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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 476 589
Rank change year-on-year -63 +113 -89
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 204 184 319
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.42% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.46% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 127 113 227
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -6.00% -

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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -58 178 £52,500 +10.53% 79
UK excluding London -44 135 £47,500 +1.06% 66
Work from Home -12 60 £55,000 +15.79% 35
London -32 55 £62,500 -3.85% 26
South East -28 41 £46,250 -5.13% 19
North of England -53 27 £37,500 -20.21% 11
South West -44 26 £47,500 +36.69% 9
Midlands -37 20 £55,000 +35.80% 12
North West +2 18 £37,500 -20.21% 8
Scotland +13 12 - - 7
East Midlands -18 10 £55,000 +22.22% 6
West Midlands -38 10 £55,125 +36.11% 6
East of England -10 7 £62,500 -1.96% 8
Yorkshire -43 6 £26,000 -38.82% 2
Wales -32 3 £72,500 +12.84% 1
North East -46 3 £46,886 +4.19% 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 4 (1.96%) Confluence
2 2 (0.98%) CMS
3 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 13 (6.37%) MS Visio
2 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.49%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.49%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.98%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.98%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.49%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.49%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 63 (30.88%) Azure
2 51 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (12.25%) AWS
4 17 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 15 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.90%) SaaS
6 10 (4.90%) Serverless
7 8 (3.92%) GCP
8 5 (2.45%) GitHub
8 5 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.96%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.47%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.47%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.47%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.98%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.98%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.96%) HTTP
2 2 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.84%) Power BI
2 6 (2.94%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.49%) Metadata
5 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 39 (19.12%) JIRA
2 34 (16.67%) Selenium
3 21 (10.29%) Cypress.io
4 19 (9.31%) Git
5 13 (6.37%) Jenkins
6 10 (4.90%) Postman
6 10 (4.90%) Zephyr
7 9 (4.41%) TestRail
8 8 (3.92%) GitLab
8 8 (3.92%) Subversion
8 8 (3.92%) WebDriver
9 7 (3.43%) Cucumber
10 6 (2.94%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.45%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.96%) JUnit
13 3 (1.47%) Appium
13 3 (1.47%) JMeter
13 3 (1.47%) Maven
13 3 (1.47%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.98%) Liquibase
General
1 85 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 49 (24.02%) Finance
3 46 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.82%) Billing
5 13 (6.37%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.41%) Banking
8 8 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.92%) Marketing
8 8 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.43%) Advertising
9 7 (3.43%) Electronics
9 7 (3.43%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.94%) Law
11 5 (2.45%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (2.45%) Legal
11 5 (2.45%) Retail
12 3 (1.47%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.47%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 53 (25.98%) Lead
2 44 (21.57%) Analyst
3 24 (11.76%) QA Leader
4 22 (10.78%) Senior
4 22 (10.78%) Tester
5 18 (8.82%) Test Leader
6 17 (8.33%) QA Engineer
7 15 (7.35%) Junior
7 15 (7.35%) Test Engineer
8 13 (6.37%) Technical Analyst
9 12 (5.88%) Applications Support
9 12 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
9 12 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (5.88%) Support Analyst
10 10 (4.90%) Test Analyst
11 9 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.92%) Developer
12 8 (3.92%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.92%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.92%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.63%) Playwright
2 15 (7.35%) .NET
3 14 (6.86%) REST
4 8 (3.92%) React
4 8 (3.92%) XML
5 7 (3.43%) JSON
6 6 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (2.94%) Visualforce
7 5 (2.45%) RESTful
8 4 (1.96%) CSS
8 4 (1.96%) HTML
9 3 (1.47%) WireMock
10 2 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.98%) JWT
10 2 (0.98%) Middleware
10 2 (0.98%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.98%) pytest
10 2 (0.98%) SOAP
10 2 (0.98%) Struts
10 2 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.24%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.86%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.86%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.92%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.43%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.45%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.98%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.49%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.49%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.90%) Android
1 10 (4.90%) Apple iOS
2 6 (2.94%) Linux
3 4 (1.96%) Unix
3 4 (1.96%) Windows
4 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (53.43%) Test Automation
2 93 (45.59%) Agile
3 64 (31.37%) Software Testing
3 64 (31.37%) User Acceptance Testing
4 63 (30.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (30.39%) DevOps
6 56 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (24.51%) CI/CD
8 43 (21.08%) SDLC
9 42 (20.59%) Manual Testing
9 42 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (19.12%) Validation
11 35 (17.16%) Test Strategy
12 32 (15.69%) Mentoring
13 31 (15.20%) Test Scripting
14 29 (14.22%) Acceptance Criteria
14 29 (14.22%) Scrum
14 29 (14.22%) Waterfall
15 28 (13.73%) Process Improvement
16 26 (12.75%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.57%) SQL
2 25 (12.25%) Java
3 22 (10.78%) Python
4 19 (9.31%) C#
5 14 (6.86%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.92%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.43%) Apex Code
8 5 (2.45%) Groovy
9 4 (1.96%) Perl
9 4 (1.96%) Ruby
10 3 (1.47%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.98%) Bash
11 2 (0.98%) C++
11 2 (0.98%) Go
11 2 (0.98%) SOQL
11 2 (0.98%) SOSL
12 1 (0.49%) ABAP
12 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 46 (22.55%) Degree
2 20 (9.80%) HND
3 19 (9.31%) ISTQB
4 12 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.92%) HNC
6 6 (2.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (2.45%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.96%) BC Cleared
8 4 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.98%) CSQA
9 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.98%) ISEB
10 1 (0.49%) ACCA
10 1 (0.49%) CCSP
10 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.49%) CISSP
10 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (43.14%) QA
2 29 (14.22%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.88%) SLA
4 11 (5.39%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.45%) GDPR
6 4 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.47%) IFRS
7 3 (1.47%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.98%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.49%) GAAP
9 1 (0.49%) MiFID
9 1 (0.49%) PMO
9 1 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.49%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (4.41%) Docker
2 5 (2.45%) Firmware
3 3 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.98%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 9 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.96%) Ansible
2 4 (1.96%) Terraform
3 3 (1.47%) Kibana
4 2 (0.98%) logstash
4 2 (0.98%) Packer
4 2 (0.98%) SCCM
4 2 (0.98%) SCOM
5 1 (0.49%) Grafana
5 1 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.37%) SAP
3 12 (5.88%) Adobe
3 12 (5.88%) Freshdesk
3 12 (5.88%) Nintex
4 11 (5.39%) Oracle
5 10 (4.90%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.47%) IFS
7 3 (1.47%) VMware
8 2 (0.98%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.98%) Cisco
8 2 (0.98%) IBM
8 2 (0.98%) Intapp
8 2 (0.98%) Juniper
8 2 (0.98%) McAfee
8 2 (0.98%) Roku
8 2 (0.98%) Workday
9 1 (0.49%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.49%) Perfecto Mobile