Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Regression Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 111 138
Rank change year-on-year -5 +27 +9
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 12 13 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.59% 0.62% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.70% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 2
10th Percentile £227 £341 -
25th Percentile £266 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £383 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -30.45% +17.02%
75th Percentile £438 £388 -
90th Percentile £543 £443 -
South East median daily rate £379 £380 £425
% change year-on-year -0.33% -10.59% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,788 1,859 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.38% 88.27% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,089 1,510
10th Percentile £263 £296 £214
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 58 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.14 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.15 £32.90 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +14.25% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.31 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £71.24 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regression Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in the Thames Valley

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regression Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Buckinghamshire +7 7 £268 -28.53% 1
Berkshire -5 5 £400 +3.90% 3
Regression Testing
South East

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SAP HANA
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Test Leader
5 1 (8.33%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) ITSM Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Test Manager
5 1 (8.33%) UAT Coordinator
5 1 (8.33%) Web Applications Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Web Applications Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Web Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (8.33%) SAP PI
1 1 (8.33%) SOAP
1 1 (8.33%) XML
1 1 (8.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Defect Management
2 7 (58.33%) Scenario Testing
3 6 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
5 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) Logistics
5 4 (33.33%) Test Assurance
5 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 4 (33.33%) Validation
6 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (25.00%) CRM
6 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (25.00%) ITIL
6 3 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (25.00%) Test Management
7 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Compaq
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Terracotta
3 1 (8.33%) webMethods