Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Manual Testing
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 2.13% - 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £405 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.43%
75th Percentile £445 - £375
90th Percentile £463 - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £410 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -40.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottingham

Manual Testing 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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 110 112 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 78.01% 80.58% 86.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 58 137
10th Percentile £190 £313 £285
25th Percentile £394 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £700
90th Percentile £690 £613 £745
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 10
10th Percentile £15.33 £12.61 £10.77
25th Percentile £16.17 £12.75 £14.87
Median hourly rate £17.87 £13.51 £24.51
Median % change year-on-year +32.27% -44.87% +151.62%
75th Percentile - £14.99 £70.00
90th Percentile - £15.12 £88.75
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £17.87 £13.54 £48.75
% change year-on-year +31.98% -72.23% +400.51%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in Nottingham

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Manual Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Ranorex
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) QA Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Senior QA Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (33.33%) COBIT
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow