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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 524 549
Rank change year-on-year -40 +25 -44
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 230 147 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 143 86 171
10th Percentile £31,725 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,500 £63,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +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 80,408 44,155 65,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.60% 80.85%
Number of salaries quoted 55,868 25,145 40,215
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%
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 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.58%

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 2 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 2 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 -26 208 £52,500 -3.23% 282
UK excluding London -32 156 £51,250 -2.38% 178
Work from Home -33 72 £50,000 -6.54% 123
London -48 59 £70,000 +16.67% 135
South East -26 47 £52,500 -22.22% 49
North of England -39 34 £50,000 +6.38% 33
South West -52 28 £43,250 -2.81% 27
Midlands -26 25 £53,750 +43.33% 19
West Midlands -15 19 £51,250 +41.38% 16
North West -7 17 £42,500 -19.05% 23
East of England -8 14 £37,500 -40.00% 26
North East -51 9 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Yorkshire -46 8 £52,500 +72.13% 5
Scotland +2 7 £62,500 +13.64% 11
East Midlands -25 6 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Wales -68 2 £72,500 +12.84% 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 5 (2.17%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.17%) Simulink
4 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.74%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.87%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.43%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 74 (32.17%) Azure
2 46 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (13.48%) AWS
4 18 (7.83%) GCP
5 14 (6.09%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (6.09%) SaaS
6 12 (5.22%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.91%) Serverless
8 7 (3.04%) BrowserStack
8 7 (3.04%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (2.61%) GitHub
9 6 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.30%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.87%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.87%) Azure App Service
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.04%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.17%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.30%) HTTP
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.74%) Relational Database
1 4 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.30%) Power BI
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.43%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 43 (18.70%) JIRA
2 35 (15.22%) Selenium
3 33 (14.35%) Git
4 27 (11.74%) Cypress.io
5 21 (9.13%) GitLab
6 17 (7.39%) Eclipse
7 16 (6.96%) Jenkins
8 15 (6.52%) Postman
9 13 (5.65%) Zephyr
10 12 (5.22%) REST Assured
11 10 (4.35%) JMeter
11 10 (4.35%) Subversion
12 8 (3.48%) TestRail
13 7 (3.04%) Cucumber
14 6 (2.61%) JUnit
15 5 (2.17%) Gatling
16 3 (1.30%) Appium
16 3 (1.30%) Eclipse RCP
16 3 (1.30%) SonarQube
16 3 (1.30%) WebDriver
General
1 95 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 79 (34.35%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (26.96%) Finance
4 22 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (6.09%) Retail
8 13 (5.65%) Electronics
9 8 (3.48%) Marketing
10 7 (3.04%) Law
10 7 (3.04%) Legal
11 6 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.61%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.61%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.74%) Billing
12 4 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.87%) Banking
13 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.43%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (16.52%) Analyst
1 38 (16.52%) Lead
1 38 (16.52%) QA Engineer
1 38 (16.52%) Senior
1 38 (16.52%) Test Engineer
2 27 (11.74%) Tester
3 15 (6.52%) Developer
4 13 (5.65%) QA Leader
4 13 (5.65%) Test Analyst
5 12 (5.22%) Junior
6 11 (4.78%) Java Developer
6 11 (4.78%) QA Tester
6 11 (4.78%) Senior QA Engineer
7 9 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (3.91%) Software Engineer
7 9 (3.91%) Test Leader
8 8 (3.48%) Automation Tester
8 8 (3.48%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.48%) Technical Support
8 8 (3.48%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.65%) Playwright
2 22 (9.57%) REST
3 14 (6.09%) RESTful
4 13 (5.65%) React
5 11 (4.78%) CSS
5 11 (4.78%) HTML
6 9 (3.91%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (3.91%) JSON
6 9 (3.91%) Struts
6 9 (3.91%) Web Services
7 8 (3.48%) .NET
8 7 (3.04%) Node.js
9 6 (2.61%) XML
10 5 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (2.17%) Terraform
11 4 (1.74%) React Native
11 4 (1.74%) SOAP
11 4 (1.74%) Swagger
12 3 (1.30%) Kafka
12 3 (1.30%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 24 (10.43%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.48%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.61%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.61%) SCADA
7 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.30%) Life Science
9 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.87%) CMDB
10 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.43%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.26%) Linux
2 17 (7.39%) Android
3 15 (6.52%) Apple iOS
4 14 (6.09%) Windows
5 9 (3.91%) Unix
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (57.83%) Test Automation
2 118 (51.30%) Agile
3 101 (43.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 94 (40.87%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (36.09%) Validation
6 82 (35.65%) Software Testing
7 69 (30.00%) CI/CD
8 62 (26.96%) SDLC
9 60 (26.09%) DevOps
10 55 (23.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 49 (21.30%) Test Strategy
12 46 (20.00%) Manual Testing
13 44 (19.13%) Defect Management
14 40 (17.39%) Scrum
15 39 (16.96%) Test Scripting
16 38 (16.52%) Code Quality
17 34 (14.78%) Mentoring
18 32 (13.91%) Exploratory Testing
19 31 (13.48%) Test Planning
20 28 (12.17%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 48 (20.87%) SQL
2 38 (16.52%) Java
3 37 (16.09%) Python
4 28 (12.17%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.22%) C#
6 11 (4.78%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.91%) C++
7 9 (3.91%) Perl
8 5 (2.17%) C
8 5 (2.17%) Embedded C
8 5 (2.17%) Groovy
8 5 (2.17%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.74%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.74%) Bash
9 4 (1.74%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.74%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.87%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) ABAP
11 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 48 (20.87%) Degree
2 32 (13.91%) ISTQB
3 28 (12.17%) Security Cleared
4 18 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (7.83%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.48%) HNC
5 8 (3.48%) HND
6 6 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (2.17%) AAT
7 5 (2.17%) ISEB
8 4 (1.74%) OCA
8 4 (1.74%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.87%) ACCA
9 2 (0.87%) CIMA
9 2 (0.87%) CSQA
10 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (51.74%) QA
2 20 (8.70%) Data Quality
3 13 (5.65%) Accessibility
3 13 (5.65%) GDPR
4 6 (2.61%) WCAG
5 5 (2.17%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.87%) GxP
8 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.52%) Docker
2 7 (3.04%) Firmware
3 5 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.48%) Grafana
3 5 (2.17%) Ansible
4 3 (1.30%) Kibana
5 2 (0.87%) logstash
5 2 (0.87%) Packer
6 1 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.43%) SCCM
6 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (10.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.65%) Oracle
3 10 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.35%) SAP
4 8 (3.48%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.04%) Workday
6 5 (2.17%) Google
6 5 (2.17%) IFS
6 5 (2.17%) Intel
7 2 (0.87%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.87%) Databricks
7 2 (0.87%) IBM
7 2 (0.87%) Intapp
7 2 (0.87%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) Callidus
8 1 (0.43%) Concur
8 1 (0.43%) Conga
8 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.43%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.43%) Perfecto Mobile