Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £400 £538
% change year-on-year +18.75% -25.58% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 225 143 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.43% 74.87% 92.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 85 90
10th Percentile £361 £369 £400
25th Percentile £461 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £675
90th Percentile £686 £646 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £583
% change year-on-year +1.85% -7.38% +11.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 27 85
10th Percentile £15.72 £25.15 £51.06
25th Percentile £48.00 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £61.50 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +15.85% -28.51% +4.27%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance