Regression Testing Contracts

Regression Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Regression Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Regression Testing over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 370 452
Rank change year-on-year -26 +82 -47
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 185 376 465
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.66% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.74% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 251 336
10th Percentile £320 £313 £303
25th Percentile £363 £409 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.79% +13.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £556 £694 £613
90th Percentile £644 £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £475 £431
% change year-on-year +6.16% +10.14% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £16.93
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £41.88
90th Percentile - - £61.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -63.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Regression Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,590 50,902 79,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.76% 89.71% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,576 35,243 55,751
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.92%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £639
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,484 1,677 1,876
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%

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 26 May 2024.

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 26 May 2024. 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 -47 146 £475 -13.64% 97
London -18 81 £440 -26.67% 51
UK excluding London +2 72 £504 +6.16% 67
Work from Home +26 55 £400 -15.79% 46
South East -6 31 £538 +8.86% 23
South West +2 13 £538 +16.22% 8
Scotland +30 9 £400 -15.79% 7
North of England +15 9 £450 +12.50% 15
Midlands +24 5 £438 -15.66% 6
West Midlands +14 5 £438 -12.50% 6
North West +13 4 £363 +2.11% 10
Yorkshire +12 4 £450 -19.28% 3
Wales - 3 £509 - 2
East of England +7 2 - - 5
North East +11 1 £450 +20.00% 2

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 24 (12.97%) Confluence
2 16 (8.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (6.49%) Apache
4 10 (5.41%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.08%) CMS
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Windchill
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.16%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (2.16%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.62%) ENOVIA
3 3 (1.62%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (1.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.62%) Teamcenter
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.54%) Endur
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.97%) Azure
2 16 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (7.03%) AWS
4 8 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.24%) GitHub
6 5 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.16%) AWS Step Functions
7 4 (2.16%) OCI
7 4 (2.16%) Serverless
8 3 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.62%) Amazon EventBridge
8 3 (1.62%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (1.62%) dbt
8 3 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.08%) Azure Pipelines
9 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.08%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.54%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.54%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.65%) DHCP
1 16 (8.65%) DNS
2 10 (5.41%) BGP
2 10 (5.41%) Ethernet VPN
2 10 (5.41%) MPLS
2 10 (5.41%) VPN
3 9 (4.86%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.08%) HTTP
5 1 (0.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.57%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.03%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.49%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.32%) Power BI
5 6 (3.24%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.16%) MS Access
7 4 (2.16%) Tableau
8 3 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.62%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.62%) MySQL
8 3 (1.62%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.62%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.54%) Metadata
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.54%) PowerCenter
9 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.54%) QlikView
9 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (28.65%) JIRA
2 24 (12.97%) Selenium
3 19 (10.27%) Git
4 14 (7.57%) Jenkins
5 12 (6.49%) Cypress.io
5 12 (6.49%) Postman
6 11 (5.95%) TestRail
7 10 (5.41%) GitLab
7 10 (5.41%) Robot Framework
8 8 (4.32%) SpecFlow
9 7 (3.78%) Cucumber
10 6 (3.24%) JUnit
10 6 (3.24%) WebDriver
11 4 (2.16%) REST Assured
11 4 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (2.16%) TestNG
12 3 (1.62%) Appium
12 3 (1.62%) JMeter
12 3 (1.62%) Subversion
12 3 (1.62%) Zephyr
General
1 50 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.97%) Finance
4 16 (8.65%) Military
5 12 (6.49%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.41%) Banking
7 7 (3.78%) Retail
8 6 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.16%) Billing
10 4 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.16%) Legal
10 4 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Electronics
12 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.08%) Marketing
13 1 (0.54%) German Language
13 1 (0.54%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (18.92%) Test Engineer
2 33 (17.84%) Tester
3 32 (17.30%) Analyst
4 26 (14.05%) Test Analyst
5 19 (10.27%) Test Manager
6 16 (8.65%) Developer
7 15 (8.11%) Integration Engineer
7 15 (8.11%) QA Engineer
7 15 (8.11%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 14 (7.57%) Lead
9 11 (5.95%) Automation Tester
10 10 (5.41%) Senior
10 10 (5.41%) Test Leader
11 9 (4.86%) Consultant
12 7 (3.78%) Manual Tester
12 7 (3.78%) Network Engineer
13 6 (3.24%) Senior Test Engineer
13 6 (3.24%) Test Automation Engineer
14 5 (2.70%) C# Developer
14 5 (2.70%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.35%) REST
2 14 (7.57%) SOAP
3 10 (5.41%) .NET
3 10 (5.41%) NETCONF
3 10 (5.41%) RESTCONF
4 9 (4.86%) YANG
5 8 (4.32%) GraphQL
6 6 (3.24%) JSON
6 6 (3.24%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (2.70%) Gherkin
7 5 (2.70%) Next.js
7 5 (2.70%) Node.js
7 5 (2.70%) React
7 5 (2.70%) Redux
7 5 (2.70%) XML
8 4 (2.16%) ADO
8 4 (2.16%) Playwright
9 3 (1.62%) Middleware
9 3 (1.62%) SAP Basis
9 3 (1.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.65%) PKI
2 8 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.16%) e-Health
4 4 (2.16%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.62%) Market Risk
5 3 (1.62%) NHS
5 3 (1.62%) PACS
5 3 (1.62%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.62%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.54%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.54%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.89%) Windows
2 16 (8.65%) Windows Server
2 16 (8.65%) Windows Server 2012
3 10 (5.41%) Linux
4 6 (3.24%) Unix
5 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (53.51%) Test Automation
2 86 (46.49%) Agile
3 55 (29.73%) Test Scripting
4 45 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 36 (19.46%) Performance Testing
5 36 (19.46%) Scrum
5 36 (19.46%) Test Strategy
6 34 (18.38%) Scenario Testing
7 33 (17.84%) Unit Testing
8 32 (17.30%) Software Testing
9 31 (16.76%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (14.05%) Integration Testing
11 23 (12.43%) Continuous Integration
11 23 (12.43%) DevOps
12 22 (11.89%) Functional Testing
12 22 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (11.35%) Defect Management
13 21 (11.35%) Test Planning
14 18 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (9.73%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.19%) SQL
2 30 (16.22%) Python
3 17 (9.19%) Java
4 16 (8.65%) C#
5 14 (7.57%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.32%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.24%) C++
8 3 (1.62%) C
8 3 (1.62%) Go
8 3 (1.62%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.62%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.62%) VBScript
9 2 (1.08%) Delphi
9 2 (1.08%) ProC
9 2 (1.08%) Swift
10 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.54%) R
10 1 (0.54%) SOQL
10 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 32 (17.30%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.76%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (8.65%) Degree
4 16 (8.65%) MCSA
4 16 (8.65%) MCSE
4 16 (8.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.78%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.62%) ISEB
9 2 (1.08%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.08%) PMP
10 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.16%) QA
2 8 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.70%) HL7
4 4 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.16%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.62%) JTAG
6 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.54%) GRC
7 1 (0.54%) GxP
7 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (8.65%) Active Directory
1 16 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (8.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.78%) Kubernetes
1 7 (3.78%) Terraform
2 2 (1.08%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.08%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.89%) Oracle
3 18 (9.73%) VMware
4 16 (8.65%) SAP
5 6 (3.24%) HP
6 4 (2.16%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.16%) Ariba
6 4 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.62%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.62%) PTC
7 3 (1.62%) Siemens
8 1 (0.54%) Apple
8 1 (0.54%) Calypso
8 1 (0.54%) Databricks
8 1 (0.54%) Informatica
8 1 (0.54%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.54%) Perfecto Mobile
8 1 (0.54%) Remedy
8 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow