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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 496 608
Rank change year-on-year -38 +112 -119
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 209 182 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.41% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.44% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 130 109 228
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,700 £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 68,746 41,496 89,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.03% 92.46% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,319 22,262 63,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £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 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 20 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 20 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 -63 179 £47,500 -5.00% 56
UK excluding London -30 142 £47,500 +1.06% 51
Work from Home -25 60 £52,500 +10.53% 29
London -26 49 £57,750 -3.75% 23
South East -29 41 £46,250 -11.90% 22
North of England -25 31 £38,772 -17.51% 6
South West -48 30 £47,500 +36.69% 5
North West +4 21 £39,250 -16.49% 3
Midlands -28 17 £55,250 +30.00% 8
Scotland +16 12 £62,500 +13.64% 6
West Midlands -20 10 £55,125 +32.83% 3
East of England -4 9 £37,500 -40.00% 3
East Midlands -32 7 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Yorkshire -35 7 £26,000 -38.82% 2
Wales -44 3 £72,500 +12.84% 1
North East -53 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 4 (1.91%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.78%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.48%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.96%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.96%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.48%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 75 (35.89%) Azure
2 57 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (13.88%) AWS
4 19 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.26%) GCP
5 11 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.26%) SaaS
6 10 (4.78%) Serverless
7 9 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.39%) GitHub
8 5 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.91%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.44%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.44%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.44%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.96%) Azure App Service
11 2 (0.96%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.96%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (0.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.70%) Power BI
2 6 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.39%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.48%) Metadata
6 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (17.70%) Selenium
2 35 (16.75%) JIRA
3 25 (11.96%) Git
4 23 (11.00%) Cypress.io
5 14 (6.70%) Jenkins
6 10 (4.78%) Zephyr
7 9 (4.31%) GitLab
7 9 (4.31%) Postman
8 8 (3.83%) Subversion
8 8 (3.83%) WebDriver
9 7 (3.35%) Cucumber
9 7 (3.35%) JMeter
9 7 (3.35%) REST Assured
9 7 (3.35%) TestRail
10 6 (2.87%) Eclipse
10 6 (2.87%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.39%) JUnit
12 3 (1.44%) Appium
12 3 (1.44%) Maven
12 3 (1.44%) SonarQube
General
1 91 (43.54%) Social Skills
2 56 (26.79%) Finance
3 49 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.18%) Billing
5 14 (6.70%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.78%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.83%) Marketing
9 7 (3.35%) Banking
10 6 (2.87%) Advertising
10 6 (2.87%) Retail
11 5 (2.39%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (2.39%) Legal
12 4 (1.91%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.91%) Law
13 3 (1.44%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.44%) Electronics
14 2 (0.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 49 (23.44%) Lead
2 41 (19.62%) Analyst
3 25 (11.96%) Tester
4 22 (10.53%) QA Leader
4 22 (10.53%) Senior
5 18 (8.61%) QA Engineer
6 17 (8.13%) Junior
6 17 (8.13%) Test Leader
7 16 (7.66%) Test Engineer
8 13 (6.22%) Developer
9 12 (5.74%) Test Analyst
10 11 (5.26%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.31%) Applications Support
11 9 (4.31%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.31%) Junior Developer
11 9 (4.31%) QA Tester
12 8 (3.83%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.83%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.83%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (3.83%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.66%) Playwright
2 15 (7.18%) .NET
2 15 (7.18%) REST
3 11 (5.26%) React
4 10 (4.78%) RESTful
5 8 (3.83%) XML
6 7 (3.35%) JSON
7 6 (2.87%) J2EE
7 6 (2.87%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (2.87%) Struts
7 6 (2.87%) Visualforce
7 6 (2.87%) Web Services
8 5 (2.39%) CSS
8 5 (2.39%) HTML
9 3 (1.44%) Node.js
9 3 (1.44%) SOAP
9 3 (1.44%) WireMock
10 2 (0.96%) JWT
10 2 (0.96%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.96%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.96%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.83%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.83%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.39%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.96%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.48%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.26%) Linux
2 7 (3.35%) Unix
2 7 (3.35%) Windows
3 6 (2.87%) Android
3 6 (2.87%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (49.76%) Test Automation
2 92 (44.02%) Agile
3 73 (34.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 68 (32.54%) DevOps
5 64 (30.62%) User Acceptance Testing
6 63 (30.14%) Software Testing
7 60 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (25.84%) CI/CD
9 50 (23.92%) SDLC
10 47 (22.49%) Validation
11 44 (21.05%) Manual Testing
12 39 (18.66%) Test Strategy
13 38 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 36 (17.22%) Mentoring
15 31 (14.83%) Acceptance Criteria
16 30 (14.35%) Test Scripting
17 28 (13.40%) Process Improvement
17 28 (13.40%) Scrum
18 26 (12.44%) API Testing
19 25 (11.96%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 47 (22.49%) SQL
2 31 (14.83%) Java
3 28 (13.40%) Python
4 19 (9.09%) C#
5 18 (8.61%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.83%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.35%) Apex Code
7 7 (3.35%) Perl
8 5 (2.39%) C++
8 5 (2.39%) Groovy
9 4 (1.91%) Ruby
10 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.96%) Bash
11 2 (0.96%) Go
11 2 (0.96%) SOQL
11 2 (0.96%) SOSL
12 1 (0.48%) ABAP
12 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 49 (23.44%) Degree
2 25 (11.96%) ISTQB
3 17 (8.13%) HND
4 14 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (6.22%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.83%) HNC
6 8 (3.83%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.91%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.44%) ISEB
10 2 (0.96%) AAT
10 2 (0.96%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.96%) CSQA
10 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.48%) CBAP
11 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.48%) CISSP
11 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (44.98%) QA
2 28 (13.40%) Accessibility
3 13 (6.22%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.31%) SLA
5 4 (1.91%) GDPR
6 3 (1.44%) IFRS
6 3 (1.44%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.44%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.44%) WCAG
7 2 (0.96%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.48%) GAAP
8 1 (0.48%) MiFID
8 1 (0.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (6.22%) Docker
2 5 (2.39%) Firmware
3 3 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 13 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.91%) Ansible
2 4 (1.91%) Terraform
3 3 (1.44%) Kibana
4 2 (0.96%) Grafana
4 2 (0.96%) logstash
4 2 (0.96%) Packer
4 2 (0.96%) SCCM
4 2 (0.96%) SCOM
5 1 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.22%) Oracle
3 12 (5.74%) SAP
4 10 (4.78%) Salesforce
5 9 (4.31%) Adobe
5 9 (4.31%) Freshdesk
5 9 (4.31%) Nintex
6 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.39%) IFS
8 3 (1.44%) VMware
9 2 (0.96%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.96%) Cisco
9 2 (0.96%) Databricks
9 2 (0.96%) IBM
9 2 (0.96%) Intapp
9 2 (0.96%) Juniper
9 2 (0.96%) McAfee
9 2 (0.96%) Workday
10 1 (0.48%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.48%) Perfecto Mobile