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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 54
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +18
Contract jobs citing QA 38 13 25
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.57% 2.36% 2.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.27% 12.75% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 14
10th Percentile £412 £217 £425
25th Percentile £450 £313 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £400 £750
Median % change year-on-year +29.38% -46.67% +64.84%
75th Percentile £543 - £769
90th Percentile £554 £453 £775
South West median daily rate £538 £475 £569
% change year-on-year +13.16% -16.48% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £66.25 £74.50 £33.13
25th Percentile £68.13 £74.58 £41.56
Median hourly rate £72.50 £74.72 £60.97
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% +22.55% -21.33%
75th Percentile £78.38 £74.86 £75.21
90th Percentile £81.15 £74.94 £76.58
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £43.85 £14.00
% change year-on-year +48.23% +213.21% -72.00%

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 208 102 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 19.57% 18.55% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 41 67
10th Percentile £345 £200 £409
25th Percentile £413 £306 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -6.82% +19.24%
75th Percentile £573 £638 £623
90th Percentile £640 £680 £750
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -1.90% -3.67% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 25 27
10th Percentile £17.69 £59.00 £41.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +44.44% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £77.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.78 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +44.44% -27.42%

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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 2 March 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 2 March 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (18.42%) Apache
2 2 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.63%) Simulink
2 1 (2.63%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) AWS
2 4 (10.53%) Azure
3 2 (5.26%) Asana
3 2 (5.26%) GCP
3 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.63%) Figma
4 1 (2.63%) Google Ads
4 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.63%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Looker
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) BigQuery
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 7 (18.42%) Artifactory
4 7 (18.42%) GitLab
5 2 (5.26%) JIRA
6 1 (2.63%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.63%) Mockito
6 1 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (2.63%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 5 (13.16%) Finance
1 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Aviation
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Lead
2 9 (23.68%) QA Leader
3 8 (21.05%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Senior
5 4 (10.53%) Architect
5 4 (10.53%) Data Architect
6 3 (7.89%) QA Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Developer
7 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow Manager
7 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow Project Manager
8 1 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) iOS Developer
8 1 (2.63%) Network Design Specialist
8 1 (2.63%) Senior DevOps
8 1 (2.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Senior Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.42%) Apache NiFi
1 7 (18.42%) REST
2 1 (2.63%) JSON
2 1 (2.63%) Playwright
2 1 (2.63%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.42%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Test Automation
1 13 (34.21%) Test Strategy
2 11 (28.95%) Software Testing
3 10 (26.32%) CI/CD
3 10 (26.32%) Test Scripting
4 8 (21.05%) DevOps
4 8 (21.05%) User Experience
4 8 (21.05%) Workflow
5 7 (18.42%) Agile
5 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (18.42%) Migration
6 6 (15.79%) AI
6 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (13.16%) Data Validation
7 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
7 5 (13.16%) Validation
8 4 (10.53%) Data Architecture
8 4 (10.53%) Data Mapping
8 4 (10.53%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
1 7 (18.42%) Python
2 1 (2.63%) Ada
2 1 (2.63%) C
2 1 (2.63%) Fortran
2 1 (2.63%) Java
2 1 (2.63%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.63%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (71.05%) Security Cleared
2 20 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (15.79%) Degree
3 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) PERC
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) Kubernetes
1 8 (21.05%) Terraform
2 7 (18.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Red Hat
2 2 (5.26%) Adobe
2 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.63%) Facebook
3 1 (2.63%) Google
3 1 (2.63%) MathWorks