Automated Testing
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 16 | 28 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +12 | -4 | -11 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire | 4.49% | 0.61% | 5.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.11% | 0.75% | 6.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £71 | - | £333 |
| 25th Percentile | £240 | £363 | £373 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £375 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.33% | -6.25% | -30.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £464 | £388 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £493 | - | £743 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £275 | £390 | £380 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.49% | +2.63% | -27.62% |
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 | 137 | 133 | 212 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire | 87.82% | 81.10% | 85.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 60 | 166 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £249 | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £350 | £446 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £488 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.54% | -8.06% | +6.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £524 | £550 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £574 | £588 | £745 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £410 | £445 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.87% | -6.32% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 19 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.28 | £11.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £12.75 | £12.48 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.81 | £14.27 | £21.67 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.22% | -34.15% | +48.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.11 | £17.32 | £27.62 |
| 90th Percentile | £17.87 | £26.50 | £70.00 |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.00 | £26.48 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.00% | -35.80% | +23.16% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Nottinghamshire.
Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.
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 2 July 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 | +10 | 7 | £410 | +9.33% | 29 |
| Test Automation East Midlands |
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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: