Data Quality Contract Job Trends in England

Data Quality
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 108 115
Rank change year-on-year +46 +7 +43
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 1,521 602 724
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.66% 2.53% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.98% 15.71% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 398 500
10th Percentile £350 £348 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% -5.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £688
90th Percentile £688 £713 £813
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 29
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.22 £13.71
25th Percentile £17.73 £22.99 £15.39
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.64 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year +26.42% +49.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £60.75 £44.38 £42.50
90th Percentile £82.55 £82.75 £56.75
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £31.64 £15.81
% change year-on-year +58.03% +100.13% -29.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,920 3,832 5,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.66% 16.08% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,492 2,483 3,276
10th Percentile £344 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £607 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 152 354
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.79 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £13.18
Median hourly rate £32.40 £34.50 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +49.71% -41.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £47.81
90th Percentile £79.58 £79.87 £68.84
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £33.11 £21.73
% change year-on-year +8.73% +52.37% -37.91%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in England

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in England

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Quality in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Quality in England

Data Quality
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
London +58 855 £525 - 274
North of England +7 177 £500 +11.11% 136
Midlands +16 173 £500 +8.11% 57
West Midlands +20 138 £500 +7.53% 36
South East -2 120 £450 -11.76% 130
North West +15 108 £495 +6.45% 64
South West +18 84 £498 -5.24% 37
East of England -19 66 £575 -4.96% 34
Yorkshire -41 47 £514 +37.07% 57
East Midlands -11 36 £450 -2.33% 21
North East -6 22 £475 -7.99% 19
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 105 (6.90%) Apache Spark
2 80 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
3 54 (3.55%) Apache
4 43 (2.83%) Confluence
5 39 (2.56%) SAS
6 37 (2.43%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.59%) Appian
8 8 (0.53%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.26%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
11 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
12 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.066%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 131 (8.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 21 (1.38%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 46 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.79%) NEC Housing
3 10 (0.66%) iTrent
3 10 (0.66%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.39%) Finacle
5 6 (0.39%) Sage X3
5 6 (0.39%) SAP MM
6 5 (0.33%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.33%) SystmOne
7 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.26%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.20%) Actimize
8 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 450 (29.59%) Azure
2 382 (25.12%) Power Platform
3 255 (16.77%) AWS
4 181 (11.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 117 (7.69%) GCP
6 111 (7.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 101 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
7 101 (6.64%) dbt
8 99 (6.51%) Snowflake
9 74 (4.87%) Amazon S3
10 73 (4.80%) GitHub
11 57 (3.75%) Serverless
12 56 (3.68%) Collibra
13 41 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
14 33 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 32 (2.10%) Power Automate
16 31 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
17 27 (1.78%) SaaS
18 26 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
19 18 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.46%) Firewall
2 5 (0.33%) VPN
3 2 (0.13%) Broadband
3 2 (0.13%) DNS
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) VoIP
4 1 (0.066%) 4G
4 1 (0.066%) 5G
4 1 (0.066%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (24.06%) Power BI
2 249 (16.37%) Data Warehouse
3 203 (13.35%) Metadata
4 153 (10.06%) Data Lake
5 109 (7.17%) Tableau
6 105 (6.90%) SQL Server
7 83 (5.46%) Delta Lake
8 66 (4.34%) BigQuery
9 59 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 50 (3.29%) Big Data
10 50 (3.29%) Relational Database
11 47 (3.09%) Snowflake Schema
12 43 (2.83%) NoSQL
13 42 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
14 41 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
15 38 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 33 (2.17%) Power Query
17 31 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
18 30 (1.97%) Star Schema
19 28 (1.84%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 115 (7.56%) Git
2 108 (7.10%) JIRA
3 44 (2.89%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.45%) GitLab
5 16 (1.05%) ERwin
5 16 (1.05%) MLflow
6 8 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (0.46%) ER Studio
7 7 (0.46%) Postman
8 6 (0.39%) Selenium
9 5 (0.33%) LSMW
9 5 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.26%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.20%) Ant
11 3 (0.20%) Newman
11 3 (0.20%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.13%) Terragrunt
General
1 465 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 459 (30.18%) Finance
3 352 (23.14%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 131 (8.61%) Banking
6 41 (2.70%) Marketing
7 40 (2.63%) Retail
8 36 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (1.64%) Local Government
12 24 (1.58%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.51%) Legal
14 21 (1.38%) Military
15 18 (1.18%) Law
16 17 (1.12%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.99%) Investment Banking
19 14 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 391 (25.71%) Data Engineer
2 322 (21.17%) Analyst
3 187 (12.29%) Data Analyst
4 178 (11.70%) Senior
5 148 (9.73%) Lead
6 118 (7.76%) Architect
7 88 (5.79%) Business Analyst
8 79 (5.19%) Developer
9 76 (5.00%) Senior Data Engineer
10 73 (4.80%) Data Architect
11 53 (3.48%) Consultant
11 53 (3.48%) Data Manager
12 45 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
13 40 (2.63%) Azure Data Engineer
14 33 (2.17%) Data Business Analyst
15 32 (2.10%) Administrator
15 32 (2.10%) Project Manager
16 28 (1.84%) Data Migration Lead
17 25 (1.64%) Data Scientist
18 24 (1.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (9.01%) PySpark
2 99 (6.51%) Kafka
3 53 (3.48%) Pandas
4 43 (2.83%) REST
5 34 (2.24%) Great Expectations
6 31 (2.04%) JSON
7 25 (1.64%) scikit-learn
8 20 (1.31%) NumPy
9 18 (1.18%) Web Services
10 17 (1.12%) Middleware
11 16 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.05%) pytest
11 16 (1.05%) PyTorch
12 13 (0.85%) GeoJSON
12 13 (0.85%) TensorFlow
13 12 (0.79%) XML
14 11 (0.72%) Flask
14 11 (0.72%) OAuth
14 11 (0.72%) RESTful
15 10 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.15%) Data Structures
2 106 (6.97%) Legacy Systems
3 80 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 71 (4.67%) Onboarding
5 62 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 56 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.02%) CMDB
8 32 (2.10%) Reference Data
9 26 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
12 20 (1.31%) AI Agents
13 19 (1.25%) Clustering
14 16 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.05%) NHS
15 13 (0.85%) Life Science
15 13 (0.85%) Taxonomies
16 12 (0.79%) Fixed Income
17 11 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.72%) Windows
2 10 (0.66%) Linux
3 8 (0.53%) Unix
4 1 (0.066%) VMS
4 1 (0.066%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (42.60%) Data Modelling
2 574 (37.74%) Analytics
3 503 (33.07%) Data Governance
4 479 (31.49%) ETL
5 455 (29.91%) Business Intelligence
6 441 (28.99%) Data Pipeline
7 350 (23.01%) Validation
8 337 (22.16%) Migration
9 332 (21.83%) Data Engineering
10 327 (21.50%) Agile
11 302 (19.86%) Decision-Making
12 300 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
13 277 (18.21%) CI/CD
14 246 (16.17%) AI
15 226 (14.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 222 (14.60%) Data Migration
17 220 (14.46%) Data Architecture
18 209 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
19 204 (13.41%) DevOps
20 200 (13.15%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 740 (48.65%) SQL
2 452 (29.72%) Python
3 54 (3.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (3.48%) Scala
5 46 (3.02%) Java
6 42 (2.76%) T-SQL
7 36 (2.37%) PL/SQL
8 22 (1.45%) C#
9 20 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.12%) R
10 17 (1.12%) VBA
11 14 (0.92%) Bicep
12 10 (0.66%) JavaScript
13 9 (0.59%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.53%) Bash
15 7 (0.46%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.39%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.33%) Korn
18 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 264 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 201 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 91 (5.98%) Degree
4 50 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 20 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.39%) ACCA
11 6 (0.39%) CIMA
12 5 (0.33%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.33%) SnowPro
13 4 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.26%) PhD
14 3 (0.20%) PMP
15 2 (0.13%) CFA
15 2 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (7.89%) GDPR
2 100 (6.57%) QA
3 31 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 31 (2.04%) PMO
4 18 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (0.99%) SLA
6 11 (0.72%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.53%) COREP
7 8 (0.53%) FINREP
7 8 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.46%) NIST
9 6 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.39%) IFRS
10 4 (0.26%) Basel III
10 4 (0.26%) BS7666
10 4 (0.26%) GRC
10 4 (0.26%) MiFID
11 2 (0.13%) FATCA
11 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 65 (4.27%) Docker
2 6 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.33%) etcd
4 1 (0.066%) HDFS
4 1 (0.066%) RACF
4 1 (0.066%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 106 (6.97%) Terraform
2 70 (4.60%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 10 (0.66%) Grafana
5 8 (0.53%) Ansible
6 6 (0.39%) Kibana
7 5 (0.33%) Fluentd
8 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.26%) SCCM
8 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.20%) logstash
10 1 (0.066%) Control-M
10 1 (0.066%) Istio
10 1 (0.066%) Nessus
10 1 (0.066%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.066%) Puppet
10 1 (0.066%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 257 (16.90%) Databricks
2 245 (16.11%) Microsoft
3 114 (7.50%) SAP
4 105 (6.90%) Oracle
5 71 (4.67%) Salesforce
6 66 (4.34%) ServiceNow
7 62 (4.08%) Informatica
8 47 (3.09%) Google
9 34 (2.24%) Talend
10 23 (1.51%) Denodo
11 17 (1.12%) Workday
12 15 (0.99%) IBM
12 15 (0.99%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.92%) GoldenSource
14 13 (0.85%) NEC
15 11 (0.72%) Adobe
15 11 (0.72%) Alteryx
15 11 (0.72%) Avaloq
15 11 (0.72%) ESRI
16 9 (0.59%) Automation Anywhere