Data Quality
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Quality over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 251 278
Rank change year-on-year +65 +27 +22
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 1,569 1,416 2,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.45% 1.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.51% 7.85% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 902 1,131
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,629 18,029 28,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 18.52% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,543 13,451
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Quality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Quality.

Salary trend for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +59 1,439 £70,000 +7.69% 480
UK excluding London +78 887 £55,000 - 257
London +60 610 £85,000 +17.24% 223
Work from Home +77 562 £70,000 +12.00% 185
North of England +144 306 £67,500 +34.36% 92
South East +60 217 £60,000 -4.00% 44
North West +120 176 £77,500 +54.27% 44
Midlands -16 150 £50,000 - 56
West Midlands -35 109 £55,641 +7.89% 34
South West -35 84 £56,250 -6.64% 30
Yorkshire +90 81 £50,000 -6.54% 36
Scotland -13 66 £50,000 -5.61% 12
East of England +18 50 £43,000 -31.20% 15
North East +23 49 £72,000 +61.80% 13
East Midlands +16 41 £35,000 -12.50% 22
Wales +6 15 £45,000 -17.82% 4

Data Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 153 (9.75%) Apache Airflow
2 142 (9.05%) Apache
3 99 (6.31%) SharePoint
4 70 (4.46%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.72%) Confluence
6 22 (1.40%) SAS
7 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.19%) Luigi
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (0.19%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.064%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.064%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 201 (12.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.57%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.38%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.25%) Finacle
6 4 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
6 4 (0.25%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.25%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.19%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
8 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.064%) HFM
9 1 (0.064%) Lorenzo
9 1 (0.064%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.064%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 470 (29.96%) Azure
2 389 (24.79%) AWS
3 344 (21.92%) Power Platform
4 200 (12.75%) GCP
5 199 (12.68%) Snowflake
6 149 (9.50%) dbt
7 76 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 70 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (3.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 43 (2.74%) Collibra
11 37 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 35 (2.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 32 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
13 32 (2.04%) Matillion
14 28 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (1.78%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.78%) SaaS
15 23 (1.47%) Amazon Kinesis
16 21 (1.34%) IaaS
17 18 (1.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.02%) WPA
2 14 (0.89%) DNS
3 4 (0.25%) Internet
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.064%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.064%) 5G
5 1 (0.064%) Skype
5 1 (0.064%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (23.65%) Data Warehouse
2 334 (21.29%) Power BI
3 252 (16.06%) Data Lake
4 196 (12.49%) SQL Server
5 152 (9.69%) Metadata
6 143 (9.11%) BigQuery
7 130 (8.29%) Looker
8 121 (7.71%) Amazon Athena
9 112 (7.14%) Apache Arrow
9 112 (7.14%) Apache Ignite
9 112 (7.14%) Dremio
10 93 (5.93%) Tableau
11 74 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 63 (4.02%) Big Data
13 56 (3.57%) Data Vault
14 46 (2.93%) Relational Database
15 44 (2.80%) NoSQL
16 42 (2.68%) Star Schema
17 41 (2.61%) Delta Lake
17 41 (2.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 128 (8.16%) JIRA
2 42 (2.68%) GitLab
3 30 (1.91%) Git
4 14 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.38%) ERwin
6 6 (0.38%) RStudio
6 6 (0.38%) Spinnaker
6 6 (0.38%) Toad
7 3 (0.19%) Deequ
7 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.064%) JMeter
9 1 (0.064%) MLflow
9 1 (0.064%) Mockito
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.064%) Postman
9 1 (0.064%) Zephyr
General
1 544 (34.67%) Finance
2 494 (31.49%) Social Skills
3 419 (26.70%) Analytical Skills
4 257 (16.38%) Banking
5 164 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 124 (7.90%) Front Office
6 124 (7.90%) Investment Banking
7 116 (7.39%) Legal
8 76 (4.84%) Marketing
9 75 (4.78%) Law
10 62 (3.95%) Retail
11 38 (2.42%) Public Sector
12 33 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.59%) Back Office
15 24 (1.53%) Local Government
16 16 (1.02%) Games
16 16 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 326 (20.78%) Data Engineer
2 271 (17.27%) Analyst
3 261 (16.63%) Senior
4 222 (14.15%) Architect
5 217 (13.83%) Lead
6 199 (12.68%) Data Architect
7 180 (11.47%) Data Analyst
8 111 (7.07%) Data Manager
9 97 (6.18%) Software Engineer
10 82 (5.23%) Senior Software Engineer
11 78 (4.97%) AWS Engineer
12 61 (3.89%) Developer
13 60 (3.82%) Technical Leader
14 56 (3.57%) AWS Software Engineer
15 49 (3.12%) Senior Data Engineer
16 47 (3.00%) Python Engineer
17 45 (2.87%) Lead Data Engineer
18 44 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
19 40 (2.55%) Consultant
20 35 (2.23%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (7.52%) Pandas
2 113 (7.20%) NumPy
3 112 (7.14%) gRPC
3 112 (7.14%) Protocol Buffers
3 112 (7.14%) SciPy
4 80 (5.10%) PySpark
5 19 (1.21%) .NET
6 16 (1.02%) XML
7 12 (0.76%) JSON
7 12 (0.76%) Kafka
8 8 (0.51%) Great Expectations
9 7 (0.45%) HTML
10 6 (0.38%) Lambda Expressions
11 5 (0.32%) J2EE
11 5 (0.32%) React
11 5 (0.32%) REST
11 5 (0.32%) Web Services
12 4 (0.25%) EDI
12 4 (0.25%) Middleware
12 4 (0.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 182 (11.60%) Self-Motivation
2 124 (7.90%) Management Information System
3 122 (7.78%) Hedge funds
4 121 (7.71%) Fixed Income
5 113 (7.20%) Data Structures
5 113 (7.20%) Equities
6 112 (7.14%) Derivative
6 112 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 59 (3.76%) Reinsurance
8 45 (2.87%) Product Ownership
9 44 (2.80%) Reference Data
10 41 (2.61%) Public Cloud
11 32 (2.04%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.59%) Onboarding
13 23 (1.47%) Cloud Native
14 22 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.21%) IoT
17 16 (1.02%) Taxonomies
18 15 (0.96%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.40%) Windows
2 16 (1.02%) Linux
3 8 (0.51%) Unix
4 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.064%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (37.28%) Data Governance
2 544 (34.67%) Data Modelling
3 508 (32.38%) Problem-Solving
4 497 (31.68%) Analytics
5 464 (29.57%) ETL
6 449 (28.62%) Data Management
7 441 (28.11%) Agile
8 400 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
9 373 (23.77%) Data Engineering
10 292 (18.61%) Data Architecture
11 283 (18.04%) Data Integration
12 262 (16.70%) Mentoring
13 257 (16.38%) Data Analysis
14 218 (13.89%) Decision-Making
15 209 (13.32%) Data Science
16 181 (11.54%) Data Pipeline
16 181 (11.54%) Visualisation
17 177 (11.28%) Data Strategy
18 172 (10.96%) Asset Management
19 163 (10.39%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 563 (35.88%) SQL
2 476 (30.34%) Python
3 216 (13.77%) Java
4 125 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 116 (7.39%) TypeScript
6 73 (4.65%) T-SQL
7 57 (3.63%) R
8 36 (2.29%) Scala
9 26 (1.66%) VBA
10 21 (1.34%) C#
11 20 (1.27%) Bash
12 14 (0.89%) Perl
13 10 (0.64%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.51%) C
16 7 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.38%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.25%) Go
18 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
19 3 (0.19%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 288 (18.36%) Degree
2 85 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 72 (4.59%) Master's Degree
4 24 (1.53%) Security Cleared
5 23 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
5 23 (1.47%) SC Cleared
6 21 (1.34%) MBA
7 17 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 11 (0.70%) PhD
9 9 (0.57%) CISM
9 9 (0.57%) CISSP
9 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.38%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.32%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.32%) PMP
13 3 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.13%) ECDL
14 2 (0.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (14.40%) GDPR
2 56 (3.57%) QA
3 40 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 14 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (0.45%) COBIT
5 7 (0.45%) GRC
6 3 (0.19%) PMO
7 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.13%) SLA
7 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.064%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.064%) CDISC
8 1 (0.064%) COREP
8 1 (0.064%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.064%) FINREP
8 1 (0.064%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.064%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.064%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 16 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.45%) Docker
5 3 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (1.47%) Terraform
2 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.32%) logstash
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 229 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 164 (10.45%) Google
3 159 (10.13%) Databricks
4 99 (6.31%) Oracle
5 90 (5.74%) Informatica
6 72 (4.59%) SAP
7 30 (1.91%) Alteryx
8 19 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.15%) Talend
10 16 (1.02%) VMware
11 12 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.57%) Bloomberg
12 9 (0.57%) NEC
13 6 (0.38%) Civica
13 6 (0.38%) Computacenter
13 6 (0.38%) Facebook
13 6 (0.38%) Jitterbit
13 6 (0.38%) Workday
14 5 (0.32%) Cloudera
15 4 (0.25%) Ab Initio