Regression Testing Contract Job Trends in Wales

Regression Testing
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 39 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Regression Testing 10 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.85% 0.65% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 0.75% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £346 £554 £218
25th Percentile £352 £616 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £738 £348
Median % change year-on-year -43.22% +111.93% -
75th Percentile £492 £866 £432
90th Percentile £515 £931 £480
UK median daily rate £450 £488 £495
% change year-on-year -7.69% -1.52% -7.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 424 265 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 78.23% 86.60% 79.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 189 248
10th Percentile £214 £185 £152
25th Percentile £305 £269 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 28 27
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.51
25th Percentile £14.08 £20.12 £13.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.25 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +16.07% +1.89%
75th Percentile £30.19 £32.25 £36.68
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £86.72
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in Wales

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Regression Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing in Wales over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Regression Testing in Wales

Regression Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Regression Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
South Wales -1 10 £419 -43.22% 6
Regression Testing
UK

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) GitHub
2 5 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 5 (50.00%) Postman
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Quality Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Applications Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Automation Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (10.00%) QA Automation Tester
4 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) QA Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) QA Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (30.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Migration
1 6 (60.00%) Scrum
1 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Kanban
2 5 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Defect Management
3 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
3 4 (40.00%) SDLC
3 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (40.00%) Traceability Matrix
3 4 (40.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Google