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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 43 63
Rank change year-on-year +4 +20 +2
Contract jobs citing QA 49 24 13
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.61% 3.25% 1.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.93% 15.58% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 6
10th Percentile £152 £302 £160
25th Percentile £383 £313 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £375 £343
Median % change year-on-year +31.07% +9.49% -23.89%
75th Percentile £560 £537 £447
90th Percentile £675 £550 £478
South West median daily rate £515 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +11.35% -5.13% -4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 6
10th Percentile £13.55 £13.46 £73.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.48 £74.00
Median hourly rate £15.39 £15.96 £74.22
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -78.50% +8.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £74.44
90th Percentile - - £75.97
South West median hourly rate £15.39 £15.96 £13.26
% change year-on-year -3.57% +20.36% -77.62%

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 189 154 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.93% 20.84% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 74 34
10th Percentile £256 £295 £186
25th Percentile £400 £363 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £459 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +1.98% -20.00%
75th Percentile £611 £584 £580
90th Percentile £675 £701 £756
South West median daily rate £525 £524 £500
% change year-on-year +0.19% +4.80% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 43 30
10th Percentile £14.95 £15.50 £69.63
25th Percentile £17.17 £27.38 -
Median hourly rate £39.81 £33.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -52.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £69.69 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.00 £74.44
South West median hourly rate £24.38 £33.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -27.24% -52.14% +7.69%

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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 26 September 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 26 September 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 1 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.04%) Traefik
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.04%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.04%) ResourceLink
1 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.29%) GCP
2 6 (12.24%) AWS
2 6 (12.24%) dbt
3 5 (10.20%) Azure
4 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.08%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Composer
6 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.04%) Google Drive
6 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.04%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) BGP
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
1 2 (4.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) GIS
2 2 (4.08%) Spatial Data
3 1 (2.04%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.04%) Metadata
3 1 (2.04%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Cucumber
2 2 (4.08%) Postman
2 2 (4.08%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
3 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.16%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.08%) Aviation
6 2 (4.08%) Local Government
7 1 (2.04%) Finance
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Military
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 5 (10.20%) Analyst
2 5 (10.20%) GCP Data Engineer
2 5 (10.20%) GCP Engineer
2 5 (10.20%) Lead
3 4 (8.16%) Consultant
3 4 (8.16%) Installations Engineer
3 4 (8.16%) Senior
4 3 (6.12%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) QA Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Quality Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.08%) Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.08%) Firewall Consultant
5 2 (4.08%) Performance Analyst
5 2 (4.08%) QA Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) Terraform
2 2 (4.08%) HTML
2 2 (4.08%) Playwright
3 1 (2.04%) JMS
3 1 (2.04%) Node.js
3 1 (2.04%) RESTful
3 1 (2.04%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
1 4 (8.16%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) Validation
2 11 (22.45%) DevOps
3 10 (20.41%) AI
4 8 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (16.33%) Data Engineering
4 8 (16.33%) Migration
4 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 7 (14.29%) Data Validation
5 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (12.24%) Agile
6 6 (12.24%) Analytics
6 6 (12.24%) Data Architecture
6 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.24%) ETL
6 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (10.20%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (10.20%) Data Development
7 5 (10.20%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.45%) Python
2 10 (20.41%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) C
3 3 (6.12%) C++
4 2 (4.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.04%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.04%) GRC
2 1 (2.04%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Istio
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Google
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) IBM
2 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.08%) Zscaler
3 1 (2.04%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.04%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (2.04%) BT
3 1 (2.04%) Databricks
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) SAP
3 1 (2.04%) webMethods