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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 112 141
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 +13
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 8 12 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.43% 0.56% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.64% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile £248 £341 -
25th Percentile £266 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £383 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% -30.45% +17.02%
75th Percentile £456 £388 -
90th Percentile £550 £408 -
South East median daily rate £363 £380 £425
% change year-on-year -4.61% -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 1,674 1,864 2,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.18% 87.02% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 1,077 1,566
10th Percentile £268 £308 £239
25th Percentile £406 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £626 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 69 102
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.74 £16.44
25th Percentile £15.91 £30.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £23.13 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.77% +15.00% +159.74%
75th Percentile £31.80 £62.69 £67.05
90th Percentile £72.30 £70.72 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.52 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.00% +9.56% +31.83%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +9 5 £268 -28.53% 4
Berkshire +6 3 £550 +42.86% 22
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 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
4 1 (12.50%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) QA Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Web Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Web Applications Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Web Applications Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Web Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PI
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Defect Management
2 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
3 4 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (37.50%) CRM
4 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
4 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Logistics
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Test Assurance
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 3 (37.50%) Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Content Management
5 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Compaq
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Terracotta
2 1 (12.50%) webMethods