The first table below looks at the demand for Data Quality skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Quality over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Quality
Rank 225 239 218
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -21
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 18 8 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.251% 0.113% 0.233%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.327% 1.399% 3.532%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 14
Average salary £45,000 £53,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.09% +6.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,800 £30,750 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £68,250 £68,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +7.31%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
541 572 453
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.530% 8.059% 6.597%
Number of salaries quoted 448 473 402
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £26,650
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Data Quality across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West Data Quality Jobs Demand Trend

Data Quality
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Quality across the North West region.

North West Data Quality Salary Trend

Data Quality
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Quality across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Data Quality Salary Histogram

Data Quality
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -11 10 £45,000 +12.50%
Merseyside - 6 £45,000 -
Cheshire +2 1 £67,500 +27.35%
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Data Quality also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Data Quality.

1 26 (89.66%) Data Governance
2 22 (75.86%) Data Management
3 21 (72.41%) Finance
4 18 (62.07%) Master Data Management
5 17 (58.62%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (55.17%) Analytics
7 15 (51.72%) SAS
7 15 (51.72%) Data Architecture
8 14 (48.28%) Predictive Analytics
8 14 (48.28%) Data Security
8 14 (48.28%) SPSS
9 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (31.03%) Neural Network
10 9 (31.03%) Data Analytics
11 7 (24.14%) Quality Management
11 7 (24.14%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (20.69%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
12 6 (20.69%) Banking
13 5 (17.24%) Retail
13 5 (17.24%) ETL
14 4 (13.79%) Information Management
15 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
15 3 (10.34%) HTTP
16 2 (6.897%) Informatica
16 2 (6.897%) DataStage
16 2 (6.897%) Ab Initio
16 2 (6.897%) Talend Open Studio
16 2 (6.897%) Talend
17 1 (3.448%) Metadata Management

Data Quality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Data Quality also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Data Quality. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) HTML
1 1 (3.448%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 15 (51.72%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (48.28%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.897%) DataStage
3 1 (3.448%) QlikView
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.448%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 21 (72.41%) Finance
2 6 (20.69%) Banking
3 5 (17.24%) Retail
4 1 (3.448%) Marketing
4 1 (3.448%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Architect
2 12 (41.38%) Analyst
3 11 (37.93%) Consultant
4 10 (34.48%) Data Architect
5 9 (31.03%) Business Intelligence Architect
5 9 (31.03%) Data Analytics Architect
6 8 (27.59%) Data Consultant
7 7 (24.14%) SAS Architect
7 7 (24.14%) Data Analyst
7 7 (24.14%) Business Architect
7 7 (24.14%) Data Analytics Consultant
8 6 (20.69%) Information Architect
8 6 (20.69%) Quality Analyst
8 6 (20.69%) Data Quality Analyst
9 5 (17.24%) SAS Analyst
10 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
11 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (10.34%) Senior Data Analyst
12 2 (6.897%) Management Consultant
12 2 (6.897%) Information Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Neural Network
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.448%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.448%) UNIX
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
1 1 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (89.66%) Data Governance
2 22 (75.86%) Data Management
3 18 (62.07%) Master Data Management
4 17 (58.62%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (55.17%) Analytics
6 15 (51.72%) Data Architecture
7 14 (48.28%) Predictive Analytics
7 14 (48.28%) Data Security
8 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (31.03%) Data Analytics
10 7 (24.14%) Quality Management
10 7 (24.14%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
12 5 (17.24%) ETL
13 4 (13.79%) Information Management
14 1 (3.448%) Metadata Management
14 1 (3.448%) Customer Insight
14 1 (3.448%) Direct Marketing
14 1 (3.448%) ITIL V2
14 1 (3.448%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.448%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (6.897%) Informatica
1 2 (6.897%) Ab Initio
1 2 (6.897%) Talend
2 1 (3.448%) Tableau
2 1 (3.448%) Netezza
2 1 (3.448%) Teradata
2 1 (3.448%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle
2 1 (3.448%) Sybase
2 1 (3.448%) Business Objects
2 1 (3.448%) Cognos
Liverpool, Merseyside
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £60,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £60,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013