QA Contracts in Bath

Quality Assurance (QA)
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bath requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing QA 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 7.14% 5.36% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £420 - -
25th Percentile £431 £396 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £398 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% - -
75th Percentile £775 £399 -
90th Percentile - £400 -
Somerset median daily rate £600 £398 £525
% change year-on-year +50.94% -24.29% +200.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bath

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 14.29% 26.79% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 5
10th Percentile £350 £396 £221
25th Percentile £431 £399 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% +30.00% +13.21%
75th Percentile £663 £588 -
90th Percentile £775 - £383
Somerset median daily rate £600 £500 £375
% change year-on-year +20.00% +33.33% -10.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £12.00 -
Somerset median hourly rate - £12.62 £50.00
% change year-on-year - -74.76% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bath.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Bath

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bath

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Bath.

Daily rate trend for QA in Bath

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bath

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Bath over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Bath

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bath

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Bath.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Bath

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (25.00%) Prefect
1 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Science Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Django
1 1 (25.00%) Metaflow
1 1 (25.00%) NumPy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Service Design
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Case Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (25.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (50.00%) MBA
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared