Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Data Quality
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 13 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 -
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 1 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.09% 7.38% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.26% 56.25% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 £105
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +364.29% -
75th Percentile £675 £506 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 19 16 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 20.65% 13.11% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 18
10th Percentile £165 £465 £283
25th Percentile £247 £469 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £488 £588
Median % change year-on-year -44.62% -17.02% +14.63%
75th Percentile £540 £506 £720
90th Percentile £554 - £788
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.47
25th Percentile - - £17.48
Median hourly rate £44.81 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.32%
75th Percentile - - £47.93
90th Percentile - - £66.19
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £62.50 £73.31
% change year-on-year -46.40% -14.75% +83.28%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Dorset

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

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 21 November 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 -5 1 £650 +33.33% 3
Data Quality
South West

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement