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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 48 58
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing QA 42 23 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.10% 3.30% 1.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.58% 16.43% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 10 7
10th Percentile £248 £284 £231
25th Percentile £345 £318 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £355 £463
Median % change year-on-year +37.46% -23.24% +2.78%
75th Percentile £544 £484 £531
90th Percentile £610 £600 £585
South West median daily rate £495 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +13.14% -16.67% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £19.23 £13.46 £67.55
25th Percentile £66.25 £15.48 £72.50
Median hourly rate £68.75 £15.96 £74.22
Median % change year-on-year +330.76% -78.50% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £75.21
90th Percentile - £75.59 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £15.96 £13.26
% change year-on-year +322.93% +20.36% -61.00%

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 186 140 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.73% 20.06% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 74 41
10th Percentile £310 £295 £225
25th Percentile £399 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +20.38% -13.51% -15.91%
75th Percentile £603 £575 £590
90th Percentile £670 £684 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 43
10th Percentile £20.86 £15.48 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £22.77 £50.50
Median hourly rate £66.25 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.73 £74.35
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +3.85%

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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 20 August 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 20 August 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 2 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Simulink
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.38%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) ResourceLink
1 1 (2.38%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) AWS
3 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.76%) GCP
4 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) BGP
1 2 (4.76%) Firewall
1 2 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) GIS
2 2 (4.76%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Cucumber
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
1 2 (4.76%) Postman
1 2 (4.76%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Aviation
3 2 (4.76%) Local Government
3 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.38%) Electronics
4 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Lead
2 7 (16.67%) Test Leader
3 5 (11.90%) Consultant
3 5 (11.90%) Quality Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Security Consultant
4 4 (9.52%) Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Architect
4 4 (9.52%) Security Architect
4 4 (9.52%) Senior
5 3 (7.14%) Applications Architect
5 3 (7.14%) QA Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) QA Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Firewall Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Quality Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Terraform
2 2 (4.76%) HTML
2 2 (4.76%) Playwright
3 1 (2.38%) Node.js
3 1 (2.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Test Strategy
2 9 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 8 (19.05%) CI/CD
3 8 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 7 (16.67%) TDD
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 6 (14.29%) Validation
6 5 (11.90%) Agile
6 5 (11.90%) Analytics
6 5 (11.90%) Coaching
6 5 (11.90%) Cyber Resilience
6 5 (11.90%) Migration
6 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.90%) Security Architecture
6 5 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (9.52%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (9.52%) Cloud Security
7 4 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) C
1 9 (21.43%) C++
2 7 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 3 (7.14%) Python
3 3 (7.14%) SQL
4 2 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) GRC
2 1 (2.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) SAP
3 2 (4.76%) Adobe
3 2 (4.76%) IBM
3 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.76%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.38%) Ariba
4 1 (2.38%) Autodesk
4 1 (2.38%) BT
4 1 (2.38%) Databricks