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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 522 539
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 -89
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 131 195 200
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.37% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.40% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 93 106 152
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,750 £34,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £62,527
90th Percentile £72,450 £90,375 £79,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.89%

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 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 13 January 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 13 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
England +26 123 £55,000 +10.00% 132
UK excluding London +7 82 £45,000 +12.50% 129
Work from Home +66 57 £55,000 +4.76% 23
London +47 42 £58,500 -16.43% 18
South East +18 25 £57,500 +21.05% 37
South West +8 18 £37,500 +8.70% 20
North of England +14 16 £36,500 -2.67% 24
Midlands +14 15 £55,000 +15.79% 20
West Midlands +17 9 £45,000 +2.27% 6
Yorkshire -2 9 £30,500 -6.11% 12
North West +11 6 £42,500 -6.59% 10
Scotland -7 6 - - 6
East Midlands -13 6 £55,000 +8.91% 14
East of England +13 1 £68,500 +76.77% 20
North East +2 1 £55,000 - 2
Wales +1 1 £50,000 -47.37% 4

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 7 (5.34%) Anypoint
2 6 (4.58%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (4.58%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (7.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.58%) Shopify
3 3 (2.29%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.53%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.76%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.76%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.76%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.76%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.76%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 40 (30.53%) Azure
2 35 (26.72%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.69%) AWS
3 14 (10.69%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.87%) SaaS
5 8 (6.11%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.34%) Boomi
6 7 (5.34%) iPaaS
6 7 (5.34%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.34%) Workato
7 5 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.82%) GitHub
8 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.29%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (2.29%) Datadog
10 2 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.53%) GCP
10 2 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (1.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.05%) HTTP
2 1 (0.76%) Broadband
2 1 (0.76%) DHCP
2 1 (0.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.21%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.58%) Power BI
3 3 (2.29%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 44 (33.59%) JIRA
2 22 (16.79%) Selenium
3 14 (10.69%) Cypress.io
4 10 (7.63%) Postman
4 10 (7.63%) TestRail
5 9 (6.87%) eCATT
6 8 (6.11%) Jenkins
7 7 (5.34%) Git
8 6 (4.58%) Charles Proxy
8 6 (4.58%) Subversion
8 6 (4.58%) Zephyr
9 5 (3.82%) Fiddler
10 4 (3.05%) TestNG
10 4 (3.05%) WebDriver
11 3 (2.29%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (2.29%) LoadRunner
11 3 (2.29%) Maven
11 3 (2.29%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (1.53%) JMeter
12 2 (1.53%) Locust
General
1 53 (40.46%) Social Skills
2 38 (29.01%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (28.24%) Finance
4 22 (16.79%) Law
5 14 (10.69%) Marketing
6 12 (9.16%) Legal
6 12 (9.16%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.87%) Electronics
7 9 (6.87%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.34%) Back Office
8 7 (5.34%) Banking
9 6 (4.58%) Billing
10 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (3.05%) Retail
12 3 (2.29%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.29%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (35.88%) Analyst
2 27 (20.61%) Test Analyst
3 17 (12.98%) Lead
3 17 (12.98%) Tester
4 16 (12.21%) Senior
5 9 (6.87%) Automation Test Analyst
5 9 (6.87%) QA Analyst
6 8 (6.11%) QA Leader
6 8 (6.11%) Test Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Test Manager
7 7 (5.34%) Applications Support
7 7 (5.34%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) QA Test Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) Software Tester
7 7 (5.34%) Support Analyst
8 6 (4.58%) Manual Tester
8 6 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.69%) Playwright
2 11 (8.40%) REST
3 8 (6.11%) .NET
4 7 (5.34%) SOAP
5 6 (4.58%) RESTful
5 6 (4.58%) Web Services
5 6 (4.58%) XML
6 5 (3.82%) JSON
6 5 (3.82%) React
7 4 (3.05%) CSS
7 4 (3.05%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (3.05%) HTML
8 3 (2.29%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.53%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (1.53%) WPF
10 1 (0.76%) Kafka
10 1 (0.76%) Node.js
10 1 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.34%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.58%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.82%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.82%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.05%) Derivative
6 4 (3.05%) Equities
6 4 (3.05%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.29%) Over-the-Top Content
7 3 (2.29%) W3C
8 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.76%) IoT
9 1 (0.76%) PKI
9 1 (0.76%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.76%) SystemC
9 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.63%) Linux
2 7 (5.34%) Windows
3 6 (4.58%) Android
3 6 (4.58%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (51.91%) Test Automation
2 62 (47.33%) Agile
3 41 (31.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (31.30%) Software Testing
4 40 (30.53%) Manual Testing
5 36 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (26.72%) DevOps
7 29 (22.14%) Test Management
7 29 (22.14%) Test Scripting
7 29 (22.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 23 (17.56%) CI/CD
8 23 (17.56%) End-to-End Testing
8 23 (17.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 23 (17.56%) Test Strategy
9 22 (16.79%) API Testing
9 22 (16.79%) Scenario Testing
10 21 (16.03%) ERP
10 21 (16.03%) Integration Testing
10 21 (16.03%) SDLC
10 21 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.95%) SQL
2 22 (16.79%) Python
3 17 (12.98%) Java
3 17 (12.98%) JavaScript
4 11 (8.40%) C#
5 6 (4.58%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.82%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.05%) Bash
7 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.53%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.53%) SOQL
9 1 (0.76%) C++
9 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (19.85%) ISTQB
2 20 (15.27%) Degree
3 17 (12.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 7 (5.34%) ISEB
5 6 (4.58%) HND
5 6 (4.58%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.05%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (2.29%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.53%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.76%) MCSA
10 1 (0.76%) MCSE
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.76%) PhD
10 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (40.46%) QA
2 11 (8.40%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.11%) GDPR
4 6 (4.58%) SLA
5 4 (3.05%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.76%) IFRS
7 1 (0.76%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.11%) Docker
2 5 (3.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.87%) HP ALM
2 8 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.05%) Terraform
4 2 (1.53%) Ansible
4 2 (1.53%) Grafana
4 2 (1.53%) Nessus
4 2 (1.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (15.27%) Microsoft
1 20 (15.27%) SAP
2 13 (9.92%) Oracle
3 9 (6.87%) Adobe
3 9 (6.87%) HP
4 7 (5.34%) Dell
4 7 (5.34%) Epicor
4 7 (5.34%) IBM
4 7 (5.34%) IFS
4 7 (5.34%) Infor
4 7 (5.34%) Informatica
4 7 (5.34%) Jitterbit
4 7 (5.34%) MuleSoft
4 7 (5.34%) SnapLogic
4 7 (5.34%) Software AG
4 7 (5.34%) Talend
4 7 (5.34%) TIBCO
4 7 (5.34%) Workday
5 6 (4.58%) Freshdesk
5 6 (4.58%) Nintex