Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Non-Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Non-Functional Testing over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 598 605
Rank change year-on-year -162 +7 -58
Permanent jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 147 402 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.40% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.42% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 124 238 458
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,374 £46,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,665 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,741 £72,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,125 £86,250 £90,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Non-Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%

Non-Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Non-Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Non-Functional Testing in the UK

Non-Functional Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Non-Functional Testing.

Salary trend for Non-Functional Testing in the UK

Non-Functional Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Non-Functional Testing over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Non-Functional Testing in the UK

Non-Functional Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
England -148 122 £52,500 -8.70% 34
UK excluding London -80 87 £47,500 -9.52% 24
Work from Home -47 70 £50,000 -13.04% 23
London -54 44 £63,112 -2.90% 17
Midlands +1 33 £49,329 +9.62% 4
West Midlands +31 28 £47,500 +5.56% 4
South East -32 20 £47,500 -13.64% 8
North of England +19 17 £50,000 - 4
North West +7 11 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Wales +11 9 £45,000 -6.25%
Yorkshire +58 5 £50,000 -6.98%
East Midlands -28 5 £49,329 +19.59%
South West -25 4 £57,500 +27.25% 2
Scotland -77 3 £47,500 -20.83% 2
North East -9 1 £57,965 +8.85%
East of England -9 1 - - 3

Non-Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.72%) OpenZeppelin
2 3 (2.04%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.68%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) BASE24
2 3 (2.04%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 56 (38.10%) Azure
2 32 (21.77%) AWS
3 22 (14.97%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (12.24%) GitHub
5 14 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (9.52%) PaaS
5 14 (9.52%) SaaS
6 8 (5.44%) IaaS
7 4 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.04%) Contentful
8 3 (2.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.36%) GCP
9 2 (1.36%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.68%) Firebase
10 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.72%) IPFS
1 4 (2.72%) Wireless
2 2 (1.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.93%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.40%) DynamoDB
3 5 (3.40%) Redis
4 4 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.72%) InfluxDB
4 4 (2.72%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.72%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (2.72%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.04%) Big Data
6 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.68%) MySQL
6 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (17.01%) Postman
1 25 (17.01%) Selenium
2 18 (12.24%) JMeter
3 15 (10.20%) Cucumber
3 15 (10.20%) WebDriver
4 14 (9.52%) JIRA
5 13 (8.84%) LoadRunner
6 12 (8.16%) SoapUI
7 11 (7.48%) NUnit
7 11 (7.48%) Visual Studio
8 9 (6.12%) GitLab
9 8 (5.44%) Cypress.io
9 8 (5.44%) SonarQube
10 5 (3.40%) Gatling
10 5 (3.40%) Git
10 5 (3.40%) Jenkins
10 5 (3.40%) MSTest
11 4 (2.72%) Appium
11 4 (2.72%) Hardhat
11 4 (2.72%) NeoLoad
General
1 25 (17.01%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (14.29%) Finance
3 21 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 16 (10.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.80%) Police
6 7 (4.76%) Banking
7 4 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.72%) Law
7 4 (2.72%) Marketing
7 4 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.72%) Retail
7 4 (2.72%) Welsh Language
8 3 (2.04%) Legal
9 2 (1.36%) Electronics
9 2 (1.36%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.36%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.36%) Wearables
10 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 34 (23.13%) Senior
2 32 (21.77%) Test Engineer
3 29 (19.73%) Analyst
4 27 (18.37%) Test Analyst
5 24 (16.33%) Tester
6 18 (12.24%) Senior Test Engineer
7 14 (9.52%) Lead
8 10 (6.80%) QA Engineer
9 9 (6.12%) Developer
9 9 (6.12%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (4.76%) Performance Tester
10 7 (4.76%) QA Tester
10 7 (4.76%) Senior Test Analyst
10 7 (4.76%) Test Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.76%) Test Manager
11 5 (3.40%) Agile Tester
11 5 (3.40%) QA Leader
11 5 (3.40%) Senior Developer
12 4 (2.72%) Administrator
12 4 (2.72%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.65%) .NET
2 20 (13.61%) XML
3 17 (11.56%) JSON
4 14 (9.52%) .NET Core
4 14 (9.52%) Web Services
5 13 (8.84%) Node.js
6 10 (6.80%) REST
7 9 (6.12%) SOAP
8 8 (5.44%) ARM Templates
8 8 (5.44%) Azure Blueprints
8 8 (5.44%) Spring
8 8 (5.44%) Spring Boot
9 7 (4.76%) ASP.NET
10 6 (4.08%) React
10 6 (4.08%) WebdriverIO
11 4 (2.72%) ERC20
11 4 (2.72%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 4 (2.72%) Smart Contracts
11 4 (2.72%) Truffle
11 4 (2.72%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.56%) Management Information System
1 17 (11.56%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.40%) FMCG
4 5 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.72%) Blockchain
5 4 (2.72%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.72%) NFT
5 4 (2.72%) Replication
5 4 (2.72%) Web3
6 3 (2.04%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.04%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.36%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.36%) IoT
8 1 (0.68%) Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.68%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.08%) Windows
2 5 (3.40%) Unix
3 2 (1.36%) Android
3 2 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 86 (58.50%) Agile
3 74 (50.34%) Functional Testing
4 62 (42.18%) Software Testing
5 53 (36.05%) DevOps
6 47 (31.97%) Test Strategy
7 37 (25.17%) CI/CD
8 31 (21.09%) Software Engineering
8 31 (21.09%) Test Scripting
8 31 (21.09%) User Acceptance Testing
9 29 (19.73%) Performance Testing
10 26 (17.69%) Regression Testing
11 25 (17.01%) Mentoring
11 25 (17.01%) SDLC
12 24 (16.33%) BDD
13 23 (15.65%) API Testing
13 23 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (14.29%) Scrum
15 20 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (13.61%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.81%) C#
2 34 (23.13%) SQL
3 22 (14.97%) Java
4 20 (13.61%) JavaScript
5 17 (11.56%) Python
6 7 (4.76%) C
6 7 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.40%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.72%) Rust
8 4 (2.72%) Solidity
8 4 (2.72%) VB
9 3 (2.04%) Scala
10 2 (1.36%) C++
11 1 (0.68%) Groovy
11 1 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (12.93%) ISTQB
1 19 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (8.84%) Degree
4 10 (6.80%) ISEB
5 5 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.72%) GIAC
7 2 (1.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.36%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.68%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (35.37%) QA
2 25 (17.01%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.44%) NCSC
4 2 (1.36%) GDPR
4 2 (1.36%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.36%) IEC 62304
4 2 (1.36%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 20 (13.61%) Docker
2 2 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (1.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.80%) Grafana
3 8 (5.44%) Ansible
3 8 (5.44%) Terraform
4 5 (3.40%) Kibana
5 1 (0.68%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (0.68%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.52%) Oracle
3 7 (4.76%) Splunk
4 6 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.40%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.40%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.72%) Foundry
6 4 (2.72%) HP
7 3 (2.04%) Databricks
7 3 (2.04%) Micro Focus
7 3 (2.04%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.36%) AppDynamics
8 2 (1.36%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.36%) iManage
8 2 (1.36%) Intapp
9 1 (0.68%) Citrix
9 1 (0.68%) Google
9 1 (0.68%) New Relic