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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 53 63
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing QA 38 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.66% 1.85% 1.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.09% 13.08% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 11
10th Percentile £308 £164 £375
25th Percentile £345 £203 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -19.44% -
75th Percentile £535 £400 £475
90th Percentile £552 £434 £569
South West median daily rate £488 £488 £475
% change year-on-year - +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £13.46 - £31.25
25th Percentile £15.48 - £36.88
Median hourly rate £15.96 £74.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -78.43% +55.79% -17.28%
75th Percentile £73.75 £74.11 £60.75
90th Percentile - £74.31 £67.95
South West median hourly rate £15.96 £13.26 £38.75
% change year-on-year +20.36% -65.78% -22.50%

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 172 107 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 21.08% 14.17% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 44 80
10th Percentile £335 £202 £362
25th Percentile £405 £291 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £440 £569
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -22.64% +19.74%
75th Percentile £588 £567 £650
90th Percentile £668 £740 £689
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 22 23
10th Percentile £15.60 £61.63 -
25th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -19.06% +130.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.00 -
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.40 -
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -48.46% -11.34% +89.55%

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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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (15.79%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Simulink
1 4 (10.53%) Stateflow
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Azure
1 4 (10.53%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.63%) Asana
2 1 (2.63%) AWS
2 1 (2.63%) Figma
2 1 (2.63%) GCP
2 1 (2.63%) Google Ads
2 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.63%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.63%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.63%) Looker
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Selenium
2 11 (28.95%) Cypress.io
3 10 (26.32%) Postman
3 10 (26.32%) REST Assured
4 6 (15.79%) Artifactory
4 6 (15.79%) GitLab
5 5 (13.16%) JIRA
6 4 (10.53%) Git
6 4 (10.53%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (10.53%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 9 (23.68%) Public Sector
2 8 (21.05%) Finance
3 6 (15.79%) Aerospace
4 5 (13.16%) Law
4 5 (13.16%) Legal
4 5 (13.16%) Retail
4 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Aviation
6 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Lead
1 9 (23.68%) QA Leader
2 7 (18.42%) Senior
3 6 (15.79%) Developer
3 6 (15.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) QA Officer
5 2 (5.26%) Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.63%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Network Specialist
6 1 (2.63%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) QA Manager
6 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Software Tester
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Tester
6 1 (2.63%) Software Tester
6 1 (2.63%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) Apache NiFi
1 6 (15.79%) REST
2 4 (10.53%) AngularJS
2 4 (10.53%) JMS
2 4 (10.53%) React
2 4 (10.53%) SOAP
2 4 (10.53%) XML
2 4 (10.53%) XSD
3 1 (2.63%) JSON
3 1 (2.63%) Playwright
3 1 (2.63%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (13.16%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.79%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Test Automation
2 12 (31.58%) Software Testing
3 11 (28.95%) Test Strategy
4 10 (26.32%) Test Scripting
5 8 (21.05%) Agile
5 8 (21.05%) CI/CD
6 7 (18.42%) AI
6 7 (18.42%) Workflow
7 6 (15.79%) DevOps
7 6 (15.79%) Scrum
7 6 (15.79%) User Experience
8 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 4 (10.53%) Integration Testing
9 4 (10.53%) Mathematics
9 4 (10.53%) OO
9 4 (10.53%) OOP
9 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
9 4 (10.53%) Requirements Management
9 4 (10.53%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
1 7 (18.42%) Python
2 5 (13.16%) SQL
3 4 (10.53%) Ada
3 4 (10.53%) C
3 4 (10.53%) Fortran
3 4 (10.53%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (71.05%) Security Cleared
2 20 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.89%) Degree
5 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) PERC
1 1 (2.63%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Ansible
1 6 (15.79%) Terraform
2 5 (13.16%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Red Hat
2 5 (13.16%) Blue Prism
2 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.53%) MathWorks
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.63%) Facebook
4 1 (2.63%) Google