Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in Reading

Regression Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 63 92
Rank change year-on-year -28 +29 -11
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.35% 0.34% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.37% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £310 - -
25th Percentile £353 £381 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% - -
75th Percentile £481 £394 -
90th Percentile £485 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £418 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -7.22% +20.00% -18.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 941 542 1,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.42% 92.18% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 344 528
10th Percentile £350 £350 £331
25th Percentile £454 £450 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £580
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -7.33% +5.45%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £733 £700 £714
Berkshire median daily rate £519 £505 £540
% change year-on-year +2.77% -6.48% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 17 38
10th Percentile £56.00 - £14.50
25th Percentile £80.75 £14.75 £51.86
Median hourly rate £85.00 £20.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +309.64% -66.31% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.00 £38.42 £75.83
90th Percentile £107.00 £60.50 £87.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £61.33
% change year-on-year +125.32% -39.21% +3.29%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in Reading

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing in Reading over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in Reading

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Payroll Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Workforce Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) API Management
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) LLM
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) SAP