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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 542 525
Rank change year-on-year -28 -17 -26
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 237 134 273
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 144 80 160
10th Percentile £31,700 £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 £68,500 £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 84,196 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,302 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £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 18 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 18 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 -12 215 £52,500 -4.55% 278
UK excluding London -49 163 £50,000 -9.09% 163
Work from Home -22 71 £48,750 -10.14% 102
London -43 59 £70,000 +16.67% 131
South East -29 45 £52,500 -22.22% 50
North of England -49 37 £50,000 +15.61% 23
Midlands -20 30 £51,875 +48.21% 20
South West -67 30 £42,500 +6.25% 26
West Midlands -23 24 £50,000 +42.86% 13
North West -6 16 £46,750 -15.00% 10
East of England -18 13 £37,500 -42.75% 26
North East -61 11 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Yorkshire -44 10 £52,500 +72.13% 8
Scotland +5 7 £62,500 +13.64% 9
East Midlands -39 6 £70,000 +86.67% 7
Wales -68 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 (2.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.42%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.38%) Simulink
3 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.69%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.27%) 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 (31.22%) Azure
2 45 (18.99%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (13.08%) AWS
4 19 (8.02%) GCP
5 16 (6.75%) SaaS
6 14 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (5.91%) Power Platform
7 12 (5.06%) Serverless
8 8 (3.38%) BrowserStack
8 8 (3.38%) GitHub
8 8 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.95%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.27%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.84%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.38%) TCP/IP
1 8 (3.38%) Wireshark
2 4 (1.69%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.11%) Power BI
1 5 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.69%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.84%) Power Query
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) Metadata
5 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 42 (17.72%) JIRA
2 39 (16.46%) Selenium
3 31 (13.08%) Git
4 29 (12.24%) Cypress.io
5 22 (9.28%) GitLab
6 20 (8.44%) Eclipse
7 18 (7.59%) Jenkins
7 18 (7.59%) Postman
8 14 (5.91%) REST Assured
9 13 (5.49%) JMeter
10 11 (4.64%) Zephyr
11 9 (3.80%) Subversion
12 7 (2.95%) Cucumber
12 7 (2.95%) JUnit
12 7 (2.95%) TestRail
13 5 (2.11%) Gatling
14 4 (1.69%) Appium
15 3 (1.27%) Eclipse RCP
15 3 (1.27%) Ranorex
15 3 (1.27%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 85 (35.86%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (26.16%) Finance
4 23 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.75%) Electronics
6 15 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (6.33%) Retail
7 8 (3.38%) Law
7 8 (3.38%) Marketing
8 7 (2.95%) General Ledger
8 7 (2.95%) Legal
8 7 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.95%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.11%) Billing
11 3 (1.27%) Banking
11 3 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.84%) Advertising
12 2 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (18.99%) Analyst
2 41 (17.30%) Lead
3 40 (16.88%) QA Engineer
4 39 (16.46%) Senior
5 38 (16.03%) Test Engineer
6 27 (11.39%) Tester
7 15 (6.33%) Test Analyst
8 14 (5.91%) Developer
9 13 (5.49%) QA Leader
10 12 (5.06%) QA Tester
11 11 (4.64%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.64%) Junior
11 11 (4.64%) Senior QA Engineer
12 9 (3.80%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.80%) Test Leader
13 8 (3.38%) Automation Tester
13 8 (3.38%) Lead Test Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Technical Support
13 8 (3.38%) Technical Support Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.03%) Playwright
2 24 (10.13%) REST
3 16 (6.75%) RESTful
4 15 (6.33%) React
5 12 (5.06%) CSS
5 12 (5.06%) HTML
6 10 (4.22%) JSON
7 9 (3.80%) Jakarta EE
7 9 (3.80%) Struts
7 9 (3.80%) Web Services
8 8 (3.38%) .NET
8 8 (3.38%) Node.js
8 8 (3.38%) XML
9 7 (2.95%) Terraform
10 5 (2.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (2.11%) Swagger
11 4 (1.69%) React Native
12 3 (1.27%) Kafka
12 3 (1.27%) OAuth2
12 3 (1.27%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.92%) Product Ownership
2 24 (10.13%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.38%) Client/Server
4 8 (3.38%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.95%) SCADA
6 6 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.27%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.27%) Life Science
8 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.27%) 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 (8.44%) Linux
2 17 (7.17%) Android
3 15 (6.33%) Apple iOS
4 14 (5.91%) Windows
5 9 (3.80%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (57.81%) Test Automation
2 124 (52.32%) Agile
3 103 (43.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 99 (41.77%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (38.40%) Validation
6 83 (35.02%) Software Testing
7 74 (31.22%) CI/CD
8 59 (24.89%) DevOps
8 59 (24.89%) SDLC
9 54 (22.78%) User Acceptance Testing
10 48 (20.25%) Test Strategy
11 46 (19.41%) Manual Testing
12 45 (18.99%) Defect Management
13 41 (17.30%) Code Quality
14 38 (16.03%) Scrum
15 37 (15.61%) Test Scripting
16 32 (13.50%) Exploratory Testing
16 32 (13.50%) Mentoring
17 31 (13.08%) Acceptance Criteria
18 30 (12.66%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.94%) SQL
2 40 (16.88%) Java
3 38 (16.03%) Python
4 32 (13.50%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.49%) C#
5 13 (5.49%) TypeScript
6 9 (3.80%) C++
6 9 (3.80%) Perl
7 8 (3.38%) C
7 8 (3.38%) Embedded C
7 8 (3.38%) MATLAB
8 5 (2.11%) Bash
8 5 (2.11%) Groovy
9 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) ABAP
11 1 (0.42%) Go
11 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (21.10%) Degree
2 31 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 30 (12.66%) ISTQB
4 20 (8.44%) SC Cleared
5 17 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.38%) HNC
6 8 (3.38%) HND
7 7 (2.95%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.11%) AAT
9 4 (1.69%) OCA
9 4 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.27%) ISEB
10 3 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.84%) ACCA
11 2 (0.84%) CIMA
11 2 (0.84%) CSQA
12 1 (0.42%) CISSP
12 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (51.05%) QA
2 21 (8.86%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.91%) GDPR
4 12 (5.06%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.53%) WCAG
6 5 (2.11%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (1.27%) 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 (7.17%) Docker
2 8 (3.38%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (3.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.38%) Grafana
3 5 (2.11%) Ansible
4 3 (1.27%) Kibana
5 2 (0.84%) logstash
5 2 (0.84%) Packer
6 1 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.49%) Oracle
3 9 (3.80%) SAP
4 8 (3.38%) Workday
5 7 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.11%) Google
6 5 (2.11%) IFS
6 5 (2.11%) Intel
7 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.84%) Databricks
7 2 (0.84%) IBM
7 2 (0.84%) Informatica
7 2 (0.84%) Intapp
8 1 (0.42%) Callidus
8 1 (0.42%) Concur
8 1 (0.42%) Conga
8 1 (0.42%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.42%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.42%) VMware