QA Contracts in Bristol

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 42 44 75
Rank change year-on-year +2 +31 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 13 30 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.42% 2.84% 2.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.21% 20.00% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 23
10th Percentile £373 £283 £396
25th Percentile £463 £466 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +42.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £756 £544
90th Percentile £725 £775 £900
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £453
% change year-on-year -9.09% +21.55% -7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £75.80 £51.13 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £60.13 -
Median hourly rate £78.98 £74.44 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% - -
75th Percentile £80.97 £76.74 -
90th Percentile £82.16 £77.50 -
South West median hourly rate £78.98 £14.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +464.14% -72.00% -9.09%

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 116 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 21.60% 14.19% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 63 103
10th Percentile £235 £312 £253
25th Percentile £355 £459 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +7.84% +10.27%
75th Percentile £570 £608 £638
90th Percentile £676 £750 £788
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +7.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 33 16
10th Percentile £59.38 £35.00 £14.52
25th Percentile - - £29.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -33.33% +58.56%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £78.06
90th Percentile £76.85 £74.44 £83.75
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £64.57
% change year-on-year +44.44% -30.31% -5.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) 2G
1 3 (23.08%) 4G
1 3 (23.08%) 5G
1 3 (23.08%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (23.08%) Wireshark
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Artifactory
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Network Design Specialist
1 3 (23.08%) Network Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Manual Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) QA Manual Tester
3 1 (7.69%) QA Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (30.77%) User Experience
2 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
2 3 (23.08%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (23.08%) Network Design
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Workflow
4 1 (7.69%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (7.69%) Business Case
4 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (7.69%) Product Backlog
4 1 (7.69%) Product Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Product Vision
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) APMG
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) HNC
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Ericsson
1 3 (23.08%) Nokia
2 1 (7.69%) Red Hat