Regression Testing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Regression Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 435 457
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 -63
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 82 139 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.38% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.43% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 57 66 70
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,925 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £58,750 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,125 £65,207
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Regression Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,312 32,109 29,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.70% 88.77% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,114 14,485 22,061
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Regression Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Regression Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Regression Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Regression Testing in the UK excluding London

Regression Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +23 27 £62,500 +31.58% 55
South West +3 17 £37,500 +8.70% 32
North of England -1 16 £30,500 -18.67% 41
Midlands +15 14 £55,000 +15.79% 34
Yorkshire 0 10 £30,500 -6.11% 21
West Midlands +17 8 £50,125 +13.92% 10
Scotland -1 6 - - 6
East Midlands -9 6 £55,000 +8.91% 24
North West +5 5 £42,500 +2.41% 16
East of England +9 1 £68,500 +76.77% 34
North East +6 1 £55,000 - 4
Wales +1 1 £50,000 -47.37% 8
Regression Testing
UK

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (3.66%) Anypoint
1 3 (3.66%) CMS
1 3 (3.66%) Confluence
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.32%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (10.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.44%) Shopify
3 1 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (1.22%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (1.22%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.22%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 34 (41.46%) Azure
1 34 (41.46%) Azure DevOps
2 10 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.32%) SaaS
5 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.88%) AWS
7 3 (3.66%) Boomi
7 3 (3.66%) iPaaS
7 3 (3.66%) Workato
8 2 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.44%) GitHub
8 2 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.22%) Google Ads
9 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) HTTP
2 1 (1.22%) DHCP
2 1 (1.22%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) Relational Database
2 6 (7.32%) Power BI
3 1 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (37.80%) JIRA
2 12 (14.63%) Selenium
3 9 (10.98%) eCATT
4 8 (9.76%) TestRail
5 7 (8.54%) Cypress.io
6 6 (7.32%) Jenkins
6 6 (7.32%) Subversion
7 4 (4.88%) Git
7 4 (4.88%) Postman
8 2 (2.44%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (2.44%) CircleCI
8 2 (2.44%) Fiddler
8 2 (2.44%) Gatling
8 2 (2.44%) GitLab
8 2 (2.44%) LoadRunner
8 2 (2.44%) Locust
8 2 (2.44%) REST Assured
8 2 (2.44%) Robot Framework
8 2 (2.44%) Zephyr
9 1 (1.22%) JMeter
General
1 38 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.61%) Finance
3 20 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.20%) Manufacturing
4 10 (12.20%) Marketing
5 9 (10.98%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (10.98%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (9.76%) Law
7 7 (8.54%) Legal
8 6 (7.32%) Billing
9 5 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (6.10%) Electronics
10 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (3.66%) Aerospace
11 3 (3.66%) Military
12 2 (2.44%) Advertising
13 1 (1.22%) Aviation
13 1 (1.22%) Health Technology
13 1 (1.22%) Retail
13 1 (1.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 32 (39.02%) Analyst
2 18 (21.95%) Test Analyst
3 14 (17.07%) Lead
4 11 (13.41%) Tester
5 9 (10.98%) Automation Test Analyst
6 7 (8.54%) Applications Support
6 7 (8.54%) Applications Support Analyst
6 7 (8.54%) Consultant
6 7 (8.54%) Support Analyst
6 7 (8.54%) Test Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Manual Tester
7 6 (7.32%) Software Tester
7 6 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Test Leader
8 5 (6.10%) Software Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Software Consultant
8 5 (6.10%) Software Test Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Software Test Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Support Consultant
8 5 (6.10%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) Playwright
2 4 (4.88%) .NET
3 2 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (2.44%) REST
3 2 (2.44%) RESTful
3 2 (2.44%) XML
4 1 (1.22%) JSON
4 1 (1.22%) Kafka
4 1 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (1.22%) SOAP
4 1 (1.22%) Web Services
4 1 (1.22%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.10%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.44%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (1.22%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.22%) PKI
5 1 (1.22%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) Android
1 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.44%) Linux
2 1 (1.22%) Unix
2 1 (1.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (47.56%) Agile
1 39 (47.56%) Test Automation
2 35 (42.68%) Software Testing
3 31 (37.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (37.80%) DevOps
4 27 (32.93%) Manual Testing
5 19 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (23.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (21.95%) Test Scripting
7 17 (20.73%) Roadmaps
7 17 (20.73%) Scenario Testing
7 17 (20.73%) Test Management
8 15 (18.29%) CI/CD
8 15 (18.29%) End-to-End Testing
9 14 (17.07%) Integration Testing
9 14 (17.07%) Mentoring
9 14 (17.07%) User Acceptance Testing
10 13 (15.85%) API Testing
10 13 (15.85%) Scrum
10 13 (15.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) SQL
2 7 (8.54%) C#
3 6 (7.32%) JavaScript
3 6 (7.32%) Python
4 5 (6.10%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) Bash
6 1 (1.22%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.22%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) ISTQB
2 12 (14.63%) Degree
3 11 (13.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 6 (7.32%) HND
4 6 (7.32%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.88%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (2.44%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.22%) ISEB
7 1 (1.22%) MCSA
7 1 (1.22%) MCSE
7 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (37.80%) QA
2 9 (10.98%) Accessibility
3 6 (7.32%) SLA
4 4 (4.88%) GDPR
5 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.88%) Docker
3 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) HP ALM
2 4 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.44%) Grafana
3 2 (2.44%) Nessus
3 2 (2.44%) Prometheus
3 2 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.85%) SAP
3 9 (10.98%) HP
4 8 (9.76%) Oracle
5 6 (7.32%) Adobe
5 6 (7.32%) Freshdesk
5 6 (7.32%) Nintex
6 4 (4.88%) Guidewire
7 3 (3.66%) Dell
7 3 (3.66%) Epicor
7 3 (3.66%) IBM
7 3 (3.66%) IFS
7 3 (3.66%) Infor
7 3 (3.66%) Informatica
7 3 (3.66%) Jitterbit
7 3 (3.66%) MuleSoft
7 3 (3.66%) SnapLogic
7 3 (3.66%) Software AG
7 3 (3.66%) Talend
7 3 (3.66%) TIBCO