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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 542 525
Rank change year-on-year -15 -17 -26
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 239 134 273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.31% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 145 80 160
10th Percentile £31,850 £32,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,013 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +2.63%

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 84,848 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.08% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,707 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -30 217 £52,500 -4.55% 317
UK excluding London -51 165 £50,000 -9.09% 183
Work from Home -39 72 £48,750 -10.14% 115
London -55 59 £70,000 +16.67% 148
South East -35 46 £52,500 -22.22% 62
North of England -52 38 £50,000 +15.61% 25
Midlands -23 30 £51,875 +48.21% 22
South West -56 30 £42,500 +6.25% 24
West Midlands -24 24 £50,000 +42.86% 15
North West -10 16 £46,750 -15.00% 12
East of England -15 13 £37,500 -42.75% 31
Yorkshire -40 11 £52,500 +72.13% 8
North East -61 11 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Scotland +7 7 £62,500 +13.64% 10
East Midlands -33 6 £70,000 +86.67% 7
Wales -72 2 £72,500 +20.83% 3

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 (2.93%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.42%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.35%) Simulink
3 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.67%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.84%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.42%) Magento
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.96%) Azure
2 45 (18.83%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (13.39%) AWS
4 19 (7.95%) GCP
5 16 (6.69%) SaaS
6 14 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (5.86%) Power Platform
7 13 (5.44%) Serverless
8 8 (3.35%) BrowserStack
8 8 (3.35%) GitHub
8 8 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.93%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.26%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon EMR
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.35%) TCP/IP
1 8 (3.35%) Wireshark
2 4 (1.67%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.09%) Power BI
3 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.26%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.84%) Power Query
5 2 (0.84%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.42%) GIS
6 1 (0.42%) Metadata
6 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 42 (17.57%) JIRA
2 40 (16.74%) Selenium
3 31 (12.97%) Git
4 29 (12.13%) Cypress.io
5 22 (9.21%) GitLab
6 20 (8.37%) Eclipse
7 18 (7.53%) Jenkins
7 18 (7.53%) Postman
8 14 (5.86%) JMeter
8 14 (5.86%) REST Assured
9 11 (4.60%) Zephyr
10 9 (3.77%) Subversion
11 7 (2.93%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.93%) JUnit
11 7 (2.93%) TestRail
12 5 (2.09%) Appium
12 5 (2.09%) Gatling
13 4 (1.67%) Ranorex
14 3 (1.26%) Eclipse RCP
14 3 (1.26%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 86 (35.98%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (26.36%) Finance
4 23 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.69%) Electronics
5 16 (6.69%) Retail
6 15 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.35%) Law
7 8 (3.35%) Marketing
8 7 (2.93%) General Ledger
8 7 (2.93%) Legal
8 7 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.93%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.09%) Billing
11 4 (1.67%) Banking
12 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.84%) Advertising
13 2 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (19.25%) Analyst
2 41 (17.15%) Lead
3 40 (16.74%) QA Engineer
4 39 (16.32%) Senior
5 38 (15.90%) Test Engineer
6 27 (11.30%) Tester
7 16 (6.69%) Test Analyst
8 14 (5.86%) Developer
9 13 (5.44%) QA Leader
10 12 (5.02%) QA Tester
11 11 (4.60%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.60%) Junior
11 11 (4.60%) Senior QA Engineer
12 9 (3.77%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.77%) Test Leader
13 8 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (3.35%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.35%) Technical Engineer
13 8 (3.35%) Technical Support
13 8 (3.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.90%) Playwright
2 24 (10.04%) REST
3 16 (6.69%) RESTful
4 15 (6.28%) React
5 12 (5.02%) CSS
5 12 (5.02%) HTML
6 10 (4.18%) JSON
7 9 (3.77%) Jakarta EE
7 9 (3.77%) Struts
7 9 (3.77%) Web Services
8 8 (3.35%) .NET
8 8 (3.35%) Node.js
8 8 (3.35%) XML
9 7 (2.93%) Terraform
10 5 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (2.09%) Swagger
11 4 (1.67%) React Native
12 3 (1.26%) JWT
12 3 (1.26%) Kafka
12 3 (1.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.81%) Product Ownership
2 24 (10.04%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.35%) Client/Server
4 8 (3.35%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.93%) SCADA
6 6 (2.51%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.26%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.26%) Life Science
8 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.84%) CMDB
9 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.37%) Linux
2 17 (7.11%) Android
3 15 (6.28%) Apple iOS
4 14 (5.86%) Windows
5 9 (3.77%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (57.74%) Test Automation
2 125 (52.30%) Agile
3 105 (43.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 99 (41.42%) Problem-Solving
5 92 (38.49%) Validation
6 85 (35.56%) Software Testing
7 74 (30.96%) CI/CD
8 59 (24.69%) DevOps
8 59 (24.69%) SDLC
9 54 (22.59%) User Acceptance Testing
10 49 (20.50%) Test Strategy
11 46 (19.25%) Defect Management
11 46 (19.25%) Manual Testing
12 42 (17.57%) Code Quality
13 38 (15.90%) Scrum
14 37 (15.48%) Test Scripting
15 32 (13.39%) Exploratory Testing
15 32 (13.39%) Mentoring
16 31 (12.97%) Acceptance Criteria
16 31 (12.97%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.18%) SQL
2 40 (16.74%) Java
3 39 (16.32%) Python
4 33 (13.81%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.86%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.44%) C#
7 9 (3.77%) C++
7 9 (3.77%) Perl
8 8 (3.35%) C
8 8 (3.35%) Embedded C
8 8 (3.35%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.09%) Bash
9 5 (2.09%) Groovy
10 4 (1.67%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.67%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.42%) ABAP
12 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.42%) Go
12 1 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (20.92%) Degree
2 31 (12.97%) Security Cleared
3 30 (12.55%) ISTQB
4 20 (8.37%) SC Cleared
5 17 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.35%) HNC
6 8 (3.35%) HND
7 7 (2.93%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.09%) AAT
9 4 (1.67%) OCA
9 4 (1.67%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.26%) ISEB
10 3 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.84%) ACCA
11 2 (0.84%) CIMA
11 2 (0.84%) CSQA
12 1 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.42%) CBAP
12 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (51.05%) QA
2 21 (8.79%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.86%) GDPR
4 12 (5.02%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.51%) WCAG
6 5 (2.09%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.84%) GxP
9 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (7.11%) Docker
2 8 (3.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (3.35%) Firmware
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.35%) Grafana
3 5 (2.09%) Ansible
4 3 (1.26%) Kibana
5 2 (0.84%) logstash
5 2 (0.84%) Packer
6 1 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (12.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.44%) Oracle
3 10 (4.18%) SAP
4 8 (3.35%) Workday
5 7 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.93%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.09%) Google
6 5 (2.09%) IFS
6 5 (2.09%) Intel
7 3 (1.26%) Informatica
8 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.84%) Databricks
8 2 (0.84%) IBM
8 2 (0.84%) Intapp
9 1 (0.42%) Aderant
9 1 (0.42%) Ariba
9 1 (0.42%) Callidus
9 1 (0.42%) Conga
9 1 (0.42%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.42%) Perfecto Mobile