Data Quality Contracts in Wales

Data Quality
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 57 69
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 5 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.27% 1.25% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.94% 8.60% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £468 £334
25th Percentile £513 £475 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £403
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +24.22% -15.26%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £468
90th Percentile - £533 £507
UK median daily rate £531 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +0.19% -3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £15.32 - -
25th Percentile £15.51 - -
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £10.49
75th Percentile £18.14 - -
90th Percentile £19.54 - -
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
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 72 93 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 18.27% 14.58% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 56 67
10th Percentile £144 £250 £205
25th Percentile £313 £280 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +2.56% -0.26%
75th Percentile £588 £549 £588
90th Percentile £667 £594 £660
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.27% +8.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 10
10th Percentile £12.26 - £10.49
25th Percentile £14.15 - £10.66
Median hourly rate £15.61 £10.92 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year +42.93% -14.34% -32.91%
75th Percentile £16.98 £33.75 £47.40
90th Percentile £19.07 £47.25 -
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £36.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.16% +31.82% +30.64%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in Wales

Data Quality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Data Quality in Wales

Data Quality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Quality in Wales

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
South Wales +13 5 £525 +5.00% 4
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (40.00%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (40.00%) DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) PySpark
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) AIX
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Data Science
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) E-business
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Guard
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Informatica
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle