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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 511 577
Rank change year-on-year -27 +66 -66
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 237 170 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.38% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 147 105 176
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,400 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.82% -5.50% +5.82%

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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -32 206 £52,500 - 86
UK excluding London -24 160 £50,000 +5.82% 68
Work from Home -22 84 £52,500 +10.53% 32
London -32 58 £58,000 -7.20% 25
South East -32 48 £47,500 -17.39% 19
North of England -27 34 £50,000 +6.38% 19
South West -44 29 £47,500 +6.74% 6
North West +6 22 £41,000 -12.77% 8
Midlands -32 21 £55,000 +29.41% 10
East of England -4 16 £46,250 -26.00% 9
West Midlands -19 11 £51,250 +28.13% 7
Scotland +12 10 £62,500 +13.64% 5
East Midlands -16 10 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Yorkshire -34 6 £61,250 +100.82% 7
North East -50 6 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Wales -57 3 £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 (2.11%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.53%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.84%) Simulink
5 1 (0.42%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 8 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.69%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.27%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.84%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.18%) Azure
2 55 (23.21%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (14.77%) AWS
4 15 (6.33%) GCP
5 14 (5.91%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (5.06%) SaaS
8 9 (3.80%) Serverless
9 8 (3.38%) Tricentis Tosca
10 6 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.11%) GitHub
11 5 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.27%) BlazeMeter
12 3 (1.27%) BrowserStack
12 3 (1.27%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.27%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
3 1 (0.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.95%) Power BI
2 6 (2.53%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.42%) GIS
6 1 (0.42%) Metadata
6 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (18.57%) JIRA
2 36 (15.19%) Selenium
3 33 (13.92%) Git
4 23 (9.70%) Cypress.io
5 20 (8.44%) GitLab
6 15 (6.33%) Jenkins
7 12 (5.06%) Eclipse
7 12 (5.06%) Postman
8 11 (4.64%) Zephyr
9 10 (4.22%) JMeter
10 9 (3.80%) Subversion
11 7 (2.95%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.95%) REST Assured
11 7 (2.95%) TestRail
11 7 (2.95%) WebDriver
12 6 (2.53%) JUnit
13 5 (2.11%) SpecFlow
14 3 (1.27%) Appium
14 3 (1.27%) Eclipse RCP
14 3 (1.27%) Maven
General
1 107 (45.15%) Social Skills
2 70 (29.54%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (27.43%) Finance
4 20 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.64%) Retail
8 8 (3.38%) Billing
8 8 (3.38%) Marketing
8 8 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.95%) Electronics
9 7 (2.95%) Legal
10 6 (2.53%) Advertising
10 6 (2.53%) Banking
10 6 (2.53%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.53%) Law
11 5 (2.11%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (17.72%) Analyst
2 41 (17.30%) Lead
3 35 (14.77%) Senior
4 29 (12.24%) Tester
5 28 (11.81%) QA Engineer
6 27 (11.39%) Test Engineer
7 19 (8.02%) Junior
8 18 (7.59%) Developer
8 18 (7.59%) QA Leader
9 14 (5.91%) Test Leader
10 13 (5.49%) Test Analyst
11 11 (4.64%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.64%) QA Tester
11 11 (4.64%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.22%) Junior Developer
12 10 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (3.38%) Support Analyst
13 8 (3.38%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Technical Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.03%) Playwright
2 18 (7.59%) REST
3 14 (5.91%) .NET
4 13 (5.49%) RESTful
5 11 (4.64%) React
6 10 (4.22%) CSS
6 10 (4.22%) HTML
6 10 (4.22%) XML
7 9 (3.80%) JSON
8 8 (3.38%) Jakarta EE
8 8 (3.38%) Struts
8 8 (3.38%) Web Services
9 6 (2.53%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (2.53%) Visualforce
10 5 (2.11%) SOAP
11 4 (1.69%) Node.js
12 3 (1.27%) OAuth
12 3 (1.27%) OAuth2
12 3 (1.27%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.81%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.33%) Mobile App
3 13 (5.49%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.38%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.11%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.27%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Life Science
8 3 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.27%) SCADA
8 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.84%) CMDB
9 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.02%) Linux
2 13 (5.49%) Windows
3 10 (4.22%) Android
3 10 (4.22%) Apple iOS
4 8 (3.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (51.90%) Test Automation
2 109 (45.99%) Agile
3 100 (42.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 83 (35.02%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (32.49%) Software Testing
6 71 (29.96%) DevOps
7 70 (29.54%) CI/CD
7 70 (29.54%) Validation
8 67 (28.27%) User Acceptance Testing
9 57 (24.05%) SDLC
10 51 (21.52%) Manual Testing
11 46 (19.41%) Mentoring
12 42 (17.72%) Test Strategy
13 38 (16.03%) Scrum
14 35 (14.77%) Defect Management
15 34 (14.35%) Test Scripting
16 32 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (13.08%) Acceptance Criteria
17 31 (13.08%) ERP
18 30 (12.66%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.94%) SQL
2 37 (15.61%) Java
3 35 (14.77%) Python
4 24 (10.13%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.17%) C#
6 8 (3.38%) C++
6 8 (3.38%) Perl
6 8 (3.38%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.95%) Apex Code
8 5 (2.11%) Bash
8 5 (2.11%) Groovy
8 5 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.69%) Ruby
10 2 (0.84%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.84%) SOQL
10 2 (0.84%) SOSL
11 1 (0.42%) ABAP
11 1 (0.42%) C
11 1 (0.42%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 48 (20.25%) Degree
2 28 (11.81%) ISTQB
3 21 (8.86%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.75%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.64%) HND
7 8 (3.38%) HNC
8 6 (2.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (2.11%) AAT
9 5 (2.11%) ISEB
10 4 (1.69%) OCA
10 4 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (1.27%) ACCA
11 3 (1.27%) CIMA
11 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.84%) CSQA
13 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.42%) CISSP
13 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (45.57%) QA
2 17 (7.17%) Accessibility
3 16 (6.75%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.80%) GDPR
5 4 (1.69%) Software Quality Assurance
5 4 (1.69%) WCAG
6 3 (1.27%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.27%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) GAAP
7 1 (0.42%) IFRS
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (5.91%) Docker
2 6 (2.53%) Firmware
3 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 14 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.53%) Ansible
2 6 (2.53%) Terraform
3 4 (1.69%) Grafana
4 3 (1.27%) Kibana
5 2 (0.84%) logstash
5 2 (0.84%) Packer
6 1 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.42%) SCCM
6 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.33%) Oracle
3 14 (5.91%) SAP
4 13 (5.49%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.53%) Workday
7 5 (2.11%) IFS
7 5 (2.11%) Intel
8 3 (1.27%) Adobe
8 3 (1.27%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.27%) Nintex
8 3 (1.27%) VMware
9 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.84%) Databricks
9 2 (0.84%) IBM
9 2 (0.84%) Intapp
9 2 (0.84%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.42%) Ariba
10 1 (0.42%) Informatica
10 1 (0.42%) Juniper