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 requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 54 70
Rank change year-on-year +25 +16 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 148 69 54
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.94% 4.04% 2.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.74% 19.66% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 53 34
10th Percentile £400 £303 £378
25th Percentile £434 £404 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -11.36% -9.65%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £666
90th Percentile £775 £770 £768
Central London median daily rate £550 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +12.82% -11.36% -12.00%

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 452 351 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 21.19% 20.56% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 250 201
10th Percentile £356 £337 £350
25th Percentile £459 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.38%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £838 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -5.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £34.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £30.41 £34.24 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.19% -2.17% -

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 18 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
1QA6.1%9
2Accessibility3.4%5
2GDPR3.4%5
4PMO1.4%2
5Basel III0.7%1
5EMIR0.7%1
5GRC0.7%1
5IFRS0.7%1
5IFRS 90.7%1
5ISO/IEC 197700.7%1
5MiFID0.7%1
5NCSC0.7%1
5PSD20.7%1