Regression Testing Job Trends

Regression Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Regression Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	543	549	531
Rank change year-on-year	+6	-18	-40
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing	287	119	218
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.24%	0.24%	0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.32%	0.27%	0.39%
Number of salaries quoted	183	76	120
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£30,875	£33,568
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£40,225	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	£55,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+4.55%	+4.76%	+5.00%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£63,750	£73,438
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£75,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£52,500	£52,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+31.25%	-13.04%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	89,161	43,476	56,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.06%	82.51%
Number of salaries quoted	60,237	25,076	29,761
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£53,725	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.68%	-10.46%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£45,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+20.88%	-15.74%	+2.86%

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 27 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 27 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-1	260	£57,500	+3.98%	67
UK excluding London	-12	186	£52,500	-	46
London	-29	82	£70,000	+21.74%	29
Work from Home	-21	81	£50,000	-9.09%	31
North of England	-45	43	£50,000	+17.65%	8
Midlands	-38	39	£58,500	+61.38%	8
South East	-52	38	£57,500	-14.81%	14
South West	-63	32	£44,000	+10.00%	8
West Midlands	-22	30	£60,000	+71.43%	4
East of England	-26	23	£40,000	-38.93%	7
North West	-25	19	£60,000	+14.29%	7
Yorkshire	-27	12	£52,500	+72.13%	1
North East	-53	12	£50,000	-9.09%
Scotland	+12	9	£56,250	+2.27%	2
East Midlands	-36	9	£50,000	+33.33%	4
Wales	-68	2	£52,500	-4.55%

Regression Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 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 citing Regression Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Test Automation	58.9%	169
2	QA	49.8%	143
3	Agile	49.1%	141
4	Problem-Solving	43.9%	126
5	Continuous Improvement	38.3%	110
6	Validation	36.2%	104
7	CI/CD	33.1%	95
8	Software Testing	32.8%	94
9	Azure	27.5%	79
10	User Acceptance Testing	22.3%	64
11	SDLC	22.0%	63
12	DevOps	21.6%	62
13	SQL	21.3%	61
14	Selenium	20.9%	60
15	Degree	19.9%	57
16	Python	19.5%	56
16	Security Cleared	19.5%	56
18	Test Strategy	19.2%	55
19	REST	18.5%	53
20	Manual Testing	18.1%	52
21	Playwright	17.4%	50
22	Cypress.io	17.1%	49
23	Defect Management	16.7%	48
24	Azure DevOps	16.4%	47
25	JavaScript	16.0%	46
26	End-to-End Testing	15.7%	45
26	JIRA	15.7%	45
28	Code Quality	15.3%	44
29	Java	14.6%	42
29	Test Scripting	14.6%	42

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	58.9%	169
2	Agile	49.1%	141
3	Problem-Solving	43.9%	126
4	Continuous Improvement	38.3%	110
5	Validation	36.2%	104
6	CI/CD	33.1%	95
7	Software Testing	32.8%	94
8	User Acceptance Testing	22.3%	64
9	SDLC	22.0%	63
10	DevOps	21.6%	62
11	Test Strategy	19.2%	55
12	Manual Testing	18.1%	52
13	Defect Management	16.7%	48
14	End-to-End Testing	15.7%	45
15	Code Quality	15.3%	44
16	Test Scripting	14.6%	42
17	Scrum	14.3%	41
18	AI	13.6%	39
19	Acceptance Criteria	12.9%	37
19	Software Engineering	12.9%	37