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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 67 55
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +29
Contract jobs citing QA 13 12 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.61% 1.16% 3.88%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.83% 7.55% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 41
10th Percentile £166 £400 £400
25th Percentile £231 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £434 £475 £625
90th Percentile £476 £518 £669
South West median daily rate £488 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -11.36% +15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £31.18 -
25th Percentile - £36.69 £37.35
Median hourly rate £74.00 £49.25 £57.43
Median % change year-on-year +50.25% -14.24% -
75th Percentile £74.11 £62.69 £79.69
90th Percentile £74.31 £68.73 £81.38
South West median hourly rate £13.26 £50.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -73.48% -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 94 159 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 11.66% 15.32% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 88 129
10th Percentile £188 £367 £181
25th Percentile £278 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £560 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £701
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 12
10th Percentile £67.00 £33.00 £18.39
25th Percentile - £37.56 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.75 £44.93
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% +48.58% +8.91%
75th Percentile - £83.40 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 - £77.38
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £73.31 £54.00
% change year-on-year -4.52% +35.76% +8.00%

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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 31 October 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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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 4 (30.77%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) GitLab
2 2 (15.38%) Selenium
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) DevOps Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior DevOps
2 4 (30.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Pensions Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Defect Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Software Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Software Test Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (30.77%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) DevOps
2 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
2 4 (30.77%) User Experience
2 4 (30.77%) Workflow
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) API Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
4 2 (15.38%) Facilities Management
4 2 (15.38%) Functional Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Ansible
1 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
1 4 (30.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Red Hat
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) SAP