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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 45 64
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +1
Contract jobs citing QA 46 22 14
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.39% 3.12% 1.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.27% 15.07% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 10 7
10th Percentile £156 £277 £163
25th Percentile £299 £309 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £335 £360
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -6.94% -20.00%
75th Percentile £533 £422 £478
90th Percentile £621 £508 £523
South West median daily rate £495 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +16.47% -17.07% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 6
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.46 £64.25
25th Percentile £28.11 £15.48 £72.88
Median hourly rate £67.50 £44.23 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.61% -40.23% +8.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £74.33
90th Percentile £70.80 £74.67 £75.97
South West median hourly rate £20.27 £37.98 £13.26
% change year-on-year -46.63% +186.43% -73.48%

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 182 146 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.43% 20.71% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 77 37
10th Percentile £250 £297 £213
25th Percentile £399 £363 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £618 £575 £590
90th Percentile £675 £695 £777
South West median daily rate £525 £509 £501
% change year-on-year +3.19% +1.51% -8.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 32
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.48 £35.10
25th Percentile £23.54 £21.61 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £33.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.03% -52.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £69.06 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.75 £74.00
South West median hourly rate £57.58 £39.16 £67.50
% change year-on-year +47.06% -41.99% +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 10 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 10 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Simulink
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.17%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.17%) ResourceLink
1 1 (2.17%) SAP EHS
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) AWS
1 5 (10.87%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.35%) GCP
3 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) BGP
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
1 2 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Power BI
2 2 (4.35%) GIS
2 2 (4.35%) Spatial Data
3 1 (2.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Cucumber
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
1 2 (4.35%) Postman
1 2 (4.35%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Aerospace
4 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.35%) Aviation
6 2 (4.35%) Local Government
6 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Military
7 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Lead
2 6 (13.04%) Consultant
3 5 (10.87%) Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Security Consultant
4 4 (8.70%) Installations Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Security Architect
4 4 (8.70%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Test Leader
5 3 (6.52%) Applications Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) QA Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) QA Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Firewall Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Quality Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Terraform
2 2 (4.35%) HTML
2 2 (4.35%) Playwright
3 1 (2.17%) Node.js
3 1 (2.17%) RESTful
3 1 (2.17%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
1 4 (8.70%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
3 7 (15.22%) Test Automation
3 7 (15.22%) Test Strategy
4 6 (13.04%) Agile
4 6 (13.04%) Software Engineering
4 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (13.04%) Validation
5 5 (10.87%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (10.87%) Analytics
5 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
5 5 (10.87%) Coaching
5 5 (10.87%) Cyber Resilience
5 5 (10.87%) Migration
5 5 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (10.87%) Roadmaps
5 5 (10.87%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) C
1 6 (13.04%) C++
2 4 (8.70%) MATLAB
2 4 (8.70%) Python
3 3 (6.52%) SQL
4 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 21 (45.65%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) GRC
2 1 (2.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.70%) SAP
2 2 (4.35%) IBM
2 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.35%) Zscaler
3 1 (2.17%) Ariba
3 1 (2.17%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.17%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (2.17%) BT
3 1 (2.17%) Databricks