Data Quality Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Quality
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 51 72
Rank change year-on-year +21 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 158 72 49
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.62% 4.23% 2.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 34.57% 20.00% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 55 30
10th Percentile £400 £305 £360
25th Percentile £431 £405 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £556
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.11% -11.00%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £675
90th Percentile £775 £765 £781
Central London median daily rate £560 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £28.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the City of London.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills 457 360 361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 22.05% 21.15% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 262 206
10th Percentile £400 £332 £350
25th Percentile £463 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £566
Median % change year-on-year - -2.87% -1.52%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £832 £758
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £551
% change year-on-year - -0.09% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £34.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £30.41 £34.48 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.80% -1.49% -

Data Quality Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Quality Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Quality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Quality

Data Quality Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in the City of London

Data Quality Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Quality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Quality

Data Quality Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1QA4.4%7
2GDPR3.8%6
3Accessibility2.5%4
4EMIR1.3%2
4MiFID1.3%2
4PMO1.3%2
7Basel III0.6%1
7GRC0.6%1
7IFRS0.6%1
7IFRS 90.6%1
7ISO/IEC 197700.6%1
7NCSC0.6%1
7PSD20.6%1