Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in the South West

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 110 128
Rank change year-on-year -38 +18 +23
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 8 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.22% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.40% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 13
10th Percentile - - £566
25th Percentile £463 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £590
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -19.49% +0.85%
75th Percentile £675 £513 £600
90th Percentile £780 £558 -
England median daily rate £475 £490 £510
% change year-on-year -3.06% -3.92% -7.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,870 1,729 2,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.50% 90.10% 83.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,629 993 1,396
10th Percentile £325 £218 £263
25th Percentile £425 £363 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.89%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £630
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 224 233
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.89 £13.97
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.25 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.51% -62.74% +5.23%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in the South West

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Non-Functional Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Non-Functional Testing in the South West

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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
Wiltshire -8 7 £500 -4.76% 2
Bristol -21 1 £650 +36.84% 8
Non-Functional Testing
England

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (50.00%) Postman
1 4 (50.00%) REST Assured
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Salesforce Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) QA Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Playwright
1 4 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
4 4 (50.00%) API Testing
4 4 (50.00%) BDD
4 4 (50.00%) Coaching
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (50.00%) DevOps
4 4 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Functional Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (50.00%) TDD
4 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) Apex Code
2 4 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Conga
1 4 (50.00%) GoCardless
1 4 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Pure Storage
2 1 (12.50%) VMware