Regression Testing Contracts

Regression Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 356 394 363
Rank change year-on-year +38 -31 +88
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 170 190 394
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.44% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.51% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 126 269
10th Percentile £294 £320 £312
25th Percentile £361 £363 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £456 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -13.10% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £675
90th Percentile £712 £625 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £509 £475
% change year-on-year -18.88% +7.05% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.20 - -
Median hourly rate £21.40 - -
75th Percentile £21.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.40 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Regression Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Regression Testing in the UK

Regression Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Regression Testing in the UK

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in the UK

Regression Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Regression Testing in the UK

Regression Testing
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +56 147 £450 -5.26% 192
London +44 86 £500 +13.64% 103
UK excluding London +50 60 £413 -18.88% 118
Work from Home +27 48 £500 +25.00% 86
South East +40 27 £450 -16.28% 51
North of England +19 9 £361 -19.72% 20
Midlands +26 8 £370 -15.43% 16
West Midlands +18 8 £370 -15.43% 15
South West +39 7 £475 -11.63% 7
Scotland +12 7 £425 -5.56% 7
North West +18 5 £333 -8.28% 14
Yorkshire +7 3 £450 - 3
East of England +29 1 - - 16
North East 0 1 £363 -19.44% 3
Wales -1 1 £525 +3.24% 4

Regression Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (8.82%) Confluence
2 2 (1.18%) Apache
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.59%) Appian
3 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.59%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 8 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.53%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.18%) MultiFonds
3 2 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.18%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.18%) Shopify
4 1 (0.59%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.59%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.59%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.53%) Azure
2 19 (11.18%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (10.00%) AWS
4 12 (7.06%) SaaS
5 11 (6.47%) GitHub
6 8 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (4.71%) Serverless
7 7 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.35%) OCI
10 3 (1.76%) BrowserStack
10 3 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.76%) Sauce Labs
10 3 (1.76%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.76%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (1.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (10.59%) MPLS
1 18 (10.59%) VPN
2 17 (10.00%) LAN
2 17 (10.00%) LTE
3 16 (9.41%) ATM
3 16 (9.41%) Ethernet
3 16 (9.41%) Frame Relay
3 16 (9.41%) GPRS
3 16 (9.41%) GSM
3 16 (9.41%) SAN
3 16 (9.41%) SDH
3 16 (9.41%) UMTS
3 16 (9.41%) WAN
3 16 (9.41%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.18%) BGP
4 2 (1.18%) DHCP
4 2 (1.18%) DNS
4 2 (1.18%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.59%) 3G
5 1 (0.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.94%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.76%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.59%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.59%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.59%) DB2
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.59%) Power BI
5 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (22.94%) JIRA
2 30 (17.65%) Selenium
3 22 (12.94%) Jenkins
4 19 (11.18%) Postman
5 16 (9.41%) Cypress.io
5 16 (9.41%) Git
5 16 (9.41%) JMeter
6 15 (8.82%) REST Assured
7 11 (6.47%) JUnit
8 10 (5.88%) GitLab
9 5 (2.94%) Bitbucket
9 5 (2.94%) TestNG
10 4 (2.35%) Cucumber
10 4 (2.35%) LoadRunner
10 4 (2.35%) SpecFlow
10 4 (2.35%) TestRail
11 3 (1.76%) Gatling
11 3 (1.76%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.76%) Travis CI
11 3 (1.76%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.76%) Finance
3 31 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 14 (8.24%) Front Office
6 12 (7.06%) Banking
6 12 (7.06%) Financial Institution
7 11 (6.47%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.35%) Marketing
9 4 (2.35%) Military
9 4 (2.35%) Retail
10 3 (1.76%) Back Office
10 3 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Games
11 2 (1.18%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.59%) Billing
12 1 (0.59%) Electronics
12 1 (0.59%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (20.00%) Analyst
2 24 (14.12%) Developer
3 23 (13.53%) Tester
4 22 (12.94%) Test Analyst
4 22 (12.94%) Test Engineer
5 18 (10.59%) Business Analyst
5 18 (10.59%) Lead
6 15 (8.82%) IP Engineer
7 13 (7.65%) QA Engineer
8 11 (6.47%) Senior
9 10 (5.88%) Front Office Business Analyst
9 10 (5.88%) Test Manager
10 9 (5.29%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
10 9 (5.29%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 7 (4.12%) Automation Tester
11 7 (4.12%) Consultant
12 6 (3.53%) Network Engineer
12 6 (3.53%) React Developer
12 6 (3.53%) Test Leader
13 5 (2.94%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.06%) Playwright
1 12 (7.06%) REST
2 9 (5.29%) SOAP
3 8 (4.71%) Node.js
3 8 (4.71%) React
4 6 (3.53%) CSS
4 6 (3.53%) GraphQL
4 6 (3.53%) HTML
4 6 (3.53%) HTML5
4 6 (3.53%) Lambda Expressions
4 6 (3.53%) Next.js
4 6 (3.53%) Redux
5 5 (2.94%) .NET
6 4 (2.35%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.35%) jQuery
6 4 (2.35%) JSON
6 4 (2.35%) XML
6 4 (2.35%) YAML
7 3 (1.76%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.76%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.59%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (8.24%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.88%) Fixed Income
4 3 (1.76%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.76%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.18%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.18%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.18%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.18%) PKI
5 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.59%) Derivative
6 1 (0.59%) EPoS
6 1 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.59%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.59%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.59%) NHS
6 1 (0.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.18%) Linux
2 18 (10.59%) Unix
3 4 (2.35%) Windows
4 3 (1.76%) Android
4 3 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.18%) CentOS
5 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (55.88%) Test Automation
2 64 (37.65%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (36.47%) Agile
4 50 (29.41%) Test Strategy
5 49 (28.82%) User Acceptance Testing
6 43 (25.29%) Test Scripting
7 39 (22.94%) Manual Testing
8 38 (22.35%) CI/CD
9 33 (19.41%) Integration Testing
10 31 (18.24%) Performance Testing
11 25 (14.71%) DevOps
12 24 (14.12%) Scrum
12 24 (14.12%) Test Management
13 22 (12.94%) API Testing
14 20 (11.76%) Software Testing
15 19 (11.18%) Project Management
16 17 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
16 17 (10.00%) Security Testing
16 17 (10.00%) TDD
17 16 (9.41%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (22.94%) Java
2 26 (15.29%) Python
3 25 (14.71%) SQL
4 23 (13.53%) JavaScript
5 14 (8.24%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.88%) C#
7 3 (1.76%) ABAP
7 3 (1.76%) Bash
7 3 (1.76%) R
8 2 (1.18%) C++
8 2 (1.18%) PHP
8 2 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.18%) RPG
8 2 (1.18%) SOQL
9 1 (0.59%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.59%) Go
9 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (20.59%) ISTQB
2 26 (15.29%) Degree
3 18 (10.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 17 (10.00%) ISEB
4 17 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 16 (9.41%) CCNP
5 16 (9.41%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (7.65%) SC Cleared
7 11 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.76%) CEH
9 3 (1.76%) CISSP
10 2 (1.18%) MCSA
10 2 (1.18%) MCSE
10 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (35.29%) QA
2 12 (7.06%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.35%) GRC
4 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.59%) Basel II
5 1 (0.59%) Basel III
5 1 (0.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.59%) GxP
5 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (6.47%) Docker
2 2 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (6.47%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.76%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.76%) Kibana
3 2 (1.18%) Terraform
4 1 (0.59%) Control-M
4 1 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.59%) OPNET
4 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.35%) Cisco
3 17 (10.00%) Juniper
3 17 (10.00%) SAP
4 15 (8.82%) Salesforce
5 12 (7.06%) ServiceNow
6 11 (6.47%) Oracle
7 9 (5.29%) ION Trading
8 4 (2.35%) Snow
8 4 (2.35%) Workday
9 3 (1.76%) HP
9 3 (1.76%) Kronos
9 3 (1.76%) VMware
10 2 (1.18%) Adobe
10 2 (1.18%) Calypso
10 2 (1.18%) Concur
10 2 (1.18%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.59%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.59%) Mavenir
11 1 (0.59%) Splunk