Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

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

 6 months to
5 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -33 - -
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.42% 1.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £491 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.07% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £514 £375 -
% change year-on-year +37.07% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 558 156 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 77.61% 92.86% 85.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 121 245
10th Percentile £313 £286 £277
25th Percentile £415 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £593 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 20
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.68 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.80 £14.69 £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.25 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -25.69% +68.84%
75th Percentile £18.32 £28.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £43.78 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £14.20 £25.00
% change year-on-year +15.14% -43.20% +81.82%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Tester
2 1 (33.33%) QA Manager
2 1 (33.33%) QA Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
Non-Functional Testing jobs