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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 113 140
Rank change year-on-year -23 +27 +20
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 3 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.11% 0.59% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.66% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £400 £410
25th Percentile £556 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +16.02%
75th Percentile £569 £576 £600
90th Percentile - £624 £609
England median daily rate £482 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.42% - -10.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +45.00%

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 2,187 1,659 2,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 81.60% 88.53% 83.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 1,020 1,694
10th Percentile £275 £225 £275
25th Percentile £411 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £706 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 102 330
10th Percentile £16.56 £19.90 £14.54
25th Percentile £22.69 £47.50 £31.60
Median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.77% +20.93% -12.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - +1.21%

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
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 5 February 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
Devon +4 2 - -
Gloucestershire -8 1 £563 +40.63% 1
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) YouTube