Regression Testing Job Trends

Regression Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Regression Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 492 592
Rank change year-on-year -52 +100 -106
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 217 180 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.40% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.43% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 135 107 227
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,438 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £73,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -6.00% -

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69,638 41,796 87,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.33% 92.22% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 48,019 22,539 62,354
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,679 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -9.09%

Regression Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Regression Testing job vacancy trend in the UK

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Regression Testing

Regression Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Regression Testing over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Regression Testing in the UK

Regression Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 June 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
England -47 186 £47,500 -9.52% 64
UK excluding London -43 148 £47,500 +1.06% 55
Work from Home -31 66 £52,500 +10.53% 35
London -39 51 £57,500 -8.00% 25
South East -32 43 £46,250 -11.90% 19
South West -41 33 £47,500 +36.69% 4
North of England -37 31 £38,772 -17.51% 11
North West -2 21 £39,250 -16.49% 5
Midlands -22 17 £55,000 +29.41% 12
Scotland +14 13 £62,500 +13.64% 6
East of England -5 9 £37,500 -40.00% 5
West Midlands -19 9 £51,250 +23.49% 6
East Midlands -30 8 £70,000 +55.56% 6
Yorkshire -27 7 £26,000 -38.82% 5
Wales -45 3 £72,500 +12.84% 1
North East -50 3 £44,386 -19.30% 2

Regression Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (2.30%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.61%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.46%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.46%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.92%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.92%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.46%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (37.33%) Azure
2 60 (27.65%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (14.75%) AWS
4 19 (8.76%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.45%) SaaS
6 13 (5.99%) GCP
7 11 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (4.61%) Serverless
9 5 (2.30%) GitHub
9 5 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.84%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (1.38%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.38%) BlazeMeter
11 3 (1.38%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.92%) Azure App Service
12 2 (0.92%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (0.92%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.45%) Power BI
2 6 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.76%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.84%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.46%) GIS
5 1 (0.46%) Metadata
5 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (17.51%) Selenium
2 37 (17.05%) JIRA
3 29 (13.36%) Git
4 24 (11.06%) Cypress.io
5 14 (6.45%) Jenkins
6 11 (5.07%) GitLab
7 10 (4.61%) Subversion
7 10 (4.61%) Zephyr
8 9 (4.15%) Eclipse
8 9 (4.15%) Postman
9 8 (3.69%) WebDriver
10 7 (3.23%) Cucumber
10 7 (3.23%) JMeter
10 7 (3.23%) REST Assured
10 7 (3.23%) TestRail
11 6 (2.76%) JUnit
11 6 (2.76%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.38%) Appium
12 3 (1.38%) Maven
12 3 (1.38%) SonarQube
General
1 94 (43.32%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.19%) Finance
3 50 (23.04%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.91%) Billing
5 14 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.53%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.69%) Marketing
8 8 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.23%) Banking
9 7 (3.23%) Retail
10 6 (2.76%) Advertising
11 5 (2.30%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (2.30%) Legal
12 4 (1.84%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.84%) Law
13 3 (1.38%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.38%) Electronics
13 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (21.66%) Lead
2 43 (19.82%) Analyst
3 26 (11.98%) Tester
4 23 (10.60%) Senior
5 22 (10.14%) QA Leader
6 19 (8.76%) QA Engineer
7 18 (8.29%) Junior
8 17 (7.83%) Test Leader
9 16 (7.37%) Developer
9 16 (7.37%) Test Engineer
10 13 (5.99%) Test Analyst
11 12 (5.53%) Support Analyst
12 11 (5.07%) Java Developer
13 10 (4.61%) Junior Developer
13 10 (4.61%) QA Tester
14 9 (4.15%) Applications Support
14 9 (4.15%) Applications Support Analyst
15 8 (3.69%) Support Engineer
15 8 (3.69%) Technical Support
15 8 (3.69%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (18.43%) Playwright
2 16 (7.37%) REST
3 15 (6.91%) .NET
4 12 (5.53%) React
4 12 (5.53%) RESTful
5 8 (3.69%) J2EE
5 8 (3.69%) Struts
5 8 (3.69%) Web Services
5 8 (3.69%) XML
6 7 (3.23%) JSON
7 6 (2.76%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (2.76%) Visualforce
8 5 (2.30%) CSS
8 5 (2.30%) HTML
9 3 (1.38%) JWT
9 3 (1.38%) Node.js
9 3 (1.38%) OAuth
9 3 (1.38%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.38%) SOAP
9 3 (1.38%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.07%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.15%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.69%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.30%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (1.84%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.92%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.46%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.46%) Life Science
10 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.45%) Linux
2 8 (3.69%) Unix
2 8 (3.69%) Windows
3 6 (2.76%) Android
3 6 (2.76%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (49.77%) Test Automation
2 96 (44.24%) Agile
3 77 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 71 (32.72%) DevOps
5 65 (29.95%) Software Testing
5 65 (29.95%) User Acceptance Testing
6 62 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (25.81%) CI/CD
8 53 (24.42%) SDLC
9 51 (23.50%) Validation
10 46 (21.20%) Manual Testing
11 40 (18.43%) Test Strategy
12 39 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 37 (17.05%) Mentoring
14 32 (14.75%) Acceptance Criteria
15 30 (13.82%) Scrum
15 30 (13.82%) Test Scripting
16 28 (12.90%) Process Improvement
17 27 (12.44%) ERP
18 26 (11.98%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.58%) SQL
2 34 (15.67%) Java
3 30 (13.82%) Python
4 20 (9.22%) JavaScript
5 19 (8.76%) C#
6 9 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.69%) Perl
8 7 (3.23%) Apex Code
9 6 (2.76%) C++
10 5 (2.30%) Groovy
11 4 (1.84%) Ruby
12 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.92%) Bash
13 2 (0.92%) Go
13 2 (0.92%) SOQL
13 2 (0.92%) SOSL
14 1 (0.46%) ABAP
14 1 (0.46%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 52 (23.96%) Degree
2 25 (11.52%) ISTQB
3 17 (7.83%) HND
4 16 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (5.99%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.69%) HNC
6 8 (3.69%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.38%) AAT
8 3 (1.38%) ISEB
9 2 (0.92%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.92%) CSQA
9 2 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (44.70%) QA
2 28 (12.90%) Accessibility
3 13 (5.99%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.15%) SLA
5 4 (1.84%) GDPR
6 3 (1.38%) IFRS
6 3 (1.38%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.38%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.38%) WCAG
7 2 (0.92%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.46%) GAAP
8 1 (0.46%) MiFID
8 1 (0.46%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (7.37%) Docker
2 5 (2.30%) Firmware
3 3 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.92%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 16 (7.37%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.84%) Ansible
2 4 (1.84%) Terraform
3 3 (1.38%) Kibana
4 2 (0.92%) Grafana
4 2 (0.92%) logstash
4 2 (0.92%) Packer
4 2 (0.92%) SCCM
4 2 (0.92%) SCOM
5 1 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.53%) Oracle
2 12 (5.53%) SAP
3 10 (4.61%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.15%) Adobe
4 9 (4.15%) Freshdesk
4 9 (4.15%) Nintex
5 7 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.76%) IFS
7 3 (1.38%) VMware
8 2 (0.92%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.92%) Cisco
8 2 (0.92%) Databricks
8 2 (0.92%) IBM
8 2 (0.92%) Intapp
8 2 (0.92%) Intel
8 2 (0.92%) Juniper
8 2 (0.92%) McAfee
8 2 (0.92%) Workday
9 1 (0.46%) Callidus