Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Data Quality
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 44 58
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 13 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 3.17% 2.41% 0.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.48% 11.25% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 3
10th Percentile £239 £450 £140
25th Percentile £305 £472 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £603 £450
Median % change year-on-year -46.56% +33.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £400 £692 £538
90th Percentile £495 £713 £575
South East median daily rate £438 £613 £500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +22.44% +4.22%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Buckinghamshire

Data Quality falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 84 80 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 20.49% 21.39% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 56 53
10th Percentile £173 £213 £138
25th Percentile £300 £338 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £500 £618 £743
90th Percentile £537 £713 £1,150
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.31% +11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £12.25 £12.64 £25.80
25th Percentile £13.69 £13.61 £28.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.19 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +122.36% -46.03% +130.77%
75th Percentile - £26.95 -
90th Percentile - £32.83 -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £52.81
% change year-on-year -28.00% -5.32% +151.46%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Quality relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Data Quality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Buckinghamshire

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Data Quality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +15 12 £320 -28.94% 7
Aylesbury - 1 £375 -
Data Quality
South East

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Confluence
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Collibra
2 2 (15.38%) Alation
3 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (23.08%) Metadata
3 2 (15.38%) Big Data
3 2 (15.38%) Star Schema
4 1 (7.69%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI
4 1 (7.69%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Data Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Informatica Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Data Migration Tester
3 2 (15.38%) Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Informatica Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) AS400
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) ETL
2 7 (53.85%) Migration
3 5 (38.46%) Data Governance
3 5 (38.46%) Data Integration
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
4 4 (30.77%) ETL Development
5 3 (23.08%) Analytics
5 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Data Reconciliation
5 3 (23.08%) Validation
6 2 (15.38%) Data Management
6 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
6 2 (15.38%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Informatica
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint