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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 535 522
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 -43
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 255 137 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.28% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.31% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 154 77 150
10th Percentile £31,700 £32,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,300 £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 £71,875 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £87,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

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 86,281 44,107 61,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.16% 89.14% 81.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,444 24,402 33,284
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%
75th Percentile £79,091 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £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 1 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 1 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 -19 229 £52,500 -4.80% 437
UK excluding London -43 169 £50,000 -9.09% 267
Work from Home -30 77 £48,750 -10.14% 151
London -34 67 £70,000 +18.64% 209
South East -53 43 £52,500 -22.22% 75
North of England -53 39 £50,000 -9.09% 57
South West -57 31 £42,500 +6.25% 33
Midlands -22 30 £52,500 +50.00% 39
West Midlands -26 24 £50,625 +44.64% 25
East of England -14 16 £37,500 -42.75% 30
North West -22 16 £52,500 -4.55% 26
North East -57 12 £50,000 -9.09% 10
Yorkshire -30 11 £52,500 +72.13% 21
Scotland +16 8 £62,500 +13.64% 23
East Midlands -31 6 £70,000 +86.67% 14
Wales -70 3 £72,500 +20.83% 7

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 8 (3.14%) Confluence
2 3 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.53%) Simulink
4 3 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.57%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.18%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.39%) Magento
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.39%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 80 (31.37%) Azure
2 48 (18.82%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (12.55%) AWS
4 20 (7.84%) GCP
5 16 (6.27%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (6.27%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.27%) SaaS
6 13 (5.10%) Serverless
7 9 (3.53%) BrowserStack
7 9 (3.53%) GitHub
8 8 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.75%) Tricentis Tosca
10 4 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.18%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.18%) BlazeMeter
11 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.53%) Wireshark
2 8 (3.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.57%) HTTP
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.35%) Power BI
1 6 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.57%) Metadata
2 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.18%) Power Query
4 2 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.39%) GIS
5 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (17.25%) JIRA
1 44 (17.25%) Selenium
2 33 (12.94%) Cypress.io
3 32 (12.55%) Git
4 23 (9.02%) GitLab
5 21 (8.24%) Eclipse
6 18 (7.06%) Jenkins
7 17 (6.67%) Postman
7 17 (6.67%) REST Assured
8 14 (5.49%) JMeter
9 10 (3.92%) Zephyr
10 9 (3.53%) Subversion
11 7 (2.75%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.75%) JUnit
11 7 (2.75%) TestRail
12 6 (2.35%) Appium
13 5 (1.96%) Gatling
14 4 (1.57%) Ranorex
14 4 (1.57%) WebDriver
15 3 (1.18%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 98 (38.43%) Social Skills
2 89 (34.90%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (26.67%) Finance
4 26 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (9.41%) Public Sector
6 18 (7.06%) Retail
7 17 (6.67%) Electronics
8 14 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.53%) Law
10 8 (3.14%) Marketing
11 7 (2.75%) General Ledger
11 7 (2.75%) Legal
11 7 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.96%) Banking
13 5 (1.96%) Billing
14 4 (1.57%) Publishing
15 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 54 (21.18%) Analyst
2 46 (18.04%) QA Engineer
3 42 (16.47%) Senior
4 39 (15.29%) Lead
5 37 (14.51%) Test Engineer
6 27 (10.59%) Tester
7 18 (7.06%) Test Analyst
8 14 (5.49%) Developer
9 12 (4.71%) Junior
9 12 (4.71%) QA Leader
9 12 (4.71%) QA Tester
10 11 (4.31%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.31%) Senior QA Engineer
11 10 (3.92%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Support Analyst
12 9 (3.53%) Test Leader
13 8 (3.14%) Automation Tester
13 8 (3.14%) Lead Test Engineer
13 8 (3.14%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (15.69%) Playwright
2 29 (11.37%) REST
3 17 (6.67%) RESTful
4 16 (6.27%) React
5 13 (5.10%) CSS
5 13 (5.10%) HTML
6 11 (4.31%) JSON
7 9 (3.53%) .NET
7 9 (3.53%) Jakarta EE
7 9 (3.53%) Node.js
7 9 (3.53%) Struts
7 9 (3.53%) Web Services
8 8 (3.14%) Terraform
8 8 (3.14%) XML
9 6 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.96%) OAuth
10 5 (1.96%) Swagger
11 4 (1.57%) React Native
12 3 (1.18%) JWT
12 3 (1.18%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.94%) Product Ownership
2 26 (10.20%) Mobile App
3 15 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.53%) Client/Server
4 9 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.75%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.75%) SCADA
6 5 (1.96%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.18%) Life Science
7 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.78%) CMDB
8 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.78%) FMCG
8 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.84%) Linux
2 18 (7.06%) Android
3 16 (6.27%) Apple iOS
4 15 (5.88%) Windows
5 9 (3.53%) Unix
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (57.25%) Test Automation
2 132 (51.76%) Agile
3 109 (42.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 109 (42.75%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (38.43%) Validation
5 89 (34.90%) Software Testing
6 82 (32.16%) CI/CD
7 63 (24.71%) DevOps
8 59 (23.14%) SDLC
8 59 (23.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 49 (19.22%) Defect Management
10 48 (18.82%) Manual Testing
10 48 (18.82%) Test Strategy
11 43 (16.86%) Code Quality
12 39 (15.29%) Scrum
13 38 (14.90%) Test Scripting
14 37 (14.51%) End-to-End Testing
15 34 (13.33%) Exploratory Testing
16 33 (12.94%) Acceptance Criteria
17 32 (12.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.35%) SQL
2 44 (17.25%) Python
3 41 (16.08%) Java
4 34 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 15 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.49%) C#
7 9 (3.53%) C
7 9 (3.53%) C++
7 9 (3.53%) Embedded C
7 9 (3.53%) MATLAB
7 9 (3.53%) Perl
8 5 (1.96%) Bash
8 5 (1.96%) Groovy
9 4 (1.57%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.39%) ABAP
11 1 (0.39%) Go
11 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (19.61%) Degree
2 37 (14.51%) Security Cleared
3 30 (11.76%) ISTQB
4 22 (8.63%) SC Cleared
5 17 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.31%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.75%) HNC
7 7 (2.75%) HND
8 6 (2.35%) AAT
9 4 (1.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (1.57%) OCA
9 4 (1.57%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.18%) ISEB
11 2 (0.78%) ACCA
11 2 (0.78%) CIMA
11 2 (0.78%) CSQA
12 1 (0.39%) CCSP
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.39%) CISSP
12 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (50.98%) QA
2 25 (9.80%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.49%) GDPR
4 13 (5.10%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.35%) WCAG
6 5 (1.96%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.78%) GxP
7 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (7.45%) Docker
2 9 (3.53%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (3.53%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.14%) Grafana
3 5 (1.96%) Ansible
4 3 (1.18%) Kibana
5 2 (0.78%) logstash
5 2 (0.78%) Packer
5 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 36 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.49%) Oracle
3 9 (3.53%) SAP
4 8 (3.14%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.14%) Workday
5 6 (2.35%) IFS
5 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.96%) Google
6 5 (1.96%) Intel
7 2 (0.78%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.78%) Databricks
7 2 (0.78%) IBM
7 2 (0.78%) Informatica
7 2 (0.78%) Intapp
8 1 (0.39%) Aderant
8 1 (0.39%) Concur
8 1 (0.39%) Conga
8 1 (0.39%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.39%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.39%) OpenAI