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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 534 507
Rank change year-on-year +12 -27 -51
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 123 198 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.39% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 87 112 150
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,750 £34,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,147 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +2.29% -13.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,625 £62,200
90th Percentile £73,150 £96,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%

All Process and 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 48,916 50,426 45,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.53% 89.77% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28,716 25,356 34,915
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,871
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +31 118 £55,000 +4.76% 275
UK excluding London -5 73 £42,500 +6.25% 264
Work from Home +87 61 £55,000 +4.76% 117
London +35 43 £58,000 -17.14% 41
South East +27 27 £62,500 +31.58% 71
South West +15 15 £35,250 +2.17% 30
North of England +6 15 £42,500 +13.33% 55
Midlands +11 11 £55,000 +15.79% 44
Yorkshire +1 8 £30,500 -6.11% 26
North West +16 6 £42,500 +2.41% 25
East Midlands -6 6 £55,000 +8.91% 16
West Midlands +29 5 £35,000 -20.45% 24
Scotland -13 3 - - 18
East of England +14 1 £68,500 +76.77% 40
North East +5 1 £55,000 - 4
Wales -2 1 £50,000 -47.37% 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 7 (5.69%) Anypoint
2 6 (4.88%) Confluence
3 3 (2.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.81%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (8.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.88%) Shopify
3 3 (2.44%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.63%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.81%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.81%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.81%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.08%) Azure
2 31 (25.20%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (12.20%) AWS
4 11 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.50%) SaaS
6 7 (5.69%) Boomi
6 7 (5.69%) iPaaS
6 7 (5.69%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.69%) Workato
7 5 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.07%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.07%) GitHub
7 5 (4.07%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.44%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (2.44%) Datadog
9 2 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.63%) GCP
9 2 (1.63%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.25%) HTTP
2 1 (0.81%) Broadband
2 1 (0.81%) DHCP
2 1 (0.81%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.01%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.44%) Mixpanel
2 3 (2.44%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (36.59%) JIRA
2 18 (14.63%) Selenium
3 10 (8.13%) Cypress.io
3 10 (8.13%) Postman
4 9 (7.32%) eCATT
4 9 (7.32%) TestRail
5 7 (5.69%) Git
5 7 (5.69%) Jenkins
6 6 (4.88%) Charles Proxy
6 6 (4.88%) Subversion
6 6 (4.88%) Zephyr
7 5 (4.07%) Fiddler
8 4 (3.25%) TestNG
8 4 (3.25%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.44%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (2.44%) LoadRunner
9 3 (2.44%) Maven
9 3 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.63%) Appium
10 2 (1.63%) Locust
General
1 54 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 40 (32.52%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (28.46%) Finance
4 20 (16.26%) Law
5 14 (11.38%) Legal
5 14 (11.38%) Marketing
6 12 (9.76%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.32%) Electronics
7 9 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.69%) Back Office
8 7 (5.69%) Banking
9 5 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (4.07%) Retail
10 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.44%) Billing
10 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.44%) Military
11 2 (1.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 43 (34.96%) Analyst
2 26 (21.14%) Test Analyst
3 15 (12.20%) Senior
3 15 (12.20%) Tester
4 12 (9.76%) Lead
5 10 (8.13%) QA Analyst
6 9 (7.32%) Automation Test Analyst
7 8 (6.50%) Consultant
7 8 (6.50%) Test Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Test Manager
8 7 (5.69%) Integration Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) QA Test Analyst
9 6 (4.88%) Manual Tester
9 6 (4.88%) QA Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.88%) Software Tester
9 6 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) Support Consultant
10 5 (4.07%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.13%) .NET
1 10 (8.13%) REST
2 9 (7.32%) Playwright
3 7 (5.69%) SOAP
4 6 (4.88%) RESTful
4 6 (4.88%) Web Services
4 6 (4.88%) XML
5 5 (4.07%) JSON
5 5 (4.07%) React
6 4 (3.25%) CSS
6 4 (3.25%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (3.25%) HTML
7 3 (2.44%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.63%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (1.63%) WPF
9 1 (0.81%) Google JAX
9 1 (0.81%) JAX
9 1 (0.81%) Node.js
9 1 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.57%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.69%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.88%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.07%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (4.07%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.25%) Derivative
6 4 (3.25%) Equities
6 4 (3.25%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.25%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.44%) Over-the-Top Content
7 3 (2.44%) W3C
8 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.81%) FMCG
9 1 (0.81%) IoT
9 1 (0.81%) PKI
9 1 (0.81%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.81%) SystemC
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.13%) Linux
2 7 (5.69%) Windows
3 6 (4.88%) Android
3 6 (4.88%) Apple iOS
4 5 (4.07%) Unix
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (52.85%) Test Automation
2 61 (49.59%) Agile
3 44 (35.77%) Software Testing
4 41 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (30.89%) Manual Testing
6 35 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (25.20%) DevOps
8 30 (24.39%) Test Scripting
9 29 (23.58%) Test Management
10 28 (22.76%) Test Strategy
10 28 (22.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 25 (20.33%) End-to-End Testing
12 22 (17.89%) CI/CD
12 22 (17.89%) Integration Testing
12 22 (17.89%) Scenario Testing
13 21 (17.07%) ERP
14 20 (16.26%) Performance Testing
14 20 (16.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 19 (15.45%) Validation
16 18 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (27.64%) SQL
2 22 (17.89%) Python
3 18 (14.63%) Java
4 17 (13.82%) JavaScript
5 13 (10.57%) C#
6 6 (4.88%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.07%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.25%) Bash
8 4 (3.25%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.63%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.63%) SOQL
10 1 (0.81%) C++
10 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.81%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (21.14%) ISTQB
2 17 (13.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 15 (12.20%) Degree
4 7 (5.69%) ISEB
5 6 (4.88%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.44%) HND
7 3 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.63%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.81%) MCSA
9 1 (0.81%) MCSE
9 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.81%) PhD
9 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (40.65%) QA
2 8 (6.50%) GDPR
3 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.25%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.44%) SLA
5 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.81%) IFRS
6 1 (0.81%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.50%) Docker
2 6 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.32%) HP ALM
2 8 (6.50%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.25%) Terraform
4 2 (1.63%) Ansible
4 2 (1.63%) Grafana
4 2 (1.63%) Nessus
4 2 (1.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (16.26%) SAP
2 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.13%) Oracle
4 9 (7.32%) HP
5 7 (5.69%) Dell
5 7 (5.69%) Epicor
5 7 (5.69%) IBM
5 7 (5.69%) IFS
5 7 (5.69%) Infor
5 7 (5.69%) Informatica
5 7 (5.69%) Jitterbit
5 7 (5.69%) MuleSoft
5 7 (5.69%) SnapLogic
5 7 (5.69%) Software AG
5 7 (5.69%) Talend
5 7 (5.69%) TIBCO
5 7 (5.69%) Workday
6 6 (4.88%) Adobe
6 6 (4.88%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.25%) Guidewire