QA Contracts in Bristol

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 59 67
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing QA 12 24 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.90% 2.14% 1.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.71% 15.79% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 17
10th Percentile £369 £360 £414
25th Percentile £453 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +26.32% -17.39%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £538
90th Percentile £750 - £950
South West median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile - £65.90 -
25th Percentile £13.46 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £15.96 £74.44 -
Median % change year-on-year -78.56% - -
75th Percentile £16.44 £75.97 -
90th Percentile £56.35 £77.50 -
South West median hourly rate £15.96 £12.62 £50.00
% change year-on-year +26.47% -74.76% -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 112 152 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 17.75% 13.52% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 63 98
10th Percentile £235 £305 £350
25th Percentile £363 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £675
90th Percentile £650 £775 £814
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 50 20
10th Percentile £15.48 £44.00 £49.13
25th Percentile £27.13 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +7.69% +52.69%
75th Percentile £68.44 - £78.06
90th Percentile £74.35 £74.04 £83.81
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +18.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for QA in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (8.33%) GitLab
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Law
1 4 (33.33%) Legal
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 4 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Electronics
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) QA Officer
2 2 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Manual Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Network Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) QA Manual Tester
3 1 (8.33%) QA Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) User Experience
2 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) Data Collection
4 1 (8.33%) Data Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Internal Audit
4 1 (8.33%) Product Backlog
4 1 (8.33%) Product Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Red Hat