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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 514 524
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 -71
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 130 195 205
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.40% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 91 108 154
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,750 £33,825
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,813 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £94,500 £74,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -11.11% -11.76%

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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +29 122 £55,000 +10.00% 207
UK excluding London -7 81 £43,750 +9.38% 207
Work from Home +85 59 £55,000 +4.76% 26
London +36 42 £58,500 -16.43% 19
South East +25 25 £57,500 +21.05% 54
South West +4 18 £37,500 +8.70% 32
North of England +6 16 £30,500 -18.67% 41
Midlands +10 14 £55,000 +15.79% 34
Yorkshire -9 10 £30,500 -6.11% 21
West Midlands +27 8 £50,125 +13.92% 10
Scotland -4 6 - - 6
East Midlands -11 6 £55,000 +8.91% 24
North West +7 5 £42,500 -6.59% 16
East of England +7 1 £68,500 +76.77% 34
North East +4 1 £55,000 - 4
Wales -4 1 £50,000 -47.37% 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 7 (5.38%) Anypoint
2 6 (4.62%) Confluence
3 3 (2.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (4.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.62%) Shopify
3 3 (2.31%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.54%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.77%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.77%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.77%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.77%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 41 (31.54%) Azure
2 35 (26.92%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.77%) AWS
3 14 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.92%) SaaS
5 8 (6.15%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.38%) Boomi
6 7 (5.38%) iPaaS
6 7 (5.38%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.38%) Workato
7 5 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.85%) GitHub
8 3 (2.31%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (2.31%) Datadog
9 2 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.54%) GCP
9 2 (1.54%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.08%) HTTP
2 1 (0.77%) Broadband
2 1 (0.77%) DHCP
2 1 (0.77%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.31%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.62%) Power BI
3 3 (2.31%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 44 (33.85%) JIRA
2 21 (16.15%) Selenium
3 13 (10.00%) Cypress.io
4 9 (6.92%) eCATT
4 9 (6.92%) Postman
4 9 (6.92%) TestRail
5 7 (5.38%) Git
5 7 (5.38%) Jenkins
6 6 (4.62%) Charles Proxy
6 6 (4.62%) Subversion
6 6 (4.62%) Zephyr
7 5 (3.85%) Fiddler
8 4 (3.08%) TestNG
8 4 (3.08%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.31%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (2.31%) LoadRunner
9 3 (2.31%) Maven
9 3 (2.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.54%) JMeter
10 2 (1.54%) Locust
General
1 55 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 38 (29.23%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (28.46%) Finance
4 22 (16.92%) Law
5 14 (10.77%) Marketing
6 12 (9.23%) Legal
6 12 (9.23%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.92%) Electronics
7 9 (6.92%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (6.92%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.38%) Back Office
8 7 (5.38%) Banking
9 6 (4.62%) Billing
10 5 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (3.08%) Retail
12 3 (2.31%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.31%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (36.15%) Analyst
2 27 (20.77%) Test Analyst
3 17 (13.08%) Lead
4 16 (12.31%) Senior
5 15 (11.54%) Tester
6 9 (6.92%) Automation Test Analyst
6 9 (6.92%) QA Analyst
7 8 (6.15%) Consultant
7 8 (6.15%) QA Leader
7 8 (6.15%) Test Engineer
7 8 (6.15%) Test Manager
8 7 (5.38%) Applications Support
8 7 (5.38%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (5.38%) Integration Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) QA Test Analyst
8 7 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (5.38%) Support Analyst
9 6 (4.62%) Senior Technical Analyst
9 6 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (4.62%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) Playwright
2 10 (7.69%) REST
3 8 (6.15%) .NET
4 7 (5.38%) SOAP
5 6 (4.62%) RESTful
5 6 (4.62%) Web Services
5 6 (4.62%) XML
6 5 (3.85%) JSON
6 5 (3.85%) React
7 4 (3.08%) CSS
7 4 (3.08%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (3.08%) HTML
8 3 (2.31%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (1.54%) WPF
10 1 (0.77%) Kafka
10 1 (0.77%) Node.js
10 1 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.77%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.31%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.62%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.08%) Derivative
6 4 (3.08%) Equities
6 4 (3.08%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.31%) Over-the-Top Content
7 3 (2.31%) W3C
8 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.77%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.77%) IoT
9 1 (0.77%) PKI
9 1 (0.77%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.77%) SystemC
9 1 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.69%) Linux
2 7 (5.38%) Windows
3 6 (4.62%) Android
3 6 (4.62%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.85%) Unix
5 1 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (52.31%) Test Automation
2 59 (45.38%) Agile
3 41 (31.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (31.54%) Software Testing
4 39 (30.00%) Manual Testing
5 36 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (26.92%) DevOps
7 30 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
8 29 (22.31%) Test Scripting
9 28 (21.54%) Test Management
10 24 (18.46%) Test Strategy
11 23 (17.69%) CI/CD
11 23 (17.69%) End-to-End Testing
11 23 (17.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (16.92%) Scenario Testing
13 21 (16.15%) API Testing
13 21 (16.15%) ERP
13 21 (16.15%) Integration Testing
13 21 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (15.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.38%) SQL
2 21 (16.15%) Python
3 17 (13.08%) Java
4 16 (12.31%) JavaScript
5 11 (8.46%) C#
6 6 (4.62%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.85%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.08%) Bash
8 4 (3.08%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.54%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.54%) SOQL
10 1 (0.77%) C++
10 1 (0.77%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.77%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.77%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 19 (14.62%) Degree
3 17 (13.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 7 (5.38%) ISEB
5 6 (4.62%) HND
5 6 (4.62%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.08%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (2.31%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.54%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.77%) MCSA
9 1 (0.77%) MCSE
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.77%) PhD
9 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (39.23%) QA
2 11 (8.46%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.15%) GDPR
4 6 (4.62%) SLA
5 4 (3.08%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.77%) IFRS
7 1 (0.77%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.15%) Docker
2 6 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.92%) HP ALM
2 8 (6.15%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.08%) Terraform
4 2 (1.54%) Ansible
4 2 (1.54%) Grafana
4 2 (1.54%) Nessus
4 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.38%) SAP
3 13 (10.00%) Oracle
4 9 (6.92%) Adobe
4 9 (6.92%) HP
5 7 (5.38%) Dell
5 7 (5.38%) Epicor
5 7 (5.38%) IBM
5 7 (5.38%) IFS
5 7 (5.38%) Infor
5 7 (5.38%) Informatica
5 7 (5.38%) Jitterbit
5 7 (5.38%) MuleSoft
5 7 (5.38%) SnapLogic
5 7 (5.38%) Software AG
5 7 (5.38%) Talend
5 7 (5.38%) TIBCO
5 7 (5.38%) Workday
6 6 (4.62%) Freshdesk
6 6 (4.62%) Nintex