Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Regression Testing
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 2.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £391 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 - -
75th Percentile £483 - -
90th Percentile £489 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £478 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -4.35% +21.21% +42.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 208 81 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 93.69% 83.51% 80.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 67 25
10th Percentile £350 £189 £313
25th Percentile £425 £310 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £420 £480
Median % change year-on-year +22.10% -12.50% -9.43%
75th Percentile £538 £514 £550
90th Percentile £551 £567 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 - -
90th Percentile £38.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.05 £23.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.33% -14.18% +55.19%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Telford - 5 £478 - 4
Regression Testing
West Midlands

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) SAS
2 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
1 4 (80.00%) GitLab
1 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Test Specialist
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) pytest
2 2 (40.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (60.00%) Data Management
3 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Visual Analytics
5 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle