Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Reading

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.37% - 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% - 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £85 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £230 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 893 502 1,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.54% 92.79% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 313 539
10th Percentile £316 £330 £243
25th Percentile £435 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £513
% change year-on-year -0.70% -1.76% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 11 55
10th Percentile £38.98 £14.75 £15.70
25th Percentile £80.75 £17.56 £52.21
Median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £61.06
Median % change year-on-year +125.32% -38.95% -7.48%
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.88 £80.69
90th Percentile £107.00 £68.75 £87.52
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.58 £56.25 £60.46
% change year-on-year +48.58% -6.96% +1.82%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Reading

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JMeter
1 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (50.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Epics
2 2 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
2 2 (50.00%) Volume Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) AppDynamics
1 2 (50.00%) Dynatrace