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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 531 541
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -51
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 256 132 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.30% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 156 73 137
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +19.57% -5.15%

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 86,487 44,218 59,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 89.02% 81.93%
Number of salaries quoted 59,402 24,461 32,381
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -22 229 £52,500 -4.80% 431
UK excluding London -27 167 £50,000 -9.09% 269
Work from Home -32 78 £48,750 -10.14% 162
London -49 68 £70,000 +18.64% 196
North of England -36 40 £50,000 -9.09% 54
South East -38 40 £52,500 -22.22% 79
South West -54 31 £42,500 +6.25% 29
Midlands -13 30 £55,500 +58.57% 42
West Midlands -25 24 £54,250 +55.00% 27
North West -13 17 £55,000 -6.38% 21
East of England -21 16 £37,500 -42.75% 27
North East -58 13 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Yorkshire -29 10 £52,500 +72.13% 21
Scotland +8 8 £62,500 +13.64% 20
East Midlands -27 6 £61,250 +63.33% 15
Wales -65 2 £58,750 -2.08% 8

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 9 (3.52%) Confluence
2 4 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.52%) Simulink
4 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.17%) Elite 3E
1 3 (1.17%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.39%) Magento
3 1 (0.39%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 78 (30.47%) Azure
2 46 (17.97%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (12.11%) AWS
4 20 (7.81%) GCP
5 16 (6.25%) SaaS
6 15 (5.86%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (4.69%) Serverless
9 10 (3.91%) GitHub
10 8 (3.13%) BrowserStack
10 8 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.95%) Tricentis Tosca
12 4 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 2 (0.78%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.78%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.78%) BlazeMeter
14 2 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.52%) Wireshark
2 8 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.56%) HTTP
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.34%) Power BI
2 5 (1.95%) Metadata
2 5 (1.95%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.17%) Power Query
5 2 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.39%) GIS
6 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 47 (18.36%) Selenium
2 42 (16.41%) JIRA
3 37 (14.45%) Cypress.io
4 30 (11.72%) Git
5 21 (8.20%) Eclipse
5 21 (8.20%) GitLab
5 21 (8.20%) REST Assured
6 16 (6.25%) Postman
7 15 (5.86%) Jenkins
8 13 (5.08%) JMeter
9 9 (3.52%) Subversion
9 9 (3.52%) Zephyr
10 7 (2.73%) JUnit
11 6 (2.34%) Appium
12 5 (1.95%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.95%) Gatling
12 5 (1.95%) TestRail
13 4 (1.56%) Ranorex
14 3 (1.17%) Bitbucket
14 3 (1.17%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 95 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 91 (35.55%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (25.78%) Finance
4 25 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.42%) Retail
6 17 (6.64%) Electronics
7 13 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.13%) Law
9 7 (2.73%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.73%) Marketing
9 7 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.73%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.95%) Banking
10 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.95%) Legal
10 5 (1.95%) Publishing
11 4 (1.56%) Billing
12 3 (1.17%) Automotive
12 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (21.09%) Analyst
2 52 (20.31%) QA Engineer
3 42 (16.41%) Senior
4 37 (14.45%) Test Engineer
5 36 (14.06%) Lead
6 26 (10.16%) Tester
7 18 (7.03%) Test Analyst
8 16 (6.25%) Developer
9 13 (5.08%) Junior
9 13 (5.08%) QA Automation Engineer
10 12 (4.69%) Senior QA Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.30%) QA Leader
11 11 (4.30%) QA Tester
11 11 (4.30%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (3.91%) Support Analyst
13 9 (3.52%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
14 8 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (16.80%) Playwright
2 32 (12.50%) REST
3 18 (7.03%) React
3 18 (7.03%) RESTful
4 14 (5.47%) CSS
4 14 (5.47%) HTML
5 10 (3.91%) Node.js
6 9 (3.52%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (3.52%) JSON
6 9 (3.52%) Struts
6 9 (3.52%) Web Services
7 8 (3.13%) .NET
7 8 (3.13%) XML
8 7 (2.73%) Terraform
9 6 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.95%) OAuth
10 5 (1.95%) Swagger
11 4 (1.56%) React Native
12 3 (1.17%) JWT
12 3 (1.17%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.89%) Product Ownership
2 26 (10.16%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.91%) Client/Server
4 10 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.73%) SCADA
7 6 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.34%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.56%) Life Science
10 3 (1.17%) FMCG
10 3 (1.17%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.78%) CMDB
11 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.03%) Android
1 18 (7.03%) Linux
2 16 (6.25%) Apple iOS
2 16 (6.25%) Windows
3 9 (3.52%) Unix
4 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (58.20%) Test Automation
2 130 (50.78%) Agile
3 114 (44.53%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (41.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 97 (37.89%) Validation
6 89 (34.77%) Software Testing
7 85 (33.20%) CI/CD
8 61 (23.83%) SDLC
9 60 (23.44%) DevOps
10 59 (23.05%) User Acceptance Testing
11 49 (19.14%) Manual Testing
12 48 (18.75%) Defect Management
13 46 (17.97%) Test Strategy
14 43 (16.80%) Code Quality
15 39 (15.23%) End-to-End Testing
16 38 (14.84%) Scrum
17 37 (14.45%) Test Scripting
18 35 (13.67%) Exploratory Testing
19 34 (13.28%) Acceptance Criteria
20 31 (12.11%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.05%) SQL
2 43 (16.80%) Python
3 40 (15.63%) Java
4 37 (14.45%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 12 (4.69%) C#
7 9 (3.52%) C
7 9 (3.52%) C++
7 9 (3.52%) Embedded C
7 9 (3.52%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.73%) Perl
9 5 (1.95%) Bash
10 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.17%) Groovy
11 3 (1.17%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.78%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.78%) Go
13 1 (0.39%) ABAP
13 1 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 49 (19.14%) Degree
2 40 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 28 (10.94%) ISTQB
4 22 (8.59%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.86%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.34%) AAT
7 6 (2.34%) HNC
7 6 (2.34%) HND
8 4 (1.56%) OCA
8 4 (1.56%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.17%) ISEB
9 3 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.78%) ACCA
10 2 (0.78%) CIMA
10 2 (0.78%) CSQA
11 1 (0.39%) CBAP
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.39%) CISSP
11 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (51.56%) QA
2 24 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.47%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.47%) GDPR
4 6 (2.34%) WCAG
5 5 (1.95%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.78%) GxP
6 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (7.42%) Docker
2 9 (3.52%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (3.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.13%) Grafana
3 3 (1.17%) Ansible
3 3 (1.17%) Kibana
4 2 (0.78%) logstash
4 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 36 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.08%) Oracle
3 9 (3.52%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.52%) SAP
4 8 (3.13%) Workday
5 6 (2.34%) IFS
5 6 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.95%) Google
6 5 (1.95%) Intel
7 2 (0.78%) Databricks
7 2 (0.78%) Informatica
8 1 (0.39%) Aderant
8 1 (0.39%) Ariba
8 1 (0.39%) Concur
8 1 (0.39%) Conga
8 1 (0.39%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.39%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.39%) Intapp
8 1 (0.39%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.39%) Red Hat