Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 103 111
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 3 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.21% 0.37% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.42% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile £413 £428 -
25th Percentile £413 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £583 £400
Median % change year-on-year -26.46% +45.75% -29.82%
75th Percentile £446 - -
90th Percentile £448 £592 -
South East median daily rate £594 £583 £413
% change year-on-year +1.89% +41.33% -20.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Non-Functional Testing 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,267 1,428 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.86% 89.19% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 774 970
10th Percentile £306 £316 £213
25th Percentile £413 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £650 £692 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.01% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 45 73
10th Percentile £14.75 £22.85 £24.37
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £37.28 £58.38 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -36.14% -5.30% +26.45%
75th Percentile £77.50 £64.73 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.19 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £54.36 £52.50
% change year-on-year -59.53% +3.54% +21.84%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Non-Functional Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Bracknell -8 1 £433 +15.33% 1
Wokingham -22 1 £425 -27.10%
Windsor - 1 - - 1
Non-Functional Testing
South East

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) NeoLoad
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle