Data Quality Contracts in Scotland

Data Quality
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 146 140
Rank change year-on-year +34 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 19 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 0.63% 0.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.57% 3.17% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 22
10th Percentile £414 £140 £429
25th Percentile £458 £199 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £575 £526 £600
90th Percentile £710 £537 £671
UK median daily rate £531 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -1.30% -2.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.64 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.34 £22.49 £18.50
% change year-on-year -27.35% +21.54% -7.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 416 568 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.85% 19.90% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 481 507
10th Percentile £193 £213 £213
25th Percentile £340 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 13
10th Percentile £15.32 £26.25 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.18 £34.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.27 £47.73 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.72% +44.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £51.28 £50.74 £43.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £52.55 £52.60
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Glasgow +9 10 £475 +35.71% 7
Edinburgh +37 4 £338 -5.59% 2
Perthshire +12 3 £700 +26.70%
Fife - 1 - -
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) OCI
3 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Power BI
2 5 (26.32%) Metadata
3 4 (21.05%) Big Data
3 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (21.05%) Parquet
4 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (5.26%) Power Query
5 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Financial Institution
5 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
1 6 (31.58%) Data Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Data Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Data Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Data Quality Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Python Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Finance Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Apache Avro
1 4 (21.05%) PySpark
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Data Management
2 7 (36.84%) Data Strategy
3 6 (31.58%) Data Governance
3 6 (31.58%) Data Modelling
4 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
5 4 (21.05%) ETL
5 4 (21.05%) Metadata Management
5 4 (21.05%) Quality Management
5 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.79%) Business Process Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Data Categorisation
6 3 (15.79%) Information Governance
6 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Product Management
7 2 (10.53%) Agile
7 2 (10.53%) Analytics
7 2 (10.53%) ERP
7 2 (10.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Cadence
2 1 (5.26%) Databricks
2 1 (5.26%) Informatica