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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 614 606
Rank change year-on-year -152 -8 -57
Permanent jobs citing Non-Functional Testing 145 387 850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.39% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.41% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 122 231 467
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,166 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,665 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,741 £72,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,625 £86,250 £90,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% -

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 85,989 93,723 157,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.40% 95.55% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 60,364 55,437 82,675
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +9.38%

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 26 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 26 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 -152 120 £54,169 -5.79% 37
UK excluding London -85 85 £47,500 -7.32% 27
Work from Home -56 69 £50,000 -13.04% 29
London -32 44 £65,000 - 22
Midlands -9 33 £49,329 +9.62% 3
West Midlands +31 28 £55,232 +22.74% 3
South East -22 20 £47,500 -13.64% 13
North of England +12 17 £50,000 +5.26% 4
North West +11 11 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Wales +16 9 £45,000 +2.27%
Yorkshire +50 5 £50,000 +11.11% 1
East Midlands -35 5 £49,329 +19.59%
Scotland -64 3 £47,500 -20.83% 1
South West -32 2 £50,924 +12.70% 3
East of England +3 1 - - 2
North East -10 1 £57,965 +15.93%

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 (2.76%) OpenZeppelin
2 3 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.38%) Confluence
3 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.76%) BASE24
2 3 (2.07%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 57 (39.31%) Azure
2 32 (22.07%) AWS
3 23 (15.86%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (13.10%) GitHub
5 15 (10.34%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (10.34%) PaaS
6 14 (9.66%) SaaS
7 9 (6.21%) IaaS
8 4 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.07%) Contentful
9 3 (2.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (1.38%) GCP
10 2 (1.38%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.69%) Firebase
11 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.76%) IPFS
1 4 (2.76%) Wireless
2 2 (1.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.10%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.21%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.45%) DynamoDB
3 5 (3.45%) Redis
4 4 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.76%) InfluxDB
4 4 (2.76%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.76%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (2.76%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.07%) Big Data
6 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.69%) MySQL
6 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (17.24%) Postman
2 23 (15.86%) Selenium
3 18 (12.41%) JMeter
4 15 (10.34%) JIRA
4 15 (10.34%) WebDriver
5 13 (8.97%) Cucumber
5 13 (8.97%) LoadRunner
6 12 (8.28%) SoapUI
7 11 (7.59%) NUnit
7 11 (7.59%) Visual Studio
8 9 (6.21%) GitLab
8 9 (6.21%) SonarQube
9 5 (3.45%) Cypress.io
9 5 (3.45%) Gatling
9 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
9 5 (3.45%) MSTest
10 4 (2.76%) Appium
10 4 (2.76%) Git
10 4 (2.76%) Hardhat
10 4 (2.76%) NeoLoad
General
1 25 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.86%) Public Sector
3 21 (14.48%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.10%) Finance
5 15 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.90%) Police
7 7 (4.83%) Banking
8 4 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.76%) Law
8 4 (2.76%) Marketing
8 4 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.76%) Retail
8 4 (2.76%) Welsh Language
9 3 (2.07%) Legal
10 2 (1.38%) Electronics
10 2 (1.38%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.38%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.38%) Wearables
11 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 35 (24.14%) Senior
2 31 (21.38%) Test Engineer
3 29 (20.00%) Analyst
4 27 (18.62%) Test Analyst
5 23 (15.86%) Tester
6 18 (12.41%) Senior Test Engineer
7 14 (9.66%) Lead
8 9 (6.21%) Developer
8 9 (6.21%) QA Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (4.83%) Performance Tester
9 7 (4.83%) QA Tester
9 7 (4.83%) Senior Test Analyst
9 7 (4.83%) Test Manager
10 6 (4.14%) Test Automation Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Agile Tester
11 5 (3.45%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.45%) Test Leader
12 4 (2.76%) Administrator
12 4 (2.76%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.86%) .NET
2 20 (13.79%) XML
3 17 (11.72%) JSON
4 14 (9.66%) .NET Core
5 13 (8.97%) Node.js
5 13 (8.97%) Web Services
6 9 (6.21%) ARM Templates
6 9 (6.21%) Azure Blueprints
6 9 (6.21%) REST
6 9 (6.21%) SOAP
7 7 (4.83%) ASP.NET
7 7 (4.83%) Spring
7 7 (4.83%) Spring Boot
8 6 (4.14%) React
8 6 (4.14%) WebdriverIO
9 4 (2.76%) ERC20
9 4 (2.76%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 4 (2.76%) Smart Contracts
9 4 (2.76%) Truffle
9 4 (2.76%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.41%) Management Information System
1 18 (12.41%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.45%) FMCG
4 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.76%) Blockchain
5 4 (2.76%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.76%) NFT
5 4 (2.76%) Replication
5 4 (2.76%) Web3
6 3 (2.07%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.07%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.38%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.38%) IoT
7 2 (1.38%) PMI
8 1 (0.69%) Clustering
8 1 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.14%) Windows
2 5 (3.45%) Unix
3 2 (1.38%) Android
3 2 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (65.52%) Test Automation
2 83 (57.24%) Agile
3 74 (51.03%) Functional Testing
4 60 (41.38%) Software Testing
5 53 (36.55%) DevOps
6 47 (32.41%) Test Strategy
7 35 (24.14%) CI/CD
8 32 (22.07%) Software Engineering
9 31 (21.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 30 (20.69%) Test Scripting
11 29 (20.00%) Performance Testing
12 26 (17.93%) Mentoring
12 26 (17.93%) Regression Testing
13 24 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (16.55%) SDLC
14 22 (15.17%) API Testing
14 22 (15.17%) BDD
15 20 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (13.79%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (13.79%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.45%) SQL
2 33 (22.76%) C#
3 20 (13.79%) Java
4 19 (13.10%) JavaScript
5 16 (11.03%) Python
6 7 (4.83%) C
7 6 (4.14%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.45%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.76%) Rust
9 4 (2.76%) Solidity
9 4 (2.76%) VB
10 3 (2.07%) Scala
11 2 (1.38%) C++
12 1 (0.69%) Groovy
12 1 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 19 (13.10%) ISTQB
3 17 (11.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (9.66%) Degree
5 9 (6.21%) ISEB
6 5 (3.45%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.76%) GIAC
8 2 (1.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.38%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.69%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (34.48%) QA
2 24 (16.55%) Accessibility
3 9 (6.21%) NCSC
4 2 (1.38%) GDPR
4 2 (1.38%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.38%) IEC 62304
4 2 (1.38%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 20 (13.79%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (1.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.90%) Grafana
3 9 (6.21%) Ansible
3 9 (6.21%) Terraform
4 5 (3.45%) Kibana
5 1 (0.69%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (0.69%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.66%) Oracle
3 7 (4.83%) Splunk
4 6 (4.14%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.45%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.76%) Foundry
6 4 (2.76%) HP
7 3 (2.07%) Databricks
7 3 (2.07%) Micro Focus
7 3 (2.07%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.38%) AppDynamics
8 2 (1.38%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.38%) iManage
8 2 (1.38%) Intapp
9 1 (0.69%) Citrix
9 1 (0.69%) Google
9 1 (0.69%) New Relic