Non-Functional Testing Contracts in the South East

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Non-Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 198 196
Rank change year-on-year +47 -2 +29
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 8 7 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.13% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.15% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 22
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £375 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £416
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -0.90% -2.06%
75th Percentile £425 £563 £512
90th Percentile £463 £658 £570
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Non-Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Non-Functional Testing in the South East

Non-Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Non-Functional Testing in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Non-Functional Testing in the South East

Non-Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Non-Functional Testing in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Non-Functional Testing in the South East

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +28 3 £400 -20.00% 4
Surrey +19 3 - -
Thames Valley +41 2 £375 -6.25% 4
Buckinghamshire - 2 £375 - 1
Non-Functional Testing
England

Non-Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JMeter
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) QA Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) QA Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior QA Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
4 1 (12.50%) Test Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Performance Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) User Stories
5 3 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
5 3 (37.50%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
6 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (25.00%) Code Quality
6 2 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Microservices
6 2 (25.00%) Security Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
6 2 (25.00%) User Experience
6 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
1 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Citrix
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft