Non-Functional Testing Job Trends in Cheshire

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.061% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,500
75th Percentile - - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £57,241 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.48% +11.11% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,247 371 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 76.46% 88.12% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 565 209 831
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,400 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £77,500 £78,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Non-Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Non-Functional Testing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 1 - -
Non-Functional Testing
North West

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java