Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 58 78
Rank change year-on-year -14 +20 +23
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.24% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.64% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - - £383
25th Percentile £463 £513 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% +16.11%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £645
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -20.83% +6.67% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South West median hourly rate - - £23.86

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 715 625 851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.83% 89.29% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 347 529
10th Percentile £258 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -8.88% +7.00%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £645
90th Percentile £724 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 82 117
10th Percentile £15.60 £37.15 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Bristol

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Migration Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Server Migrations
1 2 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation