Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £460 £405 £475
% change year-on-year +13.58% -14.74% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.38 - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 - £80.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 238 129 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 75.56% 78.18% 73.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 80 88
10th Percentile £135 £142 £144
25th Percentile £260 £208 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £410
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% -16.33%
75th Percentile £534 £545 £513
90th Percentile £656 £651 £608
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 25
10th Percentile £16.54 - -
25th Percentile £22.32 £12.21 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £22.11
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -21.12% +26.34%
75th Percentile - - £36.25
90th Percentile £29.10 £22.82 £38.87
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £31.88 £28.00
% change year-on-year +72.52% +13.86% -8.32%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Liverpool - 1 - -
Non-Functional Testing
North West

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility