Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Durham

Data Quality
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 1.19% - 5.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% - 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £150
North East median daily rate £520 £613 £248
% change year-on-year -15.10% +147.47% -50.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 4.76% 11.43% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £310 £301 £175
25th Percentile £363 £359 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £275
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +68.18% -31.25%
75th Percentile £538 £559 £338
90th Percentile £545 £614 £375
North East median daily rate £450 £463 £408
% change year-on-year -2.70% +13.50% +1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £15.00
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £70.00 £13.49 £17.75
% change year-on-year +418.90% -24.00% -8.97%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Durham

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Data Quality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. 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
Darlington - 1 £525 - 1
Data Quality
North East

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle