Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Essex

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.71% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £450 - £513
% change year-on-year - - -18.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 102 76 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 72.86% 86.36% 80.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 45 104
10th Percentile £240 £231 £186
25th Percentile £300 £315 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £330 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -26.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £448 £500 £551
90th Percentile £498 £583 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 42
10th Percentile £12.75 £24.60 £10.42
25th Percentile £15.32 £30.00 £14.17
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £54.06 £200.00 £73.51
90th Percentile £62.50 - £80.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -58.10% +37.72% +45.91%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Essex

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 22 March 2026. 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
Basildon - 1 - -
Non-Functional Testing
East of England

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fiserv
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Ingenico