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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 547 487
Rank change year-on-year +9 -60 -13
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 111 207 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.32% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 75 109 178
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,750 £33,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £100,000 £79,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%

All Process and 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 45,446 55,486 47,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.93% 85.56% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,712 28,853 36,694
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 +51 106 £55,000 +4.76% 66
UK excluding London -1 64 £42,500 +6.25% 62
Work from Home +76 49 £55,000 +4.76% 30
London +42 38 £57,500 -20.69% 27
South East +43 24 £62,500 +31.58% 26
North of England +10 19 £42,500 +13.33% 10
South West +17 12 £36,375 +5.43% 9
North West +29 10 £42,500 +2.41% 9
Yorkshire +5 8 £30,500 -6.11% 1
Midlands +37 6 £36,250 -30.29% 6
West Midlands +46 4 £35,000 -53.33% 6
East Midlands +18 2 £46,250 -8.42%
East of England +18 1 £68,500 +82.67% 5
North East +12 1 £55,000 -
Wales +7 1 £50,000 -47.37% 2
Scotland -9 1 £55,000 +37.50% 6

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 7 (6.31%) Anypoint
2 6 (5.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.90%) CMS
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.90%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (9.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.41%) Shopify
3 3 (2.70%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.80%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.90%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.90%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.90%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.90%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 33 (29.73%) Azure
2 26 (23.42%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (14.41%) AWS
4 7 (6.31%) Boomi
4 7 (6.31%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (6.31%) GitHub
4 7 (6.31%) iPaaS
4 7 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.31%) Power Automate
4 7 (6.31%) Workato
5 6 (5.41%) SaaS
6 5 (4.50%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.60%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.70%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (2.70%) Datadog
9 2 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.80%) Azure Pipelines
9 2 (1.80%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.80%) HTTP
2 1 (0.90%) Broadband
2 1 (0.90%) DHCP
2 1 (0.90%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.41%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.70%) Mixpanel
3 2 (1.80%) Power BI
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (36.04%) JIRA
2 22 (19.82%) Selenium
3 10 (9.01%) Cypress.io
3 10 (9.01%) Postman
4 9 (8.11%) eCATT
4 9 (8.11%) Jenkins
4 9 (8.11%) TestRail
5 7 (6.31%) Git
6 6 (5.41%) Zephyr
7 4 (3.60%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (3.60%) TestNG
7 4 (3.60%) WebDriver
8 3 (2.70%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (2.70%) Fiddler
8 3 (2.70%) LoadRunner
8 3 (2.70%) Maven
8 3 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.80%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (1.80%) Locust
9 2 (1.80%) REST Assured
General
1 52 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 41 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (34.23%) Finance
4 21 (18.92%) Law
5 17 (15.32%) Legal
6 14 (12.61%) Marketing
7 12 (10.81%) Banking
7 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
8 9 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (5.41%) Back Office
10 5 (4.50%) Electronics
11 4 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.70%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.70%) Military
12 3 (2.70%) Retail
13 1 (0.90%) Advertising
13 1 (0.90%) Automotive
13 1 (0.90%) Publishing
13 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (33.33%) Analyst
2 28 (25.23%) Test Analyst
3 14 (12.61%) Senior
4 12 (10.81%) Tester
5 10 (9.01%) Lead
5 10 (9.01%) QA Analyst
6 9 (8.11%) Automation Test Analyst
6 9 (8.11%) Test Manager
7 7 (6.31%) Consultant
7 7 (6.31%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) QA Test Analyst
8 6 (5.41%) Software Tester
9 5 (4.50%) Developer
9 5 (4.50%) Financial Analyst
9 5 (4.50%) Manual Tester
9 5 (4.50%) QA Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 5 (4.50%) Software Consultant
9 5 (4.50%) Support Consultant
9 5 (4.50%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.81%) .NET
1 12 (10.81%) REST
2 10 (9.01%) Playwright
3 7 (6.31%) SOAP
4 6 (5.41%) RESTful
4 6 (5.41%) Web Services
4 6 (5.41%) XML
5 5 (4.50%) JSON
5 5 (4.50%) React
6 4 (3.60%) CSS
6 4 (3.60%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (3.60%) HTML
7 3 (2.70%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (1.80%) WPF
9 1 (0.90%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.90%) Node.js
9 1 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 8 (7.21%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (6.31%) Fixed Income
2 7 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.41%) Derivative
3 6 (5.41%) Equities
4 5 (4.50%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.60%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.70%) W3C
7 2 (1.80%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.80%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.90%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.90%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.90%) IoT
8 1 (0.90%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.01%) Linux
2 7 (6.31%) Windows
3 5 (4.50%) Unix
4 2 (1.80%) Android
4 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (51.35%) Agile
1 57 (51.35%) Test Automation
2 42 (37.84%) Software Testing
3 37 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 35 (31.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (31.53%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (26.13%) Test Strategy
6 27 (24.32%) DevOps
6 27 (24.32%) Test Management
6 27 (24.32%) Test Scripting
7 26 (23.42%) CI/CD
8 25 (22.52%) End-to-End Testing
9 24 (21.62%) Scenario Testing
10 23 (20.72%) ERP
10 23 (20.72%) Integration Testing
10 23 (20.72%) User Acceptance Testing
11 19 (17.12%) API Testing
11 19 (17.12%) SDLC
12 17 (15.32%) Mentoring
12 17 (15.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 35 (31.53%) SQL
2 22 (19.82%) Python
3 18 (16.22%) Java
4 17 (15.32%) JavaScript
5 14 (12.61%) C#
6 6 (5.41%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.50%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.70%) Bash
8 3 (2.70%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.80%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.80%) C
9 2 (1.80%) SOQL
10 1 (0.90%) C++
10 1 (0.90%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.90%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.90%) Swift
Qualifications
1 29 (26.13%) ISTQB
2 18 (16.22%) Degree
3 16 (14.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 9 (8.11%) ISEB
5 6 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.90%) MCSA
9 1 (0.90%) MCSE
9 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.90%) PhD
9 1 (0.90%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (42.34%) QA
2 9 (8.11%) GDPR
3 4 (3.60%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.90%) IFRS
4 1 (0.90%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (7.21%) Docker
2 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (8.11%) HP ALM
2 8 (7.21%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.70%) Terraform
4 2 (1.80%) Grafana
4 2 (1.80%) Nessus
4 2 (1.80%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.90%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (17.12%) SAP
2 17 (15.32%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.11%) HP
3 9 (8.11%) Workday
4 8 (7.21%) Oracle
5 7 (6.31%) Dell
5 7 (6.31%) Epicor
5 7 (6.31%) IBM
5 7 (6.31%) IFS
5 7 (6.31%) Infor
5 7 (6.31%) Informatica
5 7 (6.31%) Jitterbit
5 7 (6.31%) MuleSoft
5 7 (6.31%) SnapLogic
5 7 (6.31%) Software AG
5 7 (6.31%) Talend
5 7 (6.31%) TIBCO
6 6 (5.41%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.60%) Guidewire
8 3 (2.70%) iManage