Non-Functional Testing Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Non-Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent 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 57 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.12% - 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £49,329
75th Percentile - - £51,862
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary - - £49,329
% change year-on-year - - +19.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 563 492 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 69.42% 92.48% 77.93%
Number of salaries quoted 343 189 439
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,250 £24,700
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +31.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £44,225
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.90% -14.25%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Non-Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Non-Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Non-Functional Testing
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton - 1 - -
Non-Functional Testing
East Midlands

Non-Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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