Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Regression Testing
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.13% 1.46% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% - -
North East median daily rate £300 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -29.41% -5.56% -13.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 232 189 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 87.55% 91.75% 84.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 79 107
10th Percentile £199 £323 £313
25th Percentile £373 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -7.22% -8.49%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £600
90th Percentile £634 £664 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 7
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £34.46 £70.00 £32.70
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £29.77 £20.00
% change year-on-year -35.34% +48.85% +14.29%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Regression Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 18 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -12 3 £300 -29.41% 1
Regression Testing
North East

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Postman
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Software Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Playwright
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Case Management
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility