diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.cpp
index 7377736463c46f..6cc99030920ada 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ std::string getDeviceNameID(const std::string& str) {
     return parser.get_device_id();
 }
 
+std::string getTestPlatform() {
+    return ov::intel_npu::Platform::standardize(NpuTestEnvConfig::getInstance().IE_NPU_TESTS_PLATFORM);
+}
+
 }  // namespace ov::test::utils
 
 namespace InferRequestParamsAnyMapTestName {
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.hpp
index 44aa11bccc2b82..c7801860b50ea6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/common/npu_test_env_cfg.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ std::string getTestsPlatformFromEnvironmentOr(const std::string& instead);
 std::string getDeviceNameTestCase(const std::string& str);
 std::string getDeviceName();
 std::string getDeviceNameID(const std::string& str);
+std::string getTestPlatform();
 
 }  // namespace ov::test::utils
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp
index 1ec03e527f6072..541e342e253bfc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/tests/functional/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@
 #include "intel_npu/npu_private_properties.hpp"
 #include "openvino/util/xml_parse_utils.hpp"
 
+using namespace ov::test::utils;
+using namespace ov::util::pugixml;
+
 class BackendName {
 public:
     BackendName() {
-        const auto corePtr = ov::test::utils::PluginCache::get().core();
+        const auto corePtr = PluginCache::get().core();
         if (corePtr != nullptr) {
             _name = getBackendName(*corePtr);
         } else {
@@ -32,14 +35,6 @@ class BackendName {
         return _name;
     }
 
-    bool isEmpty() const noexcept {
-        return _name.empty();
-    }
-
-    bool isZero() const {
-        return _name == "LEVEL0";
-    }
-
 private:
     std::string _name;
     intel_npu::Logger _log = intel_npu::Logger("BackendName", ov::log::Level::INFO);
@@ -48,26 +43,37 @@ class BackendName {
 class AvailableDevices {
 public:
     AvailableDevices() {
-        const auto corePtr = ov::test::utils::PluginCache::get().core();
+        const auto corePtr = PluginCache::get().core();
         if (corePtr != nullptr) {
-            _availableDevices = ::getAvailableDevices(*corePtr);
+            _availableDevices.push_back(getTestPlatform());
+
+            if (_availableDevices.empty()) {
+                auto deviceName = getDeviceName();
+                if (!deviceName.empty()) {
+                    _availableDevices.push_back(getDeviceNameID(deviceName));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (_availableDevices.empty()) {
+                _availableDevices = ::getAvailableDevices(*corePtr);
+            }
         } else {
             _log.error("Failed to get OpenVINO Core from cache!");
         }
 
         // Private device names may be registered via environment variables
         const std::string environmentDevice =
-            ov::test::utils::getTestsPlatformFromEnvironmentOr(ov::intel_npu::Platform::AUTO_DETECT.data());
+            getTestsPlatformFromEnvironmentOr(ov::intel_npu::Platform::AUTO_DETECT.data());
         const std::string standardizedEnvironmentDevice = ov::intel_npu::Platform::standardize(environmentDevice);
 
         if (std::all_of(_availableDevices.begin(), _availableDevices.end(), [&](const std::string& deviceName) {
                 return deviceName.find(standardizedEnvironmentDevice) == std::string::npos;
             })) {
-            _availableDevices.push_back(standardizedEnvironmentDevice);
+            _availableDevices.push_back(getDeviceNameID(standardizedEnvironmentDevice));
         }
 
         auto driverVersionPropetry =
-            corePtr->get_property(ov::test::utils::DEVICE_NPU, ov::intel_npu::driver_version.name());
+            corePtr->get_property(DEVICE_NPU, ov::intel_npu::driver_version.name());
         _driverVersion = driverVersionPropetry.as<std::string>();
 
     }
@@ -76,20 +82,10 @@ class AvailableDevices {
         return _availableDevices;
     }
 
-    auto count() const {
-        return _availableDevices.size();
-    }
-
     const std::string& getDriverVersion() const {
         return _driverVersion;
     }
 
-    bool has3720() const {
-        return std::any_of(_availableDevices.begin(), _availableDevices.end(), [](const std::string& deviceName) {
-            return deviceName.find("3720") != std::string::npos;
-        });
-    }
-
 private:
     std::vector<std::string> _availableDevices;
     std::string _driverVersion;
@@ -110,14 +106,6 @@ class CurrentOS {
         return _name;
     }
 
-    bool isLinux() const {
-        return _name == "linux";
-    }
-
-    bool isWindows() const {
-        return _name == "windows";
-    }
-
 private:
     std::string _name;
 };
@@ -255,10 +243,10 @@ std::vector<std::string> disabledTestPatterns() {
         const CurrentOS currentOS;
 
         try {
-            const auto& filePath = ov::test::utils::NpuTestEnvConfig::getInstance().OV_NPU_TESTS_SKIP_CONFIG_FILE;
+            const auto& filePath = NpuTestEnvConfig::getInstance().OV_NPU_TESTS_SKIP_CONFIG_FILE;
             _log.info("Using %s as skip config", filePath.c_str());
 
-            auto xmlResult = ov::util::pugixml::parse_xml(filePath.c_str());
+            auto xmlResult = parse_xml(filePath.c_str());
             // Error returned from pugixml, fallback to legacy skips
             if (!xmlResult.error_msg.empty()) {
                 _log.error(xmlResult.error_msg.c_str());