QA Contracts in Bristol

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 70 66
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing QA 24 21 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.25% 1.83% 2.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.44% 14.89% 20.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 24
10th Percentile £369 £400 £339
25th Percentile £491 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £465 £574
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -18.92% +58.53%
75th Percentile £769 £519 £638
90th Percentile £775 £950 £654
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £523
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.18% +16.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £62.60 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £74.44 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £13.31 £34.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -60.85% -37.04% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 146 141 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.66% 12.26% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 98 103
10th Percentile £305 £343 £209
25th Percentile £450 £420 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +13.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £814 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 17 1
10th Percentile £37.00 £42.75 -
25th Percentile £45.00 - £41.32
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £42.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +52.69% -18.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £43.82
90th Percentile £73.80 £83.00 -
South West median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £57.96
% change year-on-year -30.77% +12.15% +15.92%

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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 May 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 31 May 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 4 (16.67%) Apache
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) GCP
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.17%) PaaS
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) GitLab
2 3 (12.50%) Artifactory
2 3 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (4.17%) Selenium
3 1 (4.17%) TestRail
General
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (8.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Administrator
5 1 (4.17%) Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) QA Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Software Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (16.67%) REST
1 4 (16.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) DevOps
2 5 (20.83%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (16.67%) Migration
3 4 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
3 4 (16.67%) User Experience
3 4 (16.67%) Workflow
4 3 (12.50%) Agile
4 3 (12.50%) Analytics
4 3 (12.50%) Personalization
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.33%) ArchiMate
5 2 (8.33%) Business Case
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) C
2 1 (4.17%) Fortran
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.17%) MATLAB
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (4.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (4.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Ansible
1 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 4 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) CyberArk
2 4 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 3 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (4.17%) BT
4 1 (4.17%) FIS
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle