Software Quality Assurance
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 110 | 134 | 156 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +22 | +10 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Software Quality Assurance | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 0.052% | 0.037% | 0.090% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | - | £581 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £501 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.20% | -14.69% | -2.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | - | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £501 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.12% | +2.69% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £64.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £68.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £72.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | - | £68.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +31.91% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West
Software Quality Assurance 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 the South West.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 351 | 374 | 422 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 18.20% | 13.67% | 12.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 222 | 212 | 284 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £263 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £438 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £519 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.24% | -5.68% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £600 | £666 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £690 | £750 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 36 | 60 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.48 | £12.24 | £33.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.61 | £13.70 | £49.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.75 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.93% | +7.69% | +20.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | - | £83.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.23 | £71.53 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £31.64 | £25.77 | £35.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.80% | -27.42% | +57.78% |
Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Software Quality Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Software Quality Assurance.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Software Quality Assurance.
Software Quality Assurance
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | - | 1 | £425 | - | 4 |
| Software Quality Assurance England |
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Software Quality Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:
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