Awarded 18 September 2026
Software Developer in Test
Disclosure Scotland
QA testing tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
103 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
QA testing contracts ,
103 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest QA testing contracts awarded
Awarded 28 August 2026
EPR Delivery Partner - Testing Delivery and Assurance Services
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · East Midlands
Awarded 13 August 2026
BRIAN System Testing
Transport for Wales
Awarded 10 August 2026
Maintain and optimise the Automated Regression Pack
BANK OF ENGLAND
Awarded 10 August 2026
Senior Test Analyst
University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation · South West
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
SThree won the most QA testing contracts
Coforge won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsHousing associationsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SThree North West · See every contract | 7 | £306k | 1 | ||
| 2 | LA International South West · See every contract | 5 | £118m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | IdentityE2E Ltd London · See every contract | 4 | £220k | 1 | ||
| 3joint | Nash Squared West Midlands · See every contract | 4 | £150k | 1 | ||
| 3joint | Prolifics Testing UK Limited South West · See every contract | 4 | £113k | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Qualitest Group South East · See every contract | 3 | £11.7m | 2 | ||
| 6joint | Infuse Consulting South West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £219k | 2 | ||
| 8joint | Coforge | 2 | £119m | 2 | ||
| 8joint | Scrumconnect SME · See every contract | 2 | £43.8m | 2 | ||
| 8joint | Cognizant | 2 | £24.6m | 2 |
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Who buys
56 buyers awarded QA testing contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
16 buyers bought QA testing more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many QA testing contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many QA testing contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsHousing associationsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation | 9 | £279k |
| 2 | Transport for Greater Manchester | 8 | £376k |
| 3 | Scottish Government | 5 | £624k |
| 4 | UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) | 5 | £527k |
| 5 | GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED | 5 | £303k |
| 6 | H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS | 4 | £177m |
| 7 | Home Office | 4 | £121m |
| 8 | Ministry of Justice | 4 | £13m |
| 9 | Coventry University | 4 | £150k |
| 10 | The Pensions Regulator | 3 | £1.5m |
Prices
Half of QA testing contracts are worth less than £95k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsHousing associationsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 88% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSCoforge · 20 Feb 2026
- Home OfficeLA International · 26 Jan 2026
- Home OfficeLA International · 23 Jan 2026
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSScrumconnect · 11 Feb 2026
- Home OfficeLA International · 1 Jan 2025
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsCognizant · 6 Jul 2026
- Department for EducationAIRE LOGIC LIMITED · 18 Nov 2024
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSStellar Omada · 10 Feb 2026
- Department for EducationQualitest Group · 24 Feb 2025
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSCognizant · 10 Feb 2026
Where and when
The South West awards the most QA testing contracts. October and July are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 18 | £940k |
| London | 16 | £20.6m |
| North West | 9 | £713k |
| West Midlands | 8 | £252k |
| South East | 5 | £2.9m |
| Scotland | 5 | £1.8m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | £708k |
| North East | 2 | £13.5m |
| East of England | 2 | £98k |
| East Midlands | 1 | £327k |
| Wales | 1 | £69k |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
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Key findings
- 88%
of the money is in the 10 biggest QA testing contracts.
Of 97 contracts with a published value. - 45%
of QA testing contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 92 award notices. - 20%
of QA testing contracts are awarded in October and July.
21 of 103 contracts.
Questions
How many QA testing contracts does the UK public sector award?
103 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 56 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector QA testing contract worth?
The median is £95k, and 68% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector QA testing contracts?
SThree won the most (7). Coforge won the most by value (£119m).
What is included
Testing carried out for the buyer (functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, performance, automation and infrastructure testing, with accessibility checks inside a wider test programme), supplied as a managed testing service, a test team or individual test analysts.
- Functional and regression testing services
- Test automation engineering
- Integration and end-to-end testing
- Manual testing
- QA and infrastructure testing
- Accessibility testing
- Platform-specific testers (for example Salesforce)
- Test analysts supplied by contractor agencies
What is not included
- Test tool licences -> it.dev.software-testing-tools
- Standalone accessibility audits against WCAG -> it.dev.accessibility-testing-and-audit
- User research and usability testing -> it.dev.user-research-and-service-design
- Penetration and security testing -> it.cyber.penetration-testing