QA Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Quality Assurance (QA)
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -
Contract jobs citing QA 15 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 11.54% 1.09% 3.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 65.22% 14.29% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 4
10th Percentile - - £276
25th Percentile £563 - £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £520
75th Percentile £650 - £524
90th Percentile - - £532
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.00 £40.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year +100.73% +61.41% +4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 23 7 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 17.69% 7.61% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 15
10th Percentile £359 £195 £90
25th Percentile £563 £276 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £520
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -18.27% -12.42%
75th Percentile £650 £444 £763
90th Percentile - £448 £950
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £480
% change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +3.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £25.37
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate - - £51.06
Median % change year-on-year - - +155.28%
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - £68.20
Berkshire median hourly rate £50.50 £61.60 £58.03
% change year-on-year -18.02% +6.15% +176.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

QA job vacancy trend in Bracknell

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Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing QA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) Confluence
1 9 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (53.33%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Automotive
3 4 (26.67%) Retail
4 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Agriculture
6 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce Manager
2 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Applications Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Applications Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Release Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Release Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Software Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Software Release Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Strategy Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Test Strategy Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Web Applications Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) JWT
1 2 (13.33%) OAuth
1 2 (13.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.67%) IoT
3 1 (6.67%) PMI
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Agile
2 11 (73.33%) PRINCE2
2 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (73.33%) Project Management
3 10 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (53.33%) CRM
5 6 (40.00%) Decision-Making
6 5 (33.33%) SDLC
7 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
8 3 (20.00%) Conflict Management
8 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
8 3 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
8 3 (20.00%) Test Management
8 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
8 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 2 (13.33%) Scenario Testing
9 2 (13.33%) Secure Coding
9 2 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) PMP
2 9 (60.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce