Data Quality Contracts in Cheshire

Data Quality
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Data Quality skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Quality over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 32 40
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 6 26 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.34% 5.16% 4.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.84% 22.61% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 20 15
10th Percentile £538 £396 -
25th Percentile £580 £454 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year +20.50% +42.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £684 £550 £469
90th Percentile £723 - £488
North West median daily rate £465 £510 £420
% change year-on-year -8.82% +21.43% +1.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 61 115 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.59% 22.82% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 62 51
10th Percentile £281 £304 £213
25th Percentile £358 £407 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £525
90th Percentile £662 £580 £640
North West median daily rate £475 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 7
10th Percentile £37.60 £16.79 -
25th Percentile £49.75 £17.72 £30.54
Median hourly rate £70.00 £26.66 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +162.57% -23.83% -30.00%
75th Percentile £77.63 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £82.20 - £47.80
North West median hourly rate £30.38 £12.84 £38.55
% change year-on-year +136.60% -66.69% +114.17%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Macclesfield +1 3 £580 +16.00% 1
Crewe -2 1 £625 +56.25%
Knutsford - 1 £496 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
2 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
3 2 (33.33%) Tableau
4 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Financial Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Data Scientist
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 2 (33.33%) Record to Report
3 2 (33.33%) Use Case
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Anaplan
2 2 (33.33%) Ariba
2 2 (33.33%) Hyperion
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Infoblox
3 1 (16.67%) Ping Identity
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow