Tester Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Tester
England > East Midlands

The median Tester daily rate in the East Midlands is £543, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 48 58
Rank change year-on-year -36 +10 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.28% 0.58% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.65% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £395 £140 £321
25th Percentile £448 £181 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £250 £380
Median % change year-on-year +117.00% -34.21% -
75th Percentile £643 £313 £413
90th Percentile £700 £350 £431
England median daily rate £403 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -10.56% - -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 973 462 719
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 89.19% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 309 481
10th Percentile £199 £200 £166
25th Percentile £381 £326 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £413
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +8.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £543 £525 £550
90th Percentile £613 £600 £625
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 29 79
10th Percentile £13.45 £11.44 £11.81
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.20 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.94 £23.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% +31.43% -14.05%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.16 £26.15
90th Percentile £51.25 £32.16 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.59 £31.76 £35.65
% change year-on-year +43.53% -10.91% -20.78%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Tester job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in the East Midlands

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in the East Midlands

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in the East Midlands

Tester
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire - 2 £543 - 1
Derbyshire - 1 - - 1
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 April 2026, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Apache
3 1 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle