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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 512 576
Rank change year-on-year -45 +64 -56
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 236 171 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.39% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 146 105 170
10th Percentile £30,875 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,631 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +7.53%

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 76,247 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,515 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -21 206 £52,500 - 115
UK excluding London -32 159 £50,000 +6.38% 83
Work from Home -29 83 £51,250 +7.89% 48
London -37 58 £58,000 -7.20% 38
South East -24 47 £48,750 -22.00% 20
North of England -35 35 £50,000 +6.38% 23
South West -39 29 £45,750 +2.81% 8
North West -2 22 £41,000 -12.77% 13
Midlands -30 21 £55,000 +29.41% 13
East of England -10 16 £46,250 -26.00% 12
West Midlands -30 11 £51,250 +28.13% 12
East Midlands -12 10 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Scotland +9 9 £62,500 +13.64% 5
North East -52 7 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Yorkshire -35 6 £61,250 +100.82% 7
Wales -50 3 £72,500 +12.84% 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 5 (2.12%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) Simulink
5 1 (0.42%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 8 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.69%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.27%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.85%) 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 80 (33.90%) Azure
2 53 (22.46%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (14.83%) AWS
4 15 (6.36%) GCP
5 13 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (5.51%) Power Platform
6 12 (5.08%) SaaS
7 9 (3.81%) Serverless
8 8 (3.39%) Tricentis Tosca
9 5 (2.12%) GitHub
9 5 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.27%) BlazeMeter
10 3 (1.27%) BrowserStack
10 3 (1.27%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.85%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.85%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
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 6 (2.54%) Power BI
1 6 (2.54%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) Metadata
5 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 46 (19.49%) JIRA
2 36 (15.25%) Selenium
3 34 (14.41%) Git
4 23 (9.75%) Cypress.io
5 20 (8.47%) GitLab
6 15 (6.36%) Jenkins
7 13 (5.51%) Zephyr
8 12 (5.08%) Eclipse
8 12 (5.08%) Postman
9 10 (4.24%) JMeter
10 9 (3.81%) Subversion
11 8 (3.39%) TestRail
12 7 (2.97%) Cucumber
12 7 (2.97%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.97%) WebDriver
13 6 (2.54%) JUnit
14 5 (2.12%) SpecFlow
15 3 (1.27%) Appium
15 3 (1.27%) Eclipse RCP
15 3 (1.27%) Maven
General
1 108 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 72 (30.51%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (27.97%) Finance
4 21 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.66%) Retail
8 8 (3.39%) Marketing
8 8 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.97%) Billing
9 7 (2.97%) Electronics
9 7 (2.97%) Legal
10 6 (2.54%) Advertising
10 6 (2.54%) Banking
10 6 (2.54%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.54%) Law
11 5 (2.12%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (17.37%) Analyst
2 40 (16.95%) Lead
3 35 (14.83%) Senior
4 29 (12.29%) QA Engineer
4 29 (12.29%) Test Engineer
4 29 (12.29%) Tester
5 19 (8.05%) Junior
6 18 (7.63%) Developer
7 17 (7.20%) QA Leader
8 13 (5.51%) Test Analyst
8 13 (5.51%) Test Leader
9 11 (4.66%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.66%) QA Tester
9 11 (4.66%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) Junior Developer
11 9 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.39%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.39%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.10%) Playwright
2 18 (7.63%) REST
3 14 (5.93%) .NET
4 13 (5.51%) RESTful
5 11 (4.66%) CSS
5 11 (4.66%) HTML
5 11 (4.66%) React
6 10 (4.24%) XML
7 9 (3.81%) JSON
8 8 (3.39%) Jakarta EE
8 8 (3.39%) Struts
8 8 (3.39%) Web Services
9 6 (2.54%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (2.54%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (2.54%) Visualforce
10 5 (2.12%) Node.js
10 5 (2.12%) SOAP
11 3 (1.27%) OAuth
11 3 (1.27%) OSGi
11 3 (1.27%) SWT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.86%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.78%) Mobile App
3 13 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.39%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.12%) Mobile Computing
7 3 (1.27%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.27%) Life Science
7 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.27%) SCADA
7 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.85%) CMDB
8 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.05%) Linux
2 13 (5.51%) Windows
3 11 (4.66%) Android
3 11 (4.66%) Apple iOS
4 8 (3.39%) Unix
5 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (52.97%) Test Automation
2 112 (47.46%) Agile
3 102 (43.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 85 (36.02%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (33.47%) Software Testing
6 72 (30.51%) Validation
7 71 (30.08%) CI/CD
8 70 (29.66%) DevOps
9 65 (27.54%) User Acceptance Testing
10 57 (24.15%) SDLC
11 52 (22.03%) Manual Testing
12 46 (19.49%) Mentoring
13 42 (17.80%) Test Strategy
14 39 (16.53%) Scrum
15 37 (15.68%) Defect Management
16 35 (14.83%) Test Scripting
17 31 (13.14%) Acceptance Criteria
17 31 (13.14%) Code Quality
17 31 (13.14%) ERP
17 31 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.03%) SQL
2 37 (15.68%) Java
3 36 (15.25%) Python
4 26 (11.02%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.20%) C#
6 9 (3.81%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.39%) C++
7 8 (3.39%) Perl
8 7 (2.97%) Apex Code
9 5 (2.12%) Bash
9 5 (2.12%) Groovy
9 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.69%) Ruby
11 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.85%) SOQL
11 2 (0.85%) SOSL
12 1 (0.42%) ABAP
12 1 (0.42%) C
12 1 (0.42%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 47 (19.92%) Degree
2 28 (11.86%) ISTQB
3 23 (9.75%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.20%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.24%) HND
6 8 (3.39%) HNC
7 6 (2.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (2.12%) AAT
8 5 (2.12%) ISEB
9 4 (1.69%) OCA
9 4 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.27%) ACCA
10 3 (1.27%) CIMA
10 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.85%) CSQA
12 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.42%) CISSP
12 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (47.03%) QA
2 16 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 15 (6.36%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.24%) 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
7 2 (0.85%) SLA
8 1 (0.42%) GAAP
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (5.93%) Docker
2 6 (2.54%) Firmware
3 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 14 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.54%) Ansible
2 6 (2.54%) Terraform
3 4 (1.69%) Grafana
4 3 (1.27%) Kibana
5 2 (0.85%) logstash
5 2 (0.85%) Packer
6 1 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.42%) SCCM
6 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.36%) Oracle
3 14 (5.93%) SAP
4 13 (5.51%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.54%) Workday
7 5 (2.12%) IFS
7 5 (2.12%) Intel
8 3 (1.27%) VMware
9 2 (0.85%) Adobe
9 2 (0.85%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.85%) Databricks
9 2 (0.85%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.85%) IBM
9 2 (0.85%) Intapp
9 2 (0.85%) Nintex
9 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.42%) Ariba
10 1 (0.42%) Informatica
10 1 (0.42%) Juniper