Regression Testing Contracts in the South West

Regression Testing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 104 143 141
Rank change year-on-year +39 -2 +21
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 7 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 0.44% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.53% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 21
10th Percentile £331 £411 £319
25th Percentile £363 £513 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +2.38% +27.27%
75th Percentile £665 £556 £656
90th Percentile £695 - £838
England median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Regression Testing in the South West

Regression Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Regression Testing in the South West

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in the South West

Regression Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Regression Testing in the South West

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Wiltshire +27 4 £590 +9.77% 2
Bristol +18 1 £325 -18.75%
Gloucestershire +16 1 £400 -13.51%
Devon +14 1 - - 3
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Confluence
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (14.29%) Appian
3 1 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Pipelines
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) TestRail
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Military
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Tester
2 1 (14.29%) QA Manual Tester
2 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) EPoS
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
1 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 2 (28.57%) MCSA
2 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle