QA Jobs in Bristol

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 52 32
Rank change year-on-year -3 -20 +30
Permanent jobs citing QA 55 127 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 4.42% 4.06% 8.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.66% 26.29% 45.47%
Number of salaries quoted 22 90 47
10th Percentile £53,750 £31,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,367 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.67% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £54,222
90th Percentile £93,650 £87,500 £62,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% - -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 223 483 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 17.93% 15.43% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 109 342 236
10th Percentile £43,100 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,202 £57,039
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +5.55% +7.39%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £97,404 £83,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.81% -3.81% +5.00%

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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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Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for QA in Bristol

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Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary 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 3 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (7.27%) Collibra
3 4 (7.27%) SaaS
4 3 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.45%) OCI
4 3 (5.45%) PaaS
5 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.82%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.82%) AWS
5 1 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.82%) Serverless
5 1 (1.82%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) Power BI
2 4 (7.27%) Ataccama
2 4 (7.27%) Metadata
2 4 (7.27%) Metadata Repository
2 4 (7.27%) Tableau
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Selenium
1 4 (7.27%) SpecFlow
2 3 (5.45%) GitLab
2 3 (5.45%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (5.45%) Xcode
2 3 (5.45%) XCTest
3 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (34.55%) Finance
3 18 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (25.45%) Manufacturing
5 11 (20.00%) Banking
5 11 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (14.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (9.09%) Games
7 5 (9.09%) Law
8 4 (7.27%) Electronics
8 4 (7.27%) Retail
9 3 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (5.45%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.82%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.82%) Tech for Good
10 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (20.00%) Quality Manager
2 10 (18.18%) Lead
3 7 (12.73%) QA Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Senior
5 5 (9.09%) Consultant
5 5 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 5 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 5 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 5 (9.09%) Technical Leader
6 4 (7.27%) Data Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Data Quality Manager
6 4 (7.27%) QA Specialist
6 4 (7.27%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Senior Software Project Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Software Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Software Project Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Software Team Leader
6 4 (7.27%) Team Leader
7 3 (5.45%) iOS Software Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (5.45%) SwiftUI
2 1 (1.82%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Algorithms
1 4 (7.27%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.45%) W3C
3 1 (1.82%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 8 (14.55%) Windows
3 3 (5.45%) Android
4 1 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Agile
2 25 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (29.09%) Software Engineering
4 15 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (25.45%) Process Improvement
6 11 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 11 (20.00%) Project Management
6 11 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 10 (18.18%) Roadmaps
8 9 (16.36%) Analytics
8 9 (16.36%) CAPA
8 9 (16.36%) Scrum
8 9 (16.36%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (12.73%) Biochemistry
9 7 (12.73%) Change Management
9 7 (12.73%) Chemistry
9 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
9 7 (12.73%) iOS Development
9 7 (12.73%) Line Management
9 7 (12.73%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.09%) Java
1 5 (9.09%) PHP
2 4 (7.27%) C#
2 4 (7.27%) C++
3 3 (5.45%) Python
3 3 (5.45%) Swift
4 1 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) C
4 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.82%) Ruby
4 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) ISEB
3 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) GMP
2 7 (12.73%) GLP
3 4 (7.27%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.45%) Accessibility
4 3 (5.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.64%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.36%) Google
3 8 (14.55%) SAP
4 7 (12.73%) Oracle
5 3 (5.45%) Planview
6 1 (1.82%) Salesforce