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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	550	551	528
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-23	-47
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing	272	118	232
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.23%	0.24%	0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.31%	0.27%	0.40%
Number of salaries quoted	166	70	134
10^th Percentile	£30,875	£31,175	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£40,000	£38,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£53,750	£55,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	-2.27%	+4.76%	+5.00%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£71,875
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£75,000	£99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£53,750	£43,750
% change year-on-year	-6.98%	+22.86%	-7.89%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	87,497	43,445	57,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.45%	88.84%	82.20%
Number of salaries quoted	59,802	24,607	31,056
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,099
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£36,250	£44,541
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£78,000	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,000	£53,000
% change year-on-year	+17.02%	-11.32%	-1.85%

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 Salary Trend

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 16 October 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 16 October 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	+2	245	£53,750	-2.27%	320
UK excluding London	-26	175	£50,000	-6.98%	192
Work from Home	-17	79	£50,000	-6.54%	117
London	-35	76	£70,000	+20.17%	138
North of England	-40	41	£50,000	+17.65%	45
South East	-46	38	£52,500	-22.22%	55
Midlands	-18	35	£52,500	+50.00%	29
South West	-49	31	£42,500	+6.25%	17
West Midlands	-21	27	£58,500	+67.14%	18
East of England	-29	20	£37,500	-42.75%	23
North West	-19	18	£57,500	-8.00%	18
North East	-60	13	£50,000	-9.09%	9
Yorkshire	-31	10	£52,500	+72.13%	18
Scotland	+8	9	£56,250	+2.27%	12
East Midlands	-32	8	£51,250	+36.67%	11
Wales	-76	1	£45,000	-25.00%	3

Regression Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Regression Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Regression Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Test Automation	58.5%	159
2	QA	50.7%	138
3	Agile	49.6%	135
4	Problem-Solving	44.9%	122
5	Continuous Improvement	40.8%	111
6	Validation	37.1%	101
7	Software Testing	33.8%	92
8	CI/CD	33.5%	91
9	Azure	29.0%	79
10	User Acceptance Testing	23.5%	64
11	DevOps	23.2%	63
12	SDLC	22.4%	61
12	SQL	22.4%	61
14	Degree	19.5%	53
15	Selenium	19.1%	52
16	Manual Testing	18.8%	51
16	Test Strategy	18.8%	51
18	Azure DevOps	17.6%	48
18	Defect Management	17.6%	48
20	Playwright	17.3%	47
20	Python	17.3%	47
20	Security Cleared	17.3%	47
23	Code Quality	15.8%	43
23	Cypress.io	15.8%	43
23	End-to-End Testing	15.8%	43
26	Java	15.1%	41
26	JavaScript	15.1%	41
26	JIRA	15.1%	41
29	Microsoft	14.7%	40
29	Test Scripting	14.7%	40

Regression Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Test Automation	58.5%	159
2	Agile	49.6%	135
3	Problem-Solving	44.9%	122
4	Continuous Improvement	40.8%	111
5	Validation	37.1%	101
6	Software Testing	33.8%	92
7	CI/CD	33.5%	91
8	User Acceptance Testing	23.5%	64
9	DevOps	23.2%	63
10	SDLC	22.4%	61
11	Manual Testing	18.8%	51
11	Test Strategy	18.8%	51
13	Defect Management	17.6%	48
14	Code Quality	15.8%	43
14	End-to-End Testing	15.8%	43
16	Test Scripting	14.7%	40
17	Scrum	14.0%	38
18	AI	12.9%	35
18	Exploratory Testing	12.9%	35
20	Acceptance Criteria	12.5%	34