Non-Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 99 134
Rank change year-on-year -36 +35 +2
Contract jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 7 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £418 - £455
25th Percentile £420 - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £375 £650
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -42.31% +62.50%
75th Percentile £509 £425 £678
90th Percentile £514 £455 £695
South East median daily rate £475 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +18.75% -30.43% +38.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,436 1,353 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.20% 92.86% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,600 838 1,260
10th Percentile £303 £300 £213
25th Percentile £403 £401 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +3.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 63 168
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £14.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +224.06% -44.11% -13.63%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £62.55
90th Percentile £103.75 £76.85 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Non-Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Non-Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Buckinghamshire -42 5 £490 +30.67% 2
Berkshire - 2 £433 - 1
Non-Functional Testing
South East

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Test Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Tester
3 1 (14.29%) QA Manager
3 1 (14.29%) QA Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Test Management
2 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 5 (71.43%) Defect Management
2 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (14.29%) API Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 6 (85.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle