Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Automated Testing
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Test Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 5 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 2.98% - 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% - 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 9
10th Percentile - - £371
25th Percentile £405 - £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile £456 - £508
90th Percentile £466 - £620
East Midlands median daily rate £355 £375 £420
% change year-on-year -5.33% -10.71% -22.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 134 127 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 79.76% 81.41% 85.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 66 139
10th Percentile £195 £309 £286
25th Percentile £394 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £621 £575 £700
90th Percentile £839 £613 £745
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £490
% change year-on-year -8.89% -8.16% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 12
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.71 £11.01
25th Percentile £16.17 £12.75 £18.29
Median hourly rate £17.87 £13.54 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -72.23% +245.87%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £88.75
90th Percentile - £50.33 £93.25
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £17.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +6.85% -35.78% +48.65%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Nottinghamshire

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Test Automation
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 Test Automation within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 - 5 £438 - 15
Test Automation
East Midlands

Test Automation
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Postman
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (20.00%) Ranorex
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) QA Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Senior QA Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PHP
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Alteryx
3 1 (20.00%) Rapid7