QA Tester Contracts in Nottinghamshire

Quality Assurance Tester
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in Nottinghamshire is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 0.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £405 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - -
75th Percentile £415 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £380 £325
% change year-on-year +7.89% +16.92% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 116 144 250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.06% 96.00% 99.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 76 202
10th Percentile £217 £203 £290
25th Percentile £397 £313 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £503
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -10.45% +5.79%
75th Percentile £523 £575 £700
90th Percentile £574 £633 £745
East Midlands median daily rate £438 £405 £450
% change year-on-year +8.02% -10.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 13
10th Percentile - £12.28 £11.16
25th Percentile - £12.75 £11.80
Median hourly rate £11.44 £14.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -30.00% +41.89%
75th Percentile £12.55 £14.99 £22.26
90th Percentile £23.34 £16.90 £26.48
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £20.32
% change year-on-year +28.57% -13.88% +5.56%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for QA Tester in Nottinghamshire

QA Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in Nottinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for QA Tester in Nottinghamshire

QA Tester
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
Nottingham - 1 £410 -
QA Tester
East Midlands

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, QA Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Nottinghamshire region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle