Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Regression Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 33 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 8 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 3.98% 1.06% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 1.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £488 £538 -
90th Percentile £522 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -11.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 162 173 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 80.60% 92.02% 76.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 107 59
10th Percentile £213 £183 £182
25th Percentile £385 £306 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -22.73% +33.33%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 23
10th Percentile - £14.14 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £23.00 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -22.96% +47.15% +0.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £25.15 £23.74
90th Percentile - £59.80 £31.88
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Regression Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 June 2026. 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
County Antrim +8 5 £475 -9.52% 4
County Armagh - 1 £475 -
Regression Testing
UK

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (25.00%) Infor LN
1 2 (25.00%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon EventBridge
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Test Manager
2 4 (50.00%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 4 (50.00%) ERP Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Programme Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Test Programme Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) ERP Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (75.00%) ERP
4 5 (62.50%) Agile
4 5 (62.50%) DevOps
4 5 (62.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 5 (62.50%) Integration Testing
4 5 (62.50%) System Integration Testing
4 5 (62.50%) Test Management
4 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
5 4 (50.00%) Agile Testing
5 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
5 4 (50.00%) Defect Management
5 4 (50.00%) Functional Testing
5 4 (50.00%) Migration
5 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Infor
2 4 (50.00%) HP