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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 52 55
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing QA 38 13 25
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.87% 2.15% 2.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.21% 11.11% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 14
10th Percentile £236 £373 £369
25th Percentile £370 £463 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £750
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -33.33% +57.89%
75th Percentile £533 £575 £769
90th Percentile £575 £725 £775
South West median daily rate £486 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.75% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 6
10th Percentile £66.00 - £64.25
25th Percentile £66.25 £13.46 £72.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £44.30 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -40.49% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £76.99 £76.74
90th Percentile £71.60 £80.57 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £66.25 £60.00 £12.62
% change year-on-year +10.42% +375.34% -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 188 117 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.19% 19.37% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 54 63
10th Percentile £322 £235 £305
25th Percentile £400 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -23.81% +1.20%
75th Percentile £613 £571 £590
90th Percentile £669 £646 £770
South West median daily rate £523 £516 £525
% change year-on-year +1.21% -1.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 26 48
10th Percentile £41.25 £19.91 £42.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £31.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.25 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.85 £74.13
South West median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% +44.44% -30.77%

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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 14 June 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 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.63%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Simulink
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) AWS
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) GCP
3 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.63%) Asana
4 1 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) BGP
1 1 (2.63%) Firewall
1 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.63%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) GitLab
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Mockito
2 1 (2.63%) Postman
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Aviation
3 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.63%) Electronics
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Lead
2 8 (21.05%) Architect
3 7 (18.42%) Test Leader
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Data Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Quality Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Security Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Security Consultant
5 3 (7.89%) Applications Architect
6 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (5.26%) Developer
6 2 (5.26%) QA Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) QA Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Quality Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Senior
7 1 (2.63%) Automation Test Lead
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Consultant
7 1 (2.63%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (2.63%) Node.js
1 1 (2.63%) Playwright
1 1 (2.63%) REST
1 1 (2.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.42%) Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) CI/CD
2 8 (21.05%) Migration
2 8 (21.05%) Test Automation
2 8 (21.05%) Test Strategy
3 7 (18.42%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (18.42%) TDD
4 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.79%) Software Engineering
4 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (15.79%) Validation
5 5 (13.16%) Agile
5 5 (13.16%) Analytics
5 5 (13.16%) Cyber Resilience
5 5 (13.16%) Data Validation
5 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.16%) Security Architecture
6 4 (10.53%) Architecture Governance
6 4 (10.53%) Cloud Security
6 4 (10.53%) Code Quality
6 4 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) C
1 7 (18.42%) C++
1 7 (18.42%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.53%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.63%) Java
4 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (63.16%) Security Cleared
2 23 (60.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.89%) Degree
5 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GRC
1 1 (2.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Terraform
2 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.63%) Ansible
3 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) SAP
2 2 (5.26%) Adobe
3 1 (2.63%) Ariba
3 1 (2.63%) Databricks
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.63%) Zscaler