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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 525 554
Rank change year-on-year -52 +29 -53
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 225 154 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.35% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 139 90 176
10th Percentile £35,725 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £65,000 £63,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +7.53%

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 79,636 44,374 67,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.88% 80.70%
Number of salaries quoted 55,106 25,202 42,338
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,650 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -40 203 £52,500 -3.23% 175
UK excluding London -39 152 £52,500 - 118
Work from Home -52 70 £52,500 -1.87% 63
London -40 58 £65,000 +8.33% 72
South East -33 45 £52,500 -22.22% 26
North of England -42 33 £50,000 +6.38% 30
South West -49 28 £48,750 +9.55% 18
Midlands -18 23 £53,750 +43.33% 14
North West -10 17 £42,500 -14.57% 21
West Midlands -27 16 £51,250 +41.38% 10
East of England -8 15 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Yorkshire -43 8 £52,500 +72.13% 5
North East -52 8 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Scotland +4 7 £62,500 +13.64% 7
East Midlands -20 7 £70,000 +55.56% 4
Wales -66 2 £72,500 +12.84% 4

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 5 (2.22%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.78%) Simulink
4 3 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.78%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.33%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.89%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 75 (33.33%) Azure
2 48 (21.33%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (13.78%) AWS
4 18 (8.00%) GCP
5 14 (6.22%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (5.33%) SaaS
7 10 (4.44%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.00%) Serverless
9 8 (3.56%) Tricentis Tosca
10 7 (3.11%) BrowserStack
11 5 (2.22%) GitHub
11 5 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.33%) BlazeMeter
12 3 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.89%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.89%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.89%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.78%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.33%) HTTP
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.78%) Relational Database
1 4 (1.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.89%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.44%) GIS
3 1 (0.44%) Metadata
3 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 42 (18.67%) JIRA
2 37 (16.44%) Selenium
3 34 (15.11%) Git
4 28 (12.44%) Cypress.io
5 20 (8.89%) GitLab
6 16 (7.11%) Eclipse
7 15 (6.67%) Jenkins
8 14 (6.22%) Postman
9 13 (5.78%) Zephyr
10 11 (4.89%) REST Assured
11 10 (4.44%) JMeter
11 10 (4.44%) Subversion
12 8 (3.56%) TestRail
13 7 (3.11%) Cucumber
14 6 (2.67%) JUnit
15 5 (2.22%) Gatling
16 4 (1.78%) WebDriver
17 3 (1.33%) Appium
17 3 (1.33%) Eclipse RCP
17 3 (1.33%) Maven
General
1 97 (43.11%) Social Skills
2 76 (33.78%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (27.56%) Finance
4 21 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (6.22%) Retail
8 11 (4.89%) Electronics
9 8 (3.56%) Marketing
10 7 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.11%) Law
10 7 (3.11%) Legal
11 6 (2.67%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.78%) Billing
13 4 (1.78%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.89%) Advertising
14 2 (0.89%) Banking
15 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (17.33%) Lead
2 37 (16.44%) Senior
3 36 (16.00%) Test Engineer
4 35 (15.56%) Analyst
4 35 (15.56%) QA Engineer
5 27 (12.00%) Tester
6 16 (7.11%) Developer
7 15 (6.67%) QA Leader
8 13 (5.78%) Test Analyst
9 12 (5.33%) Junior
10 11 (4.89%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.89%) QA Tester
10 11 (4.89%) Test Leader
11 10 (4.44%) Senior QA Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (4.00%) Software Engineer
13 8 (3.56%) Junior Developer
13 8 (3.56%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.56%) Technical Support
13 8 (3.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.44%) Playwright
2 22 (9.78%) REST
3 14 (6.22%) RESTful
4 13 (5.78%) React
5 10 (4.44%) CSS
5 10 (4.44%) HTML
5 10 (4.44%) JSON
6 9 (4.00%) .NET
6 9 (4.00%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (4.00%) Struts
6 9 (4.00%) Web Services
7 6 (2.67%) Node.js
7 6 (2.67%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (2.67%) XML
8 5 (2.22%) SOAP
8 5 (2.22%) Terraform
9 4 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (1.78%) React Native
9 4 (1.78%) Visualforce
10 3 (1.33%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.44%) Product Ownership
2 23 (10.22%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.56%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.22%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.22%) SCADA
6 4 (1.78%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.33%) Life Science
7 3 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.89%) CMDB
8 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.89%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.89%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.00%) Linux
2 16 (7.11%) Android
3 14 (6.22%) Apple iOS
3 14 (6.22%) Windows
4 9 (4.00%) Unix
5 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (57.33%) Test Automation
2 115 (51.11%) Agile
3 102 (45.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (41.33%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (35.56%) Validation
6 78 (34.67%) Software Testing
7 69 (30.67%) CI/CD
8 62 (27.56%) DevOps
9 60 (26.67%) SDLC
10 57 (25.33%) User Acceptance Testing
11 48 (21.33%) Test Strategy
12 46 (20.44%) Manual Testing
13 43 (19.11%) Defect Management
14 39 (17.33%) Scrum
15 36 (16.00%) Code Quality
15 36 (16.00%) Test Scripting
16 34 (15.11%) Mentoring
17 30 (13.33%) Exploratory Testing
18 28 (12.44%) ERP
18 28 (12.44%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 45 (20.00%) SQL
2 36 (16.00%) Java
2 36 (16.00%) Python
3 27 (12.00%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.78%) C#
5 11 (4.89%) TypeScript
6 9 (4.00%) C++
6 9 (4.00%) Perl
7 5 (2.22%) Apex Code
7 5 (2.22%) Groovy
8 4 (1.78%) Bash
8 4 (1.78%) C
8 4 (1.78%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.78%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.78%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.89%) Ruby
9 2 (0.89%) SOQL
9 2 (0.89%) SOSL
10 1 (0.44%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 47 (20.89%) Degree
2 28 (12.44%) ISTQB
3 27 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.56%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.56%) HNC
5 8 (3.56%) HND
6 6 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (2.22%) AAT
7 5 (2.22%) ISEB
8 4 (1.78%) OCA
8 4 (1.78%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.89%) ACCA
9 2 (0.89%) CIMA
9 2 (0.89%) CSQA
10 1 (0.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (52.00%) QA
2 18 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 15 (6.67%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.89%) GDPR
5 6 (2.67%) WCAG
6 4 (1.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.44%) GxP
8 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.67%) Docker
2 7 (3.11%) Firmware
3 4 (1.78%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.44%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.56%) Grafana
3 5 (2.22%) Ansible
4 3 (1.33%) Kibana
5 2 (0.89%) logstash
5 2 (0.89%) Packer
6 1 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.44%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.22%) Oracle
3 11 (4.89%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.89%) SAP
4 8 (3.56%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.67%) Workday
6 5 (2.22%) Google
6 5 (2.22%) IFS
6 5 (2.22%) Intel
7 2 (0.89%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.89%) Databricks
7 2 (0.89%) IBM
7 2 (0.89%) Intapp
7 2 (0.89%) VMware
8 1 (0.44%) Callidus
8 1 (0.44%) Concur
8 1 (0.44%) Conga
8 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.44%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.44%) Perfecto Mobile