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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 482 593
Rank change year-on-year -50 +111 -107
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 202 187 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.45% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 125 110 228
10th Percentile £30,350 £31,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £59,375 £58,936 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,475 £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 67,552 41,143 88,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.63% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46,362 21,911 62,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,556
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -63 173 £50,000 +5.26% 70
UK excluding London -56 134 £47,500 +1.06% 56
Work from Home -32 57 £53,000 +11.58% 32
London -15 51 £59,000 -1.67% 28
South East -21 39 £46,250 -11.90% 17
North of England -39 29 £38,136 -18.86% 11
South West -45 27 £47,500 +36.69% 6
North West +9 21 £39,250 -16.49% 8
Midlands -23 17 £55,000 +35.80% 9
Scotland +21 12 £62,500 +13.64% 4
West Midlands -27 10 £55,125 +36.11% 4
East of England -8 8 £50,000 -20.00% 7
East Midlands -21 7 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Yorkshire -36 6 £26,000 -38.82% 2
Wales -44 3 £72,500 +12.84% 2
North East -44 2 £38,772 -29.51% 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 3 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.45%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.50%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.99%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.50%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.50%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 71 (35.15%) Azure
2 54 (26.73%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (13.86%) AWS
4 18 (8.91%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.45%) SaaS
7 10 (4.95%) GCP
7 10 (4.95%) Serverless
8 7 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.48%) GitHub
9 5 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.98%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (1.49%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.49%) BlazeMeter
11 3 (1.49%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.99%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.93%) Power BI
2 6 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.48%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.50%) Metadata
5 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (17.82%) Selenium
2 33 (16.34%) JIRA
3 23 (11.39%) Git
4 22 (10.89%) Cypress.io
5 14 (6.93%) Jenkins
6 10 (4.95%) Zephyr
7 9 (4.46%) Postman
8 8 (3.96%) GitLab
8 8 (3.96%) Subversion
8 8 (3.96%) WebDriver
9 7 (3.47%) Cucumber
9 7 (3.47%) TestRail
10 6 (2.97%) JMeter
10 6 (2.97%) REST Assured
10 6 (2.97%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.48%) Eclipse
11 5 (2.48%) JUnit
12 3 (1.49%) Appium
12 3 (1.49%) Maven
12 3 (1.49%) SonarQube
General
1 87 (43.07%) Social Skills
2 53 (26.24%) Finance
3 47 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.92%) Billing
5 13 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.96%) Banking
7 8 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.96%) Marketing
7 8 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.47%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.97%) Advertising
9 6 (2.97%) Retail
10 5 (2.48%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (2.48%) Law
10 5 (2.48%) Legal
11 4 (1.98%) Electronics
12 3 (1.49%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.49%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 50 (24.75%) Lead
2 40 (19.80%) Analyst
3 24 (11.88%) Tester
4 23 (11.39%) QA Leader
5 21 (10.40%) Senior
6 17 (8.42%) QA Engineer
6 17 (8.42%) Test Leader
7 16 (7.92%) Test Engineer
8 15 (7.43%) Junior
9 12 (5.94%) Developer
10 11 (5.45%) Support Analyst
10 11 (5.45%) Test Analyst
11 10 (4.95%) Applications Support
11 10 (4.95%) Applications Support Analyst
12 9 (4.46%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (3.96%) Junior Developer
13 8 (3.96%) QA Tester
13 8 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (3.96%) Technical Engineer
13 8 (3.96%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.81%) Playwright
2 15 (7.43%) .NET
2 15 (7.43%) REST
3 10 (4.95%) React
4 9 (4.46%) RESTful
5 8 (3.96%) XML
6 7 (3.47%) JSON
7 6 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (2.97%) Visualforce
8 5 (2.48%) J2EE
8 5 (2.48%) Struts
8 5 (2.48%) Web Services
9 4 (1.98%) CSS
9 4 (1.98%) HTML
10 3 (1.49%) SOAP
10 3 (1.49%) WireMock
11 2 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.99%) JWT
11 2 (0.99%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.99%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.87%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.94%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.96%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.96%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.48%) Mobile Computing
6 4 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.99%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.99%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.50%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.46%) Linux
2 7 (3.47%) Android
2 7 (3.47%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.97%) Unix
3 6 (2.97%) Windows
4 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (50.99%) Test Automation
2 88 (43.56%) Agile
3 66 (32.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (32.18%) DevOps
5 63 (31.19%) User Acceptance Testing
6 61 (30.20%) Software Testing
7 58 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (25.25%) CI/CD
9 45 (22.28%) SDLC
10 43 (21.29%) Validation
11 42 (20.79%) Manual Testing
12 38 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (18.81%) Test Strategy
13 35 (17.33%) Mentoring
14 31 (15.35%) Test Scripting
15 30 (14.85%) Acceptance Criteria
16 28 (13.86%) Process Improvement
17 27 (13.37%) Scrum
18 26 (12.87%) API Testing
19 25 (12.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 45 (22.28%) SQL
2 30 (14.85%) Java
3 26 (12.87%) Python
4 19 (9.41%) C#
5 16 (7.92%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.96%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.47%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.97%) Perl
9 5 (2.48%) Groovy
10 4 (1.98%) C++
10 4 (1.98%) Ruby
11 3 (1.49%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.99%) Bash
12 2 (0.99%) Go
12 2 (0.99%) SOQL
12 2 (0.99%) SOSL
13 1 (0.50%) ABAP
13 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 48 (23.76%) Degree
2 23 (11.39%) ISTQB
3 18 (8.91%) HND
4 12 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.45%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.96%) HNC
7 6 (2.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (2.97%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.98%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.49%) ISEB
10 2 (0.99%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.99%) CSQA
10 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.50%) ACCA
11 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.50%) CIMA
11 1 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (44.55%) QA
2 28 (13.86%) Accessibility
3 13 (6.44%) Data Quality
4 10 (4.95%) SLA
5 4 (1.98%) GDPR
6 3 (1.49%) IFRS
6 3 (1.49%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.99%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.99%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.99%) WCAG
8 1 (0.50%) GAAP
8 1 (0.50%) MiFID
8 1 (0.50%) PMO
8 1 (0.50%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (5.94%) Docker
2 5 (2.48%) Firmware
3 3 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.99%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 12 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.98%) Ansible
2 4 (1.98%) Terraform
3 3 (1.49%) Kibana
4 2 (0.99%) Grafana
4 2 (0.99%) logstash
4 2 (0.99%) Packer
4 2 (0.99%) SCCM
4 2 (0.99%) SCOM
5 1 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.94%) Oracle
2 12 (5.94%) SAP
3 10 (4.95%) Adobe
3 10 (4.95%) Freshdesk
3 10 (4.95%) Nintex
3 10 (4.95%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.47%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.98%) IFS
6 3 (1.49%) VMware
7 2 (0.99%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.99%) Cisco
7 2 (0.99%) Databricks
7 2 (0.99%) IBM
7 2 (0.99%) Intapp
7 2 (0.99%) Juniper
7 2 (0.99%) McAfee
7 2 (0.99%) Workday
8 1 (0.50%) Callidus
8 1 (0.50%) Conga