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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 544 523
Rank change year-on-year -21 -21 -41
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 250 133 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.27% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.30% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 150 74 142
10th Percentile £31,175 £31,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,688 £40,075 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £67,813 £69,688
90th Percentile £83,875 £75,000 £93,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £46,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% +17.65% -3.61%

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 86,353 44,239 60,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.09% 81.92%
Number of salaries quoted 59,227 24,477 32,914
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 5 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 5 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 -12 223 £52,500 -4.55% 465
UK excluding London -49 164 £50,000 -9.09% 314
Work from Home -25 78 £48,750 -8.88% 210
London -47 65 £70,000 +18.64% 204
South East -44 41 £52,500 -22.22% 92
North of England -31 39 £50,000 +1.78% 60
South West -55 30 £42,500 +6.25% 34
Midlands -28 29 £52,500 +50.00% 47
West Midlands -16 23 £50,000 +42.86% 29
North West -25 16 £52,500 -4.55% 23
East of England -21 15 £37,500 -42.75% 27
North East -51 13 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -39 10 £52,500 +72.13% 23
Scotland +4 8 £62,500 +13.64% 30
East Midlands -37 6 £61,250 +63.33% 18
Wales -64 2 £58,750 -2.08% 16

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 9 (3.60%) Confluence
2 4 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.20%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.60%) Simulink
4 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.20%) Elite 3E
1 3 (1.20%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.80%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.40%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.40%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 77 (30.80%) Azure
2 45 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (12.40%) AWS
4 20 (8.00%) GCP
5 16 (6.40%) SaaS
6 15 (6.00%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.60%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (4.80%) Serverless
9 10 (4.00%) GitHub
10 8 (3.20%) BrowserStack
10 8 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.00%) Tricentis Tosca
12 4 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 2 (0.80%) Amazon EMR
14 2 (0.80%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.80%) BlazeMeter
14 2 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 2 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.60%) Wireshark
2 8 (3.20%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.60%) HTTP
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.40%) Power BI
2 5 (2.00%) Metadata
2 5 (2.00%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.20%) Power Query
5 2 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.40%) GIS
6 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 41 (16.40%) JIRA
1 41 (16.40%) Selenium
2 33 (13.20%) Cypress.io
3 30 (12.00%) Git
4 21 (8.40%) Eclipse
4 21 (8.40%) GitLab
5 17 (6.80%) REST Assured
6 16 (6.40%) Postman
7 15 (6.00%) Jenkins
8 13 (5.20%) JMeter
9 9 (3.60%) Subversion
9 9 (3.60%) Zephyr
10 7 (2.80%) JUnit
11 6 (2.40%) Appium
12 5 (2.00%) Cucumber
12 5 (2.00%) Gatling
12 5 (2.00%) TestRail
13 4 (1.60%) Ranorex
14 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
14 3 (1.20%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 96 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 90 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (25.60%) Finance
4 25 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.60%) Retail
6 17 (6.80%) Electronics
7 14 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.20%) Law
8 8 (3.20%) Marketing
9 7 (2.80%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.00%) Legal
10 5 (2.00%) Publishing
11 4 (1.60%) Banking
11 4 (1.60%) Billing
12 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (21.60%) Analyst
2 47 (18.80%) QA Engineer
3 41 (16.40%) Senior
4 37 (14.80%) Test Engineer
5 36 (14.40%) Lead
6 26 (10.40%) Tester
7 18 (7.20%) Test Analyst
8 16 (6.40%) Developer
9 13 (5.20%) Junior
10 11 (4.40%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.40%) QA Leader
10 11 (4.40%) QA Tester
10 11 (4.40%) Senior QA Engineer
10 11 (4.40%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Support Analyst
12 9 (3.60%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (3.60%) QA Automation Engineer
12 9 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
13 8 (3.20%) Automation Tester
13 8 (3.20%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.20%) Playwright
2 28 (11.20%) REST
3 18 (7.20%) React
3 18 (7.20%) RESTful
4 14 (5.60%) CSS
4 14 (5.60%) HTML
5 10 (4.00%) Node.js
6 9 (3.60%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (3.60%) JSON
6 9 (3.60%) Struts
6 9 (3.60%) Web Services
7 8 (3.20%) .NET
7 8 (3.20%) XML
8 7 (2.80%) Terraform
9 5 (2.00%) OAuth
9 5 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (2.00%) Swagger
10 4 (1.60%) React Native
11 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.80%) Product Ownership
2 26 (10.40%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.00%) Client/Server
4 10 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.20%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.80%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.80%) SCADA
7 6 (2.40%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.00%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.60%) Life Science
10 3 (1.20%) FMCG
10 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.80%) CMDB
11 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.20%) Android
1 18 (7.20%) Linux
2 16 (6.40%) Apple iOS
2 16 (6.40%) Windows
3 9 (3.60%) Unix
4 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (57.20%) Test Automation
2 130 (52.00%) Agile
3 110 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (42.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 97 (38.80%) Validation
6 88 (35.20%) Software Testing
7 80 (32.00%) CI/CD
8 60 (24.00%) SDLC
9 59 (23.60%) DevOps
10 58 (23.20%) User Acceptance Testing
11 49 (19.60%) Manual Testing
12 48 (19.20%) Defect Management
13 44 (17.60%) Test Strategy
14 43 (17.20%) Code Quality
15 37 (14.80%) Scrum
16 36 (14.40%) Test Scripting
17 35 (14.00%) End-to-End Testing
17 35 (14.00%) Exploratory Testing
18 34 (13.60%) Acceptance Criteria
19 31 (12.40%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.60%) SQL
2 43 (17.20%) Python
3 39 (15.60%) Java
4 37 (14.80%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.40%) TypeScript
6 12 (4.80%) C#
7 9 (3.60%) C
7 9 (3.60%) C++
7 9 (3.60%) Embedded C
7 9 (3.60%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.80%) Perl
9 5 (2.00%) Bash
10 4 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.20%) Groovy
11 3 (1.20%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.80%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.80%) Go
13 1 (0.40%) ABAP
13 1 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (20.00%) Degree
2 36 (14.40%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.20%) ISTQB
4 22 (8.80%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.40%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.80%) HNC
7 7 (2.80%) HND
8 6 (2.40%) AAT
9 4 (1.60%) OCA
9 4 (1.60%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.20%) ISEB
10 3 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.80%) ACCA
11 2 (0.80%) CIMA
11 2 (0.80%) CSQA
12 1 (0.40%) CBAP
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.40%) CISSP
12 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (50.40%) QA
2 23 (9.20%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.60%) GDPR
4 13 (5.20%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.40%) WCAG
6 5 (2.00%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.80%) GxP
7 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (7.60%) Docker
2 9 (3.60%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (3.60%) Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.20%) Grafana
3 3 (1.20%) Ansible
3 3 (1.20%) Kibana
4 2 (0.80%) logstash
4 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 36 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.80%) Oracle
3 9 (3.60%) SAP
4 8 (3.20%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.20%) Workday
5 6 (2.40%) IFS
5 6 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.00%) Google
6 5 (2.00%) Intel
7 2 (0.80%) Databricks
7 2 (0.80%) Informatica
8 1 (0.40%) Aderant
8 1 (0.40%) Ariba
8 1 (0.40%) Concur
8 1 (0.40%) Conga
8 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.40%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.40%) Intapp
8 1 (0.40%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.40%) Red Hat