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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 60 68
Rank change year-on-year +24 +8 -17
Contract jobs citing QA 36 13 12
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.59% 1.59% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.57% 13.54% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 9
10th Percentile £307 £166 £400
25th Percentile £335 £231 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £532 £434 £475
90th Percentile £552 £476 £518
South West median daily rate £500 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +2.56% -11.36% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile £13.46 - £31.18
25th Percentile £15.48 - £36.69
Median hourly rate £15.96 £74.00 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -78.43% +50.25% -14.24%
75th Percentile £73.75 £74.11 £62.69
90th Percentile - £74.31 £68.73
South West median hourly rate £15.96 £13.26 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.36% -73.48% -7.41%

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 175 96 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 22.29% 11.75% 15.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 38 93
10th Percentile £319 £193 £370
25th Percentile £398 £289 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £650
90th Percentile £697 £678 £738
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 23 26
10th Percentile £15.60 £67.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £17.79 - £37.56
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £66.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +4.87% +48.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £83.40
90th Percentile £69.50 £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -52.14% -4.52% +35.76%

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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 30 October 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 30 October 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 (16.67%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Simulink
1 4 (11.11%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Azure
1 4 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.78%) AWS
2 1 (2.78%) Figma
2 1 (2.78%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Selenium
2 11 (30.56%) Cypress.io
3 10 (27.78%) Postman
3 10 (27.78%) REST Assured
4 6 (16.67%) Artifactory
4 6 (16.67%) GitLab
5 4 (11.11%) Git
5 4 (11.11%) JIRA
5 4 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (11.11%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 7 (19.44%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 5 (13.89%) Law
4 5 (13.89%) Legal
4 5 (13.89%) Retail
5 4 (11.11%) Aviation
5 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Lead
1 9 (25.00%) QA Leader
2 6 (16.67%) Developer
2 6 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Senior
3 5 (13.89%) QA Officer
4 1 (2.78%) Analyst
4 1 (2.78%) iOS Developer
4 1 (2.78%) IT Manager
4 1 (2.78%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Network Design Specialist
4 1 (2.78%) Network Specialist
4 1 (2.78%) Project Manager
4 1 (2.78%) QA Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Tester
4 1 (2.78%) Senior Tester
4 1 (2.78%) Software Tester
4 1 (2.78%) Test Analyst
4 1 (2.78%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.67%) Apache NiFi
1 6 (16.67%) REST
2 4 (11.11%) AngularJS
2 4 (11.11%) JMS
2 4 (11.11%) React
2 4 (11.11%) SOAP
2 4 (11.11%) XML
2 4 (11.11%) XSD
3 1 (2.78%) JSON
3 1 (2.78%) Playwright
3 1 (2.78%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (13.89%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Android
2 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Test Automation
2 12 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 11 (30.56%) Test Strategy
4 10 (27.78%) Test Scripting
5 8 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 7 (19.44%) AI
6 7 (19.44%) Workflow
7 6 (16.67%) Agile
7 6 (16.67%) DevOps
7 6 (16.67%) User Experience
8 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.89%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 5 (13.89%) Scrum
9 4 (11.11%) Integration Testing
9 4 (11.11%) Mathematics
9 4 (11.11%) OO
9 4 (11.11%) OOP
9 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 4 (11.11%) Requirements Management
9 4 (11.11%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) PowerShell
1 7 (19.44%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) Ada
2 4 (11.11%) C
2 4 (11.11%) Fortran
2 4 (11.11%) MATLAB
2 4 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 19 (52.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.78%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Ansible
1 6 (16.67%) Terraform
2 5 (13.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 5 (13.89%) Blue Prism
3 4 (11.11%) MathWorks
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.11%) Twitter