Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.42% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
North West median daily rate £460 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% -15.79% +16.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 192 117 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 81.36% 84.17% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 65 97
10th Percentile £162 £305 £335
25th Percentile £346 £488 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £654 £575 £717
90th Percentile £700 £615 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 46
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.05 £12.75
25th Percentile £41.94 £30.40 £45.22
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +13.81%
75th Percentile £60.61 £51.00 £47.55
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.46% +5.03% -20.00%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Blackpool - 1 £650 -
Non-Functional Testing
North West

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility