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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 534 507
Rank change year-on-year +18 -27 -48
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 128 195 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 91 110 148
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,750 £33,925
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% +0.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £62,527
90th Percentile £72,750 £94,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%

All Process and 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 49,174 50,059 47,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.96% 89.84% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28,944 25,024 36,293
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 +43 122 £55,000 +4.76% 510
UK excluding London -8 77 £42,500 +6.25% 491
Work from Home +91 62 £55,000 +4.76% 207
London +34 44 £58,500 -16.43% 61
South East +24 27 £62,500 +31.58% 122
North of England +3 16 £36,500 -2.67% 104
South West +2 16 £36,375 +5.43% 57
Midlands +20 12 £55,000 +15.79% 85
Yorkshire +3 9 £30,500 -6.11% 46
West Midlands +21 6 £40,000 -9.09% 47
North West +3 6 £42,500 +2.41% 51
East Midlands -5 6 £55,000 +8.91% 33
Scotland -6 4 - - 26
East of England +18 1 £68,500 +76.77% 85
North East +12 1 £55,000 - 7
Wales -2 1 £50,000 -47.37% 15

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 (5.47%) Anypoint
2 6 (4.69%) Confluence
3 3 (2.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (7.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.69%) Shopify
3 3 (2.34%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.56%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.78%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.78%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.78%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.78%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 39 (30.47%) Azure
2 33 (25.78%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (11.72%) AWS
4 12 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (7.03%) SaaS
6 7 (5.47%) Boomi
6 7 (5.47%) iPaaS
6 7 (5.47%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.47%) Workato
7 6 (4.69%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.91%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.91%) GitHub
9 3 (2.34%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (2.34%) Datadog
10 2 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.56%) GCP
10 2 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.13%) HTTP
2 1 (0.78%) Broadband
2 1 (0.78%) DHCP
2 1 (0.78%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.13%) Power BI
3 3 (2.34%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (35.16%) JIRA
2 19 (14.84%) Selenium
3 11 (8.59%) Cypress.io
4 10 (7.81%) Postman
5 9 (7.03%) eCATT
5 9 (7.03%) TestRail
6 7 (5.47%) Git
6 7 (5.47%) Jenkins
7 6 (4.69%) Charles Proxy
7 6 (4.69%) Subversion
7 6 (4.69%) Zephyr
8 5 (3.91%) Fiddler
9 4 (3.13%) TestNG
9 4 (3.13%) WebDriver
10 3 (2.34%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (2.34%) LoadRunner
10 3 (2.34%) Maven
10 3 (2.34%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (1.56%) Appium
11 2 (1.56%) Locust
General
1 56 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 40 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (28.91%) Finance
4 21 (16.41%) Law
5 14 (10.94%) Legal
5 14 (10.94%) Marketing
6 12 (9.38%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.03%) Electronics
7 9 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (7.03%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.47%) Back Office
8 7 (5.47%) Banking
9 5 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.91%) Retail
10 4 (3.13%) Billing
11 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.34%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.34%) Military
12 2 (1.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 46 (35.94%) Analyst
2 27 (21.09%) Test Analyst
3 16 (12.50%) Senior
4 15 (11.72%) Tester
5 14 (10.94%) Lead
6 10 (7.81%) QA Analyst
7 9 (7.03%) Automation Test Analyst
8 8 (6.25%) Consultant
8 8 (6.25%) Test Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Test Manager
9 7 (5.47%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) QA Test Analyst
9 7 (5.47%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.69%) Manual Tester
10 6 (4.69%) QA Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Senior Technical Analyst
10 6 (4.69%) Software Tester
10 6 (4.69%) Support Analyst
10 6 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.81%) .NET
1 10 (7.81%) Playwright
1 10 (7.81%) REST
2 7 (5.47%) SOAP
3 6 (4.69%) RESTful
3 6 (4.69%) Web Services
3 6 (4.69%) XML
4 5 (3.91%) JSON
4 5 (3.91%) React
5 4 (3.13%) CSS
5 4 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (3.13%) HTML
6 3 (2.34%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.56%) WPF
8 1 (0.78%) Google JAX
8 1 (0.78%) JAX
8 1 (0.78%) Node.js
8 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.94%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.47%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.69%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.91%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.91%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.13%) Derivative
6 4 (3.13%) Equities
6 4 (3.13%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.34%) Over-the-Top Content
7 3 (2.34%) W3C
8 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.78%) FMCG
9 1 (0.78%) IoT
9 1 (0.78%) PKI
9 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.78%) SystemC
9 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.81%) Linux
2 7 (5.47%) Windows
3 6 (4.69%) Android
3 6 (4.69%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.91%) Unix
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (53.13%) Test Automation
2 62 (48.44%) Agile
3 45 (35.16%) Software Testing
4 42 (32.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (30.47%) Manual Testing
6 36 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (25.78%) DevOps
8 30 (23.44%) Test Scripting
8 30 (23.44%) User Acceptance Testing
9 29 (22.66%) Test Management
10 28 (21.88%) Test Strategy
11 25 (19.53%) End-to-End Testing
12 23 (17.97%) CI/CD
13 22 (17.19%) Integration Testing
13 22 (17.19%) Scenario Testing
14 21 (16.41%) ERP
14 21 (16.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (15.63%) Performance Testing
16 19 (14.84%) API Testing
16 19 (14.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.56%) SQL
2 22 (17.19%) Python
3 18 (14.06%) Java
4 17 (13.28%) JavaScript
5 13 (10.16%) C#
6 6 (4.69%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.91%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.13%) Bash
8 4 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.56%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.56%) SOQL
10 1 (0.78%) C++
10 1 (0.78%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.78%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (20.31%) ISTQB
2 17 (13.28%) Degree
2 17 (13.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 7 (5.47%) ISEB
4 6 (4.69%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.13%) HND
6 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.56%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.78%) MCSA
8 1 (0.78%) MCSE
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.78%) PhD
8 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (40.63%) QA
2 8 (6.25%) GDPR
3 6 (4.69%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.13%) SLA
5 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.78%) IFRS
6 1 (0.78%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.25%) Docker
2 6 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.03%) HP ALM
2 8 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.13%) Terraform
4 2 (1.56%) Ansible
4 2 (1.56%) Grafana
4 2 (1.56%) Nessus
4 2 (1.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (15.63%) Microsoft
1 20 (15.63%) SAP
2 11 (8.59%) Oracle
3 9 (7.03%) HP
4 7 (5.47%) Adobe
4 7 (5.47%) Dell
4 7 (5.47%) Epicor
4 7 (5.47%) IBM
4 7 (5.47%) IFS
4 7 (5.47%) Infor
4 7 (5.47%) Informatica
4 7 (5.47%) Jitterbit
4 7 (5.47%) MuleSoft
4 7 (5.47%) SnapLogic
4 7 (5.47%) Software AG
4 7 (5.47%) Talend
4 7 (5.47%) TIBCO
4 7 (5.47%) Workday
5 6 (4.69%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.13%) Freshdesk