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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 488 581
Rank change year-on-year -51 +93 -96
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 197 184 320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.42% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.45% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 121 112 227
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £59,500 £59,249 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,275 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -6.00% -4.76%

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 68,107 40,669 85,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.51% 93.11% 83.11%
Number of salaries quoted 45,062 21,401 61,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,114 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 4 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 4 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 -61 171 £52,500 +10.53% 98
UK excluding London -60 128 £47,500 +1.06% 74
Work from Home -24 56 £55,000 +15.79% 113
London -20 54 £62,500 +4.17% 37
South East -31 38 £46,250 -7.50% 19
North of England -43 28 £37,500 -20.21% 11
South West -46 23 £47,500 +36.69% 8
North West +3 19 £37,500 -20.21% 7
Midlands -43 19 £55,000 +35.80% 21
Scotland +14 11 - - 6
West Midlands -39 10 £55,125 +36.11% 10
East Midlands -23 9 £55,000 +22.22% 11
East of England -20 7 £62,500 -1.96% 7
Yorkshire -41 6 £26,000 -38.82% 3
Wales -36 3 £72,500 +12.84% 1
North East -40 3 £46,886 -14.75% 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 2 (1.02%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (6.09%) MS Visio
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.51%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.51%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (4.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.02%) Elite 3E
2 2 (1.02%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.51%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.51%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 62 (31.47%) Azure
2 49 (24.87%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (12.69%) AWS
4 17 (8.63%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.58%) SaaS
7 10 (5.08%) Serverless
8 8 (4.06%) GCP
9 5 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.54%) GitHub
9 5 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.03%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (1.52%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.52%) BlazeMeter
11 3 (1.52%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.02%) Azure App Service
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (1.02%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.61%) Power BI
2 5 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.51%) Metadata
3 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (17.26%) JIRA
1 34 (17.26%) Selenium
2 21 (10.66%) Cypress.io
3 19 (9.64%) Git
4 13 (6.60%) Jenkins
5 10 (5.08%) Zephyr
6 8 (4.06%) GitLab
6 8 (4.06%) Postman
6 8 (4.06%) WebDriver
7 7 (3.55%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.55%) Subversion
7 7 (3.55%) TestRail
8 6 (3.05%) SpecFlow
9 5 (2.54%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.03%) JUnit
11 3 (1.52%) Appium
11 3 (1.52%) JMeter
11 3 (1.52%) Maven
11 3 (1.52%) SonarQube
12 2 (1.02%) SoapUI
General
1 83 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 52 (26.40%) Finance
3 45 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.63%) Billing
5 12 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.57%) Banking
8 8 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.06%) Marketing
8 8 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.55%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.05%) Advertising
10 6 (3.05%) Electronics
10 6 (3.05%) Law
11 5 (2.54%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (2.54%) Legal
11 5 (2.54%) Retail
12 3 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (25.89%) Lead
2 42 (21.32%) Analyst
3 24 (12.18%) QA Leader
4 22 (11.17%) Senior
4 22 (11.17%) Tester
5 17 (8.63%) QA Engineer
5 17 (8.63%) Test Leader
6 15 (7.61%) Test Engineer
7 13 (6.60%) Junior
8 12 (6.09%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (5.58%) Applications Support
9 11 (5.58%) Applications Support Analyst
9 11 (5.58%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (5.58%) Support Analyst
10 10 (5.08%) Test Analyst
11 8 (4.06%) Developer
11 8 (4.06%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) Technical Support
11 8 (4.06%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (19.29%) Playwright
2 15 (7.61%) .NET
3 14 (7.11%) REST
4 8 (4.06%) React
4 8 (4.06%) XML
5 7 (3.55%) JSON
6 6 (3.05%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (3.05%) Visualforce
7 5 (2.54%) RESTful
8 4 (2.03%) CSS
8 4 (2.03%) HTML
9 3 (1.52%) WireMock
10 2 (1.02%) ActiveMQ
10 2 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (1.02%) Middleware
10 2 (1.02%) OAuth2
10 2 (1.02%) pytest
10 2 (1.02%) SOAP
10 2 (1.02%) Struts
10 2 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.20%) Product Ownership
2 14 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.60%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.06%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.55%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.54%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.03%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.02%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.51%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.06%) Android
1 8 (4.06%) Apple iOS
2 6 (3.05%) Linux
3 4 (2.03%) Unix
3 4 (2.03%) Windows
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (53.30%) Test Automation
2 89 (45.18%) Agile
3 63 (31.98%) User Acceptance Testing
4 60 (30.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (30.46%) DevOps
4 60 (30.46%) Software Testing
5 55 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (25.38%) CI/CD
7 41 (20.81%) Manual Testing
7 41 (20.81%) SDLC
8 39 (19.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (19.80%) Validation
9 36 (18.27%) Test Strategy
10 33 (16.75%) Mentoring
11 30 (15.23%) Test Scripting
12 29 (14.72%) Acceptance Criteria
13 27 (13.71%) Process Improvement
14 26 (13.20%) Scrum
14 26 (13.20%) Waterfall
15 25 (12.69%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.34%) SQL
2 25 (12.69%) Java
3 23 (11.68%) Python
4 19 (9.64%) C#
5 14 (7.11%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.06%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.55%) Apex Code
8 5 (2.54%) Groovy
9 4 (2.03%) Perl
9 4 (2.03%) Ruby
10 3 (1.52%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.02%) Bash
11 2 (1.02%) C++
11 2 (1.02%) Go
11 2 (1.02%) SOQL
11 2 (1.02%) SOSL
12 1 (0.51%) ABAP
12 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 45 (22.84%) Degree
2 19 (9.64%) HND
3 18 (9.14%) ISTQB
4 10 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.06%) HNC
6 5 (2.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (2.54%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.03%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.02%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.02%) CSQA
8 2 (1.02%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.02%) ISEB
9 1 (0.51%) ACCA
9 1 (0.51%) CCSP
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (43.65%) QA
2 28 (14.21%) Accessibility
3 12 (6.09%) Data Quality
4 11 (5.58%) SLA
5 4 (2.03%) GDPR
6 3 (1.52%) IFRS
6 3 (1.52%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.02%) IFRS 17
7 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.51%) GAAP
8 1 (0.51%) MiFID
8 1 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.51%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (4.57%) Docker
2 5 (2.54%) Firmware
3 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.02%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 9 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.03%) Ansible
2 4 (2.03%) Terraform
3 3 (1.52%) Kibana
4 2 (1.02%) logstash
4 2 (1.02%) Packer
4 2 (1.02%) SCCM
4 2 (1.02%) SCOM
5 1 (0.51%) Grafana
5 1 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 27 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.09%) SAP
3 11 (5.58%) Adobe
3 11 (5.58%) Freshdesk
3 11 (5.58%) Nintex
3 11 (5.58%) Oracle
4 10 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.52%) IFS
6 3 (1.52%) VMware
7 2 (1.02%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco
7 2 (1.02%) IBM
7 2 (1.02%) Intapp
7 2 (1.02%) Juniper
7 2 (1.02%) McAfee
7 2 (1.02%) Workday
8 1 (0.51%) Callidus
8 1 (0.51%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.51%) Perfecto Mobile