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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 510 551
Rank change year-on-year -16 +41 -105
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 168 173 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.39% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 111 95 197
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £34,375 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,535 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.29%

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 54,747 43,918 66,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.09% 92.80% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32,789 21,812 51,500
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 24 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 24 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 +8 147 £55,000 +15.79% 100
UK excluding London -18 110 £47,500 +11.76% 76
Work from Home +48 62 £55,000 +16.40% 45
London +26 44 £57,750 -17.50% 35
South East -4 33 £52,500 +10.53% 25
South West -7 26 £38,750 +12.32% 7
Midlands -12 17 £55,000 +29.41% 9
North of England -32 17 £40,000 -14.89% 19
North West -7 12 £42,500 -14.57% 14
Scotland -12 12 - - 4
East Midlands -23 10 £55,000 +8.91% 3
West Midlands +1 7 £55,250 +36.42% 6
Yorkshire -33 4 £26,000 -16.45% 3
East of England +2 3 £68,500 +71.25% 14
Wales -3 2 £52,500 -
North East -10 1 £55,000 +61.76% 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 (4.17%) Anypoint
2 4 (2.38%) Confluence
3 3 (1.79%) CMS
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.60%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.60%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (7.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.57%) Shopify
3 2 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.60%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.60%) ProductWriter
4 1 (0.60%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.60%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 50 (29.76%) Azure
2 48 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (10.12%) Power Platform
5 14 (8.33%) AWS
6 10 (5.95%) SaaS
7 7 (4.17%) Boomi
7 7 (4.17%) iPaaS
7 7 (4.17%) Power Automate
7 7 (4.17%) Workato
8 5 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.38%) GCP
9 4 (2.38%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.19%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.60%) Amazon EventBridge
11 1 (0.60%) AWS Step Functions
11 1 (0.60%) OCI
11 1 (0.60%) Sentry
11 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.38%) HTTP
2 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.60%) DHCP
2 1 (0.60%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.71%) Relational Database
2 15 (8.93%) Power BI
3 3 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (22.02%) JIRA
2 24 (14.29%) Selenium
3 16 (9.52%) Cypress.io
4 9 (5.36%) eCATT
4 9 (5.36%) TestRail
5 7 (4.17%) Subversion
6 5 (2.98%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.98%) Postman
7 4 (2.38%) Git
7 4 (2.38%) SpecFlow
7 4 (2.38%) WebDriver
7 4 (2.38%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.79%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (1.79%) TestDirector
9 2 (1.19%) Fiddler
9 2 (1.19%) GitLab
9 2 (1.19%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.60%) Gatling
10 1 (0.60%) Locust
10 1 (0.60%) mountebank
General
1 66 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.98%) Finance
3 37 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.52%) Law
5 14 (8.33%) Billing
6 13 (7.74%) Manufacturing
7 12 (7.14%) Marketing
8 11 (6.55%) Banking
8 11 (6.55%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (4.17%) Back Office
11 7 (4.17%) Electronics
11 7 (4.17%) Legal
12 6 (3.57%) Advertising
13 5 (2.98%) Digital Healthcare
14 4 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (2.38%) Public Sector
14 4 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (33.33%) Analyst
2 28 (16.67%) Lead
3 23 (13.69%) Test Analyst
4 17 (10.12%) Tester
5 14 (8.33%) QA Leader
6 13 (7.74%) Applications Support
6 13 (7.74%) Applications Support Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) QA Engineer
6 13 (7.74%) Senior
6 13 (7.74%) Support Analyst
7 11 (6.55%) Junior
7 11 (6.55%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.55%) Test Leader
8 10 (5.95%) Technical Analyst
9 9 (5.36%) Automation Test Analyst
10 8 (4.76%) QA Analyst
10 8 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (4.17%) Integration Engineer
11 7 (4.17%) Senior Technical Analyst
11 7 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.07%) Playwright
2 13 (7.74%) REST
3 12 (7.14%) XML
4 10 (5.95%) .NET
5 9 (5.36%) JSON
6 6 (3.57%) CSS
6 6 (3.57%) HTML
6 6 (3.57%) React
6 6 (3.57%) Web Services
7 5 (2.98%) RESTful
7 5 (2.98%) SOAP
8 4 (2.38%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.19%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (1.19%) Node.js
9 2 (1.19%) Visualforce
9 2 (1.19%) WPF
10 1 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.60%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.31%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.74%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.57%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.98%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.98%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.38%) Derivative
7 4 (2.38%) Equities
7 4 (2.38%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.38%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.19%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.19%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.60%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.60%) IoT
9 1 (0.60%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.14%) Linux
2 9 (5.36%) Windows
3 6 (3.57%) Android
3 6 (3.57%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.98%) Unix
5 2 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (51.19%) Test Automation
2 69 (41.07%) Agile
3 51 (30.36%) Manual Testing
4 49 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (28.57%) DevOps
6 46 (27.38%) Software Testing
6 46 (27.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 43 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (20.83%) Test Scripting
9 33 (19.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (16.07%) CI/CD
11 26 (15.48%) ERP
12 25 (14.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (14.88%) Test Management
13 24 (14.29%) API Testing
13 24 (14.29%) Validation
14 23 (13.69%) Functional Testing
15 22 (13.10%) Acceptance Criteria
15 22 (13.10%) SDLC
15 22 (13.10%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.40%) SQL
2 20 (11.90%) Python
3 18 (10.71%) Java
4 15 (8.93%) C#
5 14 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.98%) Bash
7 5 (2.98%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.98%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.19%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.19%) Go
8 2 (1.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.60%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (15.48%) Degree
2 21 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 15 (8.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 12 (7.14%) HND
5 11 (6.55%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.98%) ISEB
7 4 (2.38%) BC Cleared
7 4 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.19%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.19%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.60%) ACCA
9 1 (0.60%) CIMA
9 1 (0.60%) MCSA
9 1 (0.60%) MCSE
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (36.31%) QA
2 23 (13.69%) Accessibility
3 12 (7.14%) SLA
4 9 (5.36%) GDPR
5 4 (2.38%) IFRS
5 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.79%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.79%) IFRS 17
7 2 (1.19%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.60%) GAAP
8 1 (0.60%) MiFID
8 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.60%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (5.95%) Docker
2 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.60%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.36%) HP ALM
3 5 (2.98%) Terraform
4 3 (1.79%) Ansible
5 2 (1.19%) Grafana
5 2 (1.19%) Nessus
5 2 (1.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.60%) SCCM
6 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (14.88%) SAP
2 24 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.52%) Oracle
4 12 (7.14%) Adobe
4 12 (7.14%) Freshdesk
4 12 (7.14%) Nintex
5 10 (5.95%) IFS
6 9 (5.36%) HP
7 7 (4.17%) Dell
7 7 (4.17%) Epicor
7 7 (4.17%) IBM
7 7 (4.17%) Infor
7 7 (4.17%) Informatica
7 7 (4.17%) Jitterbit
7 7 (4.17%) MuleSoft
7 7 (4.17%) SnapLogic
7 7 (4.17%) Software AG
7 7 (4.17%) Talend
7 7 (4.17%) TIBCO
7 7 (4.17%) Workday