Automated Testing
Derbyshire > Chesterfield
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chesterfield requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 5 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chesterfield | - | 12.50% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 20.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £459 | - |
| Derbyshire median daily rate | - | £455 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Chesterfield
Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Chesterfield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chesterfield | 100.00% | 62.50% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £213 | £193 |
| 25th Percentile | £125 | £350 | £281 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £134 | £455 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -70.55% | +30.00% | -24.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £375 | £475 | £531 |
| 90th Percentile | £420 | £479 | £655 |
| Derbyshire median daily rate | £456 | £475 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.95% | +11.76% | -5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £50.00 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +81.82% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Derbyshire median hourly rate | £23.67 | £22.89 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.43% | +14.43% | +18.84% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Chesterfield
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chesterfield.
Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Chesterfield
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chesterfield citing Test Automation.
