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 25 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 66 67
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing QA 25 20 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.27% 1.76% 2.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.78% 13.79% 21.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 24
10th Percentile £369 £410 £339
25th Percentile £491 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £475 £574
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -17.18% +42.48%
75th Percentile £769 £525 £638
90th Percentile £775 £950 £654
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £524
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.35% +16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £64.25 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £74.44 - -
75th Percentile £76.74 - -
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £12.62 £34.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -62.88% -37.04% -

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 149 145 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.51% 12.78% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 95 98
10th Percentile £305 £350 £208
25th Percentile £450 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +10.81% +8.82%
75th Percentile £590 £668 £625
90th Percentile £773 £814 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 18 2
10th Percentile £42.00 £44.88 £42.59
25th Percentile £45.00 - £44.49
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £48.29
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +34.62% -8.03%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £51.46
90th Percentile £74.13 £82.25 £52.98
South West median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -30.77% +18.18% +10.00%

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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 25 June 2024.

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 25 June 2024.

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 5 (20.00%) Apache
2 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.00%) PaaS
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
4 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) GitLab
2 3 (12.00%) Artifactory
2 3 (12.00%) JIRA
3 1 (4.00%) Selenium
3 1 (4.00%) TestRail
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Senior DevOps
4 3 (12.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Administrator
6 1 (4.00%) Junior Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) QA Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Software Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Software Test Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) Apache NiFi
1 5 (20.00%) REST
2 4 (16.00%) SailPoint
3 1 (4.00%) CSS
3 1 (4.00%) HTML
3 1 (4.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) DevOps
2 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (20.00%) User Experience
2 5 (20.00%) Workflow
3 4 (16.00%) Agile
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (16.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (12.00%) Analytics
4 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.00%) Personalization
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (8.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) C
3 1 (4.00%) Fortran
3 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) DV Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (4.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Ansible
1 5 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 5 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (16.00%) CyberArk
4 3 (12.00%) Adobe
5 2 (8.00%) Oracle
6 1 (4.00%) BT
6 1 (4.00%) FIS