Data Quality Contracts in Cheshire

Data Quality
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Data Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Quality over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 38 48
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 19 23 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.82% 4.28% 1.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.27% 26.74% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 3
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £423 £288 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £300
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +16.67% -39.39%
75th Percentile £500 £469 £419
90th Percentile £530 £488 £490
North West median daily rate £500 £438 £406
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -18.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 110 86 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 22.13% 16.01% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 55 45
10th Percentile £297 £232 £205
25th Percentile £405 £294 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -4.71%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £510
90th Percentile £580 £619 £575
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 2
10th Percentile £16.79 - £22.63
25th Percentile £17.72 £30.54 £24.32
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £27.89
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +25.52% +20.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £30.70
90th Percentile - £47.80 £31.94
North West median hourly rate £12.84 £39.60 £18.25
% change year-on-year -67.58% +116.99% +21.67%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in Cheshire

Data Quality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Quality in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Quality in Cheshire

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Cheshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Cheshire

Data Quality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Quality in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Quality in Cheshire

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Macclesfield -4 11 £500 +12.68%
Warrington +7 3 £375 - 2
Chester +1 3 £431 +32.46%
Crewe - 1 £400 - 2
Data Quality
North West

Data Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 6 (31.58%) SAS
2 1 (5.26%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Power Platform
1 9 (47.37%) Snowflake
2 6 (31.58%) Collibra
2 6 (31.58%) Power Automate
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Stack
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) Power BI
2 7 (36.84%) Data Lake
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
3 6 (31.58%) Ataccama
3 6 (31.58%) Qlik Sense
4 5 (26.32%) Data Mining
5 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (10.53%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (5.26%) Metadata
7 1 (5.26%) PowerPivot
7 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (52.63%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Analyst
2 11 (57.89%) Data Analyst
3 9 (47.37%) Data Quality Analyst
3 9 (47.37%) QA Analyst
3 9 (47.37%) Quality Analyst
3 9 (47.37%) Senior
3 9 (47.37%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (42.11%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
4 8 (42.11%) Senior QA Analyst
4 8 (42.11%) Senior Quality Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Data Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Data Governance Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Data Governance Manager
6 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
6 2 (10.53%) Governance Manager
6 2 (10.53%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Configuration Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) SAP Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) JSON
1 2 (10.53%) REST
1 2 (10.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Data Structures
1 3 (15.79%) Reference Data
2 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Life Science
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Data Management
2 11 (57.89%) Data Governance
3 10 (52.63%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (52.63%) Data Analysis
4 9 (47.37%) Data Cleansing
5 8 (42.11%) Data Architecture
6 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (26.32%) Visualisation
8 3 (15.79%) Change Management
8 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
8 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
8 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Workflow
9 2 (10.53%) Agile
9 2 (10.53%) Analytics
9 2 (10.53%) Data Integration
9 2 (10.53%) Data Mapping
9 2 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (10.53%) Microservices
9 2 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) QA
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) SAP
2 6 (31.58%) Alteryx
2 6 (31.58%) Dataiku
2 6 (31.58%) Trillium
3 1 (5.26%) BMC
3 1 (5.26%) Dynatrace