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 13
10th Percentile £232 £321 £217
25th Percentile £280 £334 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £363 £290
Median % change year-on-year -8.28% +25.00% -25.64%
75th Percentile £365 £384 £438
90th Percentile £379 £394 £540
England median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Regression Testing in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Regression Testing in the North West

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in the North West

Regression Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Regression Testing in the North West

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cheshire 0 2 £346 -4.48% 2
Manchester - 2 £240 - 8
Merseyside - 1 £375 -
Regression Testing
England

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

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Release Management
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle