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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 45 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing QA 40 22 19
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.04% 3.20% 2.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.73% 16.06% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 9
10th Percentile £236 £284 £259
25th Percentile £353 £313 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £335 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.78% -29.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £469 £575
90th Percentile £575 £600 £635
South West median daily rate £485 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +10.86% -16.67% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 8
10th Percentile £66.00 £13.46 £67.55
25th Percentile £66.25 £14.98 £72.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £15.96 £74.22
Median % change year-on-year +322.93% -78.50% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £75.21
90th Percentile £71.60 £76.51 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £66.25 £15.96 £12.62
% change year-on-year +315.10% +26.47% -62.88%

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 176 137 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.36% 19.91% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 73 47
10th Percentile £304 £294 £229
25th Percentile £399 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £590
90th Percentile £653 £684 £775
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 25 48
10th Percentile £24.87 £15.48 -
25th Percentile £56.88 £22.03 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.72 £74.13
South West median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £64.63
% change year-on-year -1.92% +0.58% -0.58%

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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 11 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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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.50%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Simulink
2 1 (2.50%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.50%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.50%) ResourceLink
1 1 (2.50%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) AWS
3 3 (7.50%) GCP
3 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) BGP
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) GIS
2 1 (2.50%) Looker
2 1 (2.50%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (5.00%) Postman
2 1 (2.50%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.50%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Aviation
5 1 (2.50%) Electronics
5 1 (2.50%) Local Government
5 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Lead
2 7 (17.50%) Architect
2 7 (17.50%) Test Leader
3 5 (12.50%) Consultant
3 5 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Security Consultant
4 4 (10.00%) Security Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Applications Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Data Architect
5 3 (7.50%) QA Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Firewall Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) QA Leader
6 2 (5.00%) QA Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Quality Manager
7 1 (2.50%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Playwright
2 1 (2.50%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) Node.js
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (5.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Linux
2 3 (7.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (22.50%) Test Automation
2 9 (22.50%) Test Strategy
3 8 (20.00%) Migration
4 7 (17.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (17.50%) TDD
4 7 (17.50%) Validation
5 6 (15.00%) Analytics
5 6 (15.00%) Software Engineering
5 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
6 5 (12.50%) Data Validation
6 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.50%) Security Architecture
6 5 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (10.00%) Agile
7 4 (10.00%) Cloud Security
7 4 (10.00%) Code Quality
7 4 (10.00%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) C
1 7 (17.50%) C++
1 7 (17.50%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.50%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (52.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.50%) Degree
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) GDPR
1 1 (2.50%) GRC
1 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
2 2 (5.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (7.50%) SAP
2 2 (5.00%) Adobe
2 2 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (2.50%) Ariba
3 1 (2.50%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.50%) Databricks
3 1 (2.50%) Red Hat