Data Quality Contracts in Dorset

Data Quality
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 22 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 2.04% 0.61% 1.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.33% 4.35% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile £488 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £575
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -39.13% +54.36%
75th Percentile £563 - £613
90th Percentile - - £635
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £518
% change year-on-year +2.44% -0.97% +8.95%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 15 23 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 15.31% 13.94% 15.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 11
10th Percentile £246 £321 -
25th Percentile £300 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £563 £684 £629
90th Percentile £619 £769 £638
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +7.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 17
10th Percentile - - £17.85
25th Percentile £62.50 - £48.99
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.06%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £68.56
90th Percentile - - £72.98
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £64.57
% change year-on-year +44.44% -30.31% -5.84%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Data Quality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in Dorset

Data Quality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Quality in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Data Quality in Dorset

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth +2 2 £525 +50.00% 12
Data Quality
South West

Data Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Governance Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Governance Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Process Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA