Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Automated Testing
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 1.83% 0.76% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 0.92% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £427 - £408
25th Percentile £431 £460 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +6.82% -29.60%
75th Percentile £474 £480 £445
90th Percentile £475 - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £450 £469 £440
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.53% -29.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 125 109 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 76.22% 83.21% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 56 101
10th Percentile £187 £313 £290
25th Percentile £380 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £650
90th Percentile £633 £606 £745
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £463 £500 £481
% change year-on-year -7.50% +3.90% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 2 7
10th Percentile £15.91 £14.70 £10.76
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.76 £12.76
Median hourly rate £16.35 £14.95 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% -15.58% +70.78%
75th Percentile £17.87 £15.06 £55.39
90th Percentile - £15.09 £88.75
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £23.80 £21.52
% change year-on-year -31.30% +10.62% +107.47%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Test Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) QA Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) QA Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) IT Audit
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Database Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) COBIT
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (33.33%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Rapid7
2 1 (33.33%) Alteryx
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow