Non-Functional Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Non-Functional Test Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Non-Functional Test Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Non-Functional Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 559 207 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.71% 95.39% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 152 88
10th Percentile £313 £228 £355
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £478
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.66% -14.73%
75th Percentile £576 £552 £553
90th Percentile £640 £625 £629
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £460 £478
% change year-on-year - -3.66% -13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 4 26
10th Percentile £26.29 £15.69 £14.26
25th Percentile £62.50 £17.09 £20.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.61 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +231.46% -58.72% +48.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £28.47 £64.06
90th Percentile - £42.59 £70.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +400.00% -25.71% -45.31%

Non-Functional Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Non-Functional Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Non-Functional Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) NeoLoad
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk

Non-Functional Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk