QA Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 43 57
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 45 22 16
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.32% 3.18% 1.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.73% 15.60% 16.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 11 8
10th Percentile £189 £300 £166
25th Percentile £315 £310 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £335 £411
Median % change year-on-year +42.84% -18.54% -8.61%
75th Percentile £538 £469 £509
90th Percentile £621 £575 £583
South West median daily rate £495 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +13.14% -16.67% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 6
10th Percentile £19.23 £13.46 £64.25
25th Percentile £66.25 £15.48 £72.88
Median hourly rate £68.75 £15.96 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year +330.76% -78.43% +8.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £74.33
90th Percentile - £75.59 £75.97
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £15.96 £13.26
% change year-on-year +322.93% +20.36% -73.48%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 182 141 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.41% 20.41% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 77 41
10th Percentile £255 £297 £213
25th Percentile £399 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -13.51% -13.95%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £590
90th Percentile £675 £695 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 27 33
10th Percentile £20.39 £15.48 £39.20
25th Percentile £51.92 £22.77 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.73 £74.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +5.77%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

QA job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing QA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing QA

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in Bristol

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Simulink
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.22%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.22%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.22%) ResourceLink
1 1 (2.22%) SAP EHS
1 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) AWS
1 5 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.44%) GCP
3 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
3 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) BGP
1 2 (4.44%) Firewall
1 2 (4.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Power BI
2 2 (4.44%) GIS
2 2 (4.44%) Spatial Data
3 1 (2.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Cucumber
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
1 2 (4.44%) Postman
1 2 (4.44%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.44%) Aviation
5 2 (4.44%) Local Government
5 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.22%) Electronics
6 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Lead
2 7 (15.56%) Test Leader
3 6 (13.33%) Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Security Consultant
5 4 (8.89%) Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Architect
5 4 (8.89%) Security Architect
5 4 (8.89%) Senior
6 3 (6.67%) Applications Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Installations Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) QA Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) QA Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Performance Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Quality Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) Terraform
2 2 (4.44%) HTML
2 2 (4.44%) Playwright
3 1 (2.22%) Node.js
3 1 (2.22%) RESTful
3 1 (2.22%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (4.44%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.44%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.56%) Linux
2 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Test Automation
1 10 (22.22%) Test Strategy
2 8 (17.78%) CI/CD
2 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.78%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (15.56%) Decision-Making
3 7 (15.56%) TDD
4 6 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 6 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (13.33%) Validation
5 5 (11.11%) Agile
5 5 (11.11%) Analytics
5 5 (11.11%) Coaching
5 5 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
5 5 (11.11%) Migration
5 5 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) C
1 9 (20.00%) C++
2 7 (15.56%) MATLAB
3 4 (8.89%) Python
4 3 (6.67%) SQL
5 2 (4.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 21 (46.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) GRC
2 1 (2.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.89%) SAP
2 2 (4.44%) IBM
2 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.44%) Zscaler
3 1 (2.22%) Ariba
3 1 (2.22%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.22%) BT
3 1 (2.22%) Databricks