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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 527 542
Rank change year-on-year -42 +15 -31
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 227 149 263
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.30% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.34% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 140 87 172
10th Percentile £35,988 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,750 £64,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 80,048 44,438 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.13% 88.74% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 55,528 25,365 40,468
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%
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 £50,803
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.50% -6.94%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -21 205 £52,500 -4.55% 274
UK excluding London -38 153 £52,500 - 177
Work from Home -41 70 £51,250 -4.21% 119
London -42 59 £70,000 +16.67% 129
South East -28 47 £52,500 -22.22% 49
North of England -42 33 £50,000 +6.38% 39
South West -48 27 £45,000 +1.12% 28
Midlands -21 24 £53,750 +43.33% 21
North West -7 17 £42,500 -19.05% 25
West Midlands -11 17 £51,250 +41.38% 17
East of England 0 14 £37,500 -40.00% 21
Yorkshire -40 8 £52,500 +72.13% 7
North East -57 8 £50,000 -9.09% 8
Scotland -2 7 £62,500 +13.64% 9
East Midlands -22 7 £70,000 +55.56% 4
Wales -66 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 (2.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.76%) Simulink
4 3 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.76%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.32%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.88%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 74 (32.60%) Azure
2 47 (20.70%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (13.66%) AWS
4 18 (7.93%) GCP
5 13 (5.73%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (5.73%) SaaS
6 10 (4.41%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.96%) Serverless
8 7 (3.08%) BrowserStack
8 7 (3.08%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (2.64%) GitHub
9 6 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.32%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.88%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.88%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.88%) Azure App Service
11 2 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.76%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.32%) HTTP
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.76%) Relational Database
1 4 (1.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.44%) GIS
3 1 (0.44%) Metadata
3 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (18.94%) JIRA
2 36 (15.86%) Selenium
3 34 (14.98%) Git
4 28 (12.33%) Cypress.io
5 21 (9.25%) GitLab
6 16 (7.05%) Eclipse
6 16 (7.05%) Jenkins
7 15 (6.61%) Postman
8 13 (5.73%) Zephyr
9 12 (5.29%) REST Assured
10 10 (4.41%) JMeter
10 10 (4.41%) Subversion
11 8 (3.52%) TestRail
12 7 (3.08%) Cucumber
13 6 (2.64%) JUnit
14 5 (2.20%) Gatling
15 3 (1.32%) Appium
15 3 (1.32%) HP UFT
15 3 (1.32%) SonarQube
15 3 (1.32%) WebDriver
General
1 96 (42.29%) Social Skills
2 76 (33.48%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (26.87%) Finance
4 21 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.61%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (6.17%) Retail
8 12 (5.29%) Electronics
9 8 (3.52%) Marketing
10 7 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.08%) Law
10 7 (3.08%) Legal
11 6 (2.64%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.64%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.76%) Billing
12 4 (1.76%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Advertising
13 2 (0.88%) Banking
14 1 (0.44%) French Language
Job Titles
1 39 (17.18%) Lead
2 38 (16.74%) QA Engineer
2 38 (16.74%) Senior
2 38 (16.74%) Test Engineer
3 34 (14.98%) Analyst
4 27 (11.89%) Tester
5 16 (7.05%) Developer
6 14 (6.17%) QA Leader
7 13 (5.73%) Test Analyst
8 12 (5.29%) Junior
9 11 (4.85%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.85%) QA Tester
9 11 (4.85%) Senior QA Engineer
10 10 (4.41%) Test Leader
11 9 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.96%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.52%) Junior Developer
12 8 (3.52%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.52%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (3.52%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.30%) Playwright
2 23 (10.13%) REST
3 14 (6.17%) RESTful
4 13 (5.73%) React
5 10 (4.41%) CSS
5 10 (4.41%) HTML
6 9 (3.96%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (3.96%) JSON
6 9 (3.96%) Struts
6 9 (3.96%) Web Services
7 8 (3.52%) .NET
8 6 (2.64%) Node.js
8 6 (2.64%) XML
9 5 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (2.20%) SOAP
9 5 (2.20%) Terraform
10 4 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
10 4 (1.76%) React Native
10 4 (1.76%) Swagger
10 4 (1.76%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.78%) Product Ownership
2 24 (10.57%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.52%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.64%) Client/Server
5 6 (2.64%) SCADA
6 5 (2.20%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.76%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.32%) Life Science
8 3 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.88%) CMDB
9 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.37%) Linux
2 17 (7.49%) Android
3 15 (6.61%) Apple iOS
4 14 (6.17%) Windows
5 9 (3.96%) Unix
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (58.15%) Test Automation
2 115 (50.66%) Agile
3 101 (44.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (40.97%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (35.68%) Validation
6 79 (34.80%) Software Testing
7 69 (30.40%) CI/CD
8 61 (26.87%) DevOps
8 61 (26.87%) SDLC
9 55 (24.23%) User Acceptance Testing
10 50 (22.03%) Test Strategy
11 46 (20.26%) Manual Testing
12 44 (19.38%) Defect Management
13 39 (17.18%) Scrum
14 38 (16.74%) Code Quality
14 38 (16.74%) Test Scripting
15 35 (15.42%) Mentoring
16 31 (13.66%) Exploratory Testing
17 29 (12.78%) Test Planning
18 28 (12.33%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.82%) SQL
2 37 (16.30%) Java
3 36 (15.86%) Python
4 27 (11.89%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.29%) C#
6 11 (4.85%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.96%) C++
7 9 (3.96%) Perl
8 5 (2.20%) Apex Code
8 5 (2.20%) Groovy
9 4 (1.76%) Bash
9 4 (1.76%) C
9 4 (1.76%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.76%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.76%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.88%) Ruby
10 2 (0.88%) SOQL
10 2 (0.88%) SOSL
11 1 (0.44%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 47 (20.70%) Degree
2 30 (13.22%) ISTQB
3 27 (11.89%) Security Cleared
4 18 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.49%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.52%) HNC
6 8 (3.52%) HND
7 6 (2.64%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (2.20%) AAT
8 5 (2.20%) ISEB
9 4 (1.76%) OCA
9 4 (1.76%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.88%) ACCA
10 2 (0.88%) CIMA
10 2 (0.88%) CSQA
11 1 (0.44%) CBAP
11 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.44%) CISSP
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (52.86%) QA
2 18 (7.93%) Data Quality
3 14 (6.17%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.85%) GDPR
5 6 (2.64%) WCAG
6 5 (2.20%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.44%) GxP
8 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.61%) Docker
2 6 (2.64%) Firmware
3 4 (1.76%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.88%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.44%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.52%) Grafana
3 5 (2.20%) Ansible
4 3 (1.32%) Kibana
5 2 (0.88%) logstash
5 2 (0.88%) Packer
6 1 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.44%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (9.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.73%) Oracle
3 11 (4.85%) Salesforce
4 10 (4.41%) SAP
5 8 (3.52%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.64%) Workday
7 5 (2.20%) Google
7 5 (2.20%) IFS
7 5 (2.20%) Intel
8 2 (0.88%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.88%) Databricks
8 2 (0.88%) IBM
8 2 (0.88%) Intapp
8 2 (0.88%) VMware
9 1 (0.44%) Callidus
9 1 (0.44%) Concur
9 1 (0.44%) Conga
9 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.44%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.44%) Perfecto Mobile