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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 518 546
Rank change year-on-year -2 +28 -95
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 141 193 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.41% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 95 104 191
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,938 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,615 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,350 £82,625 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,875 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.74% -10.00% -13.46%

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 51,136 47,352 64,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.03% 91.66% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30,240 22,667 50,432
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +20 130 £53,500 +6.47% 87
UK excluding London -22 85 £46,875 +15.74% 74
Work from Home +46 50 £55,000 +4.76% 46
London +59 47 £57,500 -17.86% 30
South East +25 27 £57,500 +21.05% 29
South West -5 20 £37,500 +8.70% 8
North of England -26 14 £40,000 -11.11% 14
Midlands -2 13 £55,000 +22.22% 10
Scotland -17 9 - - 4
West Midlands +13 7 £55,250 +36.42% 7
North West +4 7 £42,500 -19.05% 8
East Midlands -10 6 £55,000 +8.91% 3
Yorkshire -18 6 £26,000 -19.96% 4
East of England +8 1 £68,500 +76.77% 9
Wales +3 1 £50,000 - 1
North East -4 1 £55,000 - 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 7 (4.96%) Anypoint
2 6 (4.26%) Confluence
3 3 (2.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (6.38%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (7.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.26%) Shopify
3 3 (2.13%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.42%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.71%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.71%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.71%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.79%) Azure
2 41 (29.08%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (12.06%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.51%) AWS
4 12 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 10 (7.09%) SaaS
6 7 (4.96%) Boomi
6 7 (4.96%) iPaaS
6 7 (4.96%) Power Automate
6 7 (4.96%) Workato
7 5 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (2.13%) Datadog
8 3 (2.13%) GitHub
9 2 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.42%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.42%) GCP
9 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.84%) HTTP
2 1 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.71%) DHCP
2 1 (0.71%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.35%) Relational Database
2 10 (7.09%) Power BI
3 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.13%) Mixpanel
3 3 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 44 (31.21%) JIRA
2 22 (15.60%) Selenium
3 14 (9.93%) Cypress.io
4 9 (6.38%) eCATT
5 8 (5.67%) Postman
5 8 (5.67%) TestRail
6 7 (4.96%) Subversion
7 6 (4.26%) Charles Proxy
7 6 (4.26%) Zephyr
8 5 (3.55%) Fiddler
8 5 (3.55%) Git
8 5 (3.55%) Jenkins
9 4 (2.84%) TestNG
9 4 (2.84%) WebDriver
10 3 (2.13%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (2.13%) Maven
10 3 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (2.13%) TestDirector
11 2 (1.42%) GitLab
11 2 (1.42%) Robot Framework
General
1 53 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 40 (28.37%) Finance
3 37 (26.24%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.60%) Law
5 14 (9.93%) Marketing
6 12 (8.51%) Manufacturing
7 10 (7.09%) Billing
7 10 (7.09%) Legal
8 9 (6.38%) Electronics
8 9 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.67%) Banking
10 7 (4.96%) Back Office
11 5 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.84%) Retail
13 3 (2.13%) Aerospace
13 3 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (36.17%) Analyst
2 26 (18.44%) Test Analyst
3 22 (15.60%) Lead
4 16 (11.35%) Senior
5 15 (10.64%) Tester
6 12 (8.51%) QA Leader
7 10 (7.09%) Applications Support
7 10 (7.09%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (7.09%) Support Analyst
8 9 (6.38%) Automation Test Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) QA Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) QA Engineer
9 8 (5.67%) Test Leader
10 7 (4.96%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (4.96%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.96%) Technical Analyst
10 7 (4.96%) Test Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Manual Tester
11 6 (4.26%) Senior Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.35%) Playwright
2 12 (8.51%) REST
3 7 (4.96%) SOAP
3 7 (4.96%) XML
4 6 (4.26%) .NET
4 6 (4.26%) JSON
4 6 (4.26%) React
4 6 (4.26%) Web Services
5 5 (3.55%) RESTful
6 4 (2.84%) CSS
6 4 (2.84%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (2.84%) HTML
7 2 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.42%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.42%) Node.js
7 2 (1.42%) WPF
8 1 (0.71%) Google JAX
8 1 (0.71%) JAX
8 1 (0.71%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.18%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.80%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.26%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.55%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.55%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.84%) Derivative
5 4 (2.84%) Equities
5 4 (2.84%) Fixed Income
5 4 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.13%) W3C
7 2 (1.42%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.42%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.71%) IoT
8 1 (0.71%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.71%) SystemC
8 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.09%) Linux
2 8 (5.67%) Windows
3 6 (4.26%) Android
3 6 (4.26%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.55%) Unix
5 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (53.90%) Test Automation
2 63 (44.68%) Agile
3 44 (31.21%) Manual Testing
4 43 (30.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (27.66%) DevOps
6 38 (26.95%) Software Testing
6 38 (26.95%) User Acceptance Testing
7 37 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (21.99%) Test Management
8 31 (21.99%) Test Scripting
9 27 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (17.02%) Test Strategy
11 23 (16.31%) API Testing
11 23 (16.31%) ERP
12 22 (15.60%) CI/CD
12 22 (15.60%) End-to-End Testing
12 22 (15.60%) Scenario Testing
12 22 (15.60%) Validation
13 21 (14.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.40%) SQL
2 22 (15.60%) Python
3 17 (12.06%) Java
4 13 (9.22%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.09%) C#
6 6 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.55%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.84%) Bash
8 4 (2.84%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.42%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.42%) Go
9 2 (1.42%) SOQL
10 1 (0.71%) C++
10 1 (0.71%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.71%) Swift
Qualifications
1 25 (17.73%) Degree
1 25 (17.73%) ISTQB
2 16 (11.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 9 (6.38%) HND
4 8 (5.67%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.26%) ISEB
6 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.84%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (2.13%) BC Cleared
8 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.71%) MCSA
10 1 (0.71%) MCSE
10 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.71%) PhD
10 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (38.30%) QA
2 17 (12.06%) Accessibility
3 9 (6.38%) GDPR
3 9 (6.38%) SLA
4 6 (4.26%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.13%) IFRS
5 3 (2.13%) IFRS 17
5 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.71%) MiFID
6 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.71%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (7.09%) Docker
2 4 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.38%) HP ALM
3 4 (2.84%) Terraform
4 2 (1.42%) Ansible
4 2 (1.42%) Grafana
4 2 (1.42%) Nessus
4 2 (1.42%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.71%) SCCM
5 1 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.60%) SAP
3 15 (10.64%) Oracle
4 12 (8.51%) Adobe
5 10 (7.09%) IFS
6 9 (6.38%) Freshdesk
6 9 (6.38%) HP
6 9 (6.38%) Nintex
7 7 (4.96%) Dell
7 7 (4.96%) Epicor
7 7 (4.96%) IBM
7 7 (4.96%) Infor
7 7 (4.96%) Informatica
7 7 (4.96%) Jitterbit
7 7 (4.96%) MuleSoft
7 7 (4.96%) SnapLogic
7 7 (4.96%) Software AG
7 7 (4.96%) Talend
7 7 (4.96%) TIBCO
7 7 (4.96%) Workday