Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Non-Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Non-Functional Testing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 432 | 452 | 405 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -47 | -17 |
| Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing | 149 | 251 | 560 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.35% | 0.44% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.41% | 0.49% | 0.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 120 | 184 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £374 | £363 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £435 | £409 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £546 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.97% | +15.00% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £635 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £738 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £77.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | £90.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +157.14% | +27.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £82.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £80.00 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Non-Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,622 | 51,397 | 80,021 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.09% | 89.76% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,613 | 35,611 | 56,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £439 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,439 | 1,690 | 1,913 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.77 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +40.19% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.57% | +75.00% | -6.54% |
Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Non-Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Non-Functional Testing.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Non-Functional Testing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
Non-Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Non-Functional Testing.
Non-Functional Testing
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 |
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| England | +23 | 121 | £500 | -9.09% | 35 |
| London | +40 | 71 | £530 | -7.83% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +66 | 63 | £543 | +10.15% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +25 | 55 | £500 | - | 25 |
| South West | +11 | 16 | £590 | +7.27% | 2 |
| North of England | +25 | 15 | £475 | -20.83% | 4 |
| North West | +16 | 10 | £475 | -20.83% | 4 |
| Scotland | +35 | 7 | £625 | +52.53% | 2 |
| Midlands | +13 | 6 | £363 | -19.44% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 3 | £363 | -19.44% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 3 | £363 | -21.62% | 1 |
| North East | +14 | 3 | £410 | - | |
| South East | +3 | 3 | £500 | +20.12% | 9 |
| Wales | +21 | 2 | £363 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 2 | £425 | -24.44% | |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | - | - | |
| East of England | +10 | 1 | £475 | -38.71% | 3 |
Non-Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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