Non-Functional Testing Job Trends in Bristol

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 121 121
Rank change year-on-year +35 0 +42
Permanent jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.083% 0.048% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.060% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £42,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £70,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -11.66% +41.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £77,188
90th Percentile - - £78,750
South West median annual salary £76,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +38.64% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Non-Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 911 1,659 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 75.98% 79.15% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 667 977 1,319
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,451
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.92% +8.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Bristol

Non-Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Non-Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Non-Functional Testing

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA