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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 110 128
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 910 658 734
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.90% 2.27% 1.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.69% 16.18% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 441 512
10th Percentile £343 £308 £363
25th Percentile £413 £400 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -7.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 22
10th Percentile - £21.25 £20.07
25th Percentile £18.25 £26.25 £29.56
Median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £43.28
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% -13.35% +188.42%
75th Percentile £43.98 £93.75 £59.25
90th Percentile £65.30 £97.50 £64.95
UK median hourly rate £31.00 £35.13 £43.28
% change year-on-year -11.74% -18.84% +170.48%

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 5,454 4,066 5,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.41% 14.01% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,543 2,378 3,610
10th Percentile £313 £275 £325
25th Percentile £406 £387 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £739 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 159 214
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.70 £14.21
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.92 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.79
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -16.18% +57.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.99 £66.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £83.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year -8.55% -21.99% +54.32%

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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 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
London +18 536 £525 -4.55% 190
North of England +4 123 £473 +14.67% 62
Midlands +11 97 £514 +24.61% 37
South East +1 71 £423 -31.02% 144
West Midlands +5 70 £525 +7.58% 30
North West -14 69 £463 +12.12% 31
Yorkshire -14 44 £500 +53.85% 26
South West +8 41 £500 +2.56% 41
East Midlands 0 27 £439 +28.97% 7
East of England -39 15 £519 +3.75% 38
North East -4 11 £488 +96.97% 6
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 81 (8.90%) Apache Spark
2 56 (6.15%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (3.96%) SAS
4 34 (3.74%) Apache
5 12 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.21%) Confluence
7 9 (0.99%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.66%) GeoServer
8 6 (0.66%) Smallworld
9 4 (0.44%) Luigi
10 3 (0.33%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 91 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.22%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 35 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.66%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.55%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.44%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.44%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
8 3 (0.33%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (0.33%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (0.33%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.22%) Actimize
9 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.22%) Maximo
9 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 236 (25.93%) Azure
2 212 (23.30%) Power Platform
3 185 (20.33%) AWS
4 99 (10.88%) GCP
5 90 (9.89%) Snowflake
6 74 (8.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 51 (5.60%) dbt
8 48 (5.27%) Amazon S3
9 43 (4.73%) Collibra
10 41 (4.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 33 (3.63%) GitHub
12 31 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (2.86%) Serverless
14 24 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (2.09%) OCI
16 16 (1.76%) SaaS
17 14 (1.54%) Google Analytics
17 14 (1.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.55%) DNS
2 4 (0.44%) HTTP
3 2 (0.22%) Broadband
3 2 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.22%) Internet
3 2 (0.22%) SSL
3 2 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (22.64%) Power BI
2 174 (19.12%) Data Warehouse
3 133 (14.62%) Metadata
4 70 (7.69%) Tableau
5 60 (6.59%) Data Lake
6 51 (5.60%) SQL Server
7 49 (5.38%) Relational Database
8 47 (5.16%) Big Data
9 41 (4.51%) NoSQL
10 39 (4.29%) Snowflake Schema
11 33 (3.63%) BigQuery
12 32 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 32 (3.52%) Pentaho
13 31 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 27 (2.97%) Star Schema
15 26 (2.86%) Delta Lake
16 21 (2.31%) Amazon QuickSight
16 21 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
17 19 (2.09%) Looker
Development Applications
1 113 (12.42%) Git
2 65 (7.14%) JIRA
3 48 (5.27%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.98%) ERwin
5 15 (1.65%) PowerDesigner
6 11 (1.21%) ER Studio
7 8 (0.88%) DBeaver
8 4 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.33%) GitLab
9 3 (0.33%) MLflow
9 3 (0.33%) Vite
9 3 (0.33%) webpack
10 2 (0.22%) LSMW
11 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.11%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 329 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 283 (31.10%) Finance
3 225 (24.73%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (10.44%) Public Sector
5 76 (8.35%) Banking
6 39 (4.29%) Marketing
7 22 (2.42%) Legal
8 21 (2.31%) Local Government
9 18 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (1.87%) Retail
11 15 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.32%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.32%) Military
14 11 (1.21%) Publishing
15 10 (1.10%) Billing
15 10 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 214 (23.52%) Analyst
2 197 (21.65%) Data Engineer
3 135 (14.84%) Data Analyst
4 90 (9.89%) Lead
5 89 (9.78%) Architect
6 87 (9.56%) Senior
7 68 (7.47%) Business Analyst
8 59 (6.48%) Developer
9 52 (5.71%) Data Architect
10 39 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
11 34 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
12 33 (3.63%) Consultant
13 32 (3.52%) Azure Data Engineer
13 32 (3.52%) Data Manager
14 30 (3.30%) Data Business Analyst
15 25 (2.75%) Data Modeller
16 21 (2.31%) Governance Analyst
17 18 (1.98%) Financial Analyst
18 17 (1.87%) Salesforce Architect
19 16 (1.76%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.25%) PySpark
2 51 (5.60%) Kafka
3 26 (2.86%) XML
4 22 (2.42%) REST
5 14 (1.54%) Middleware
5 14 (1.54%) SOAP
6 13 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (1.43%) Visualforce
7 10 (1.10%) JSON
7 10 (1.10%) Pandas
8 9 (0.99%) HTML
9 8 (0.88%) Great Expectations
9 8 (0.88%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 7 (0.77%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (0.77%) RESTful
10 7 (0.77%) YAML
11 6 (0.66%) .NET
11 6 (0.66%) CSS
12 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.55%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 78 (8.57%) Data Structures
2 49 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (2.97%) Cloud Native
4 27 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 17 (1.87%) CMDB
7 17 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.87%) Reference Data
8 15 (1.65%) Replication
9 13 (1.43%) NHS
10 11 (1.21%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (1.21%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.99%) Clustering
12 9 (0.99%) Derivative
13 8 (0.88%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.87%) Linux
2 4 (0.44%) Unix
3 2 (0.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (41.98%) Data Modelling
2 358 (39.34%) Data Governance
3 332 (36.48%) Analytics
4 290 (31.87%) Business Intelligence
5 282 (30.99%) ETL
6 270 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
7 222 (24.40%) Agile
7 222 (24.40%) Data Pipeline
8 180 (19.78%) Data Engineering
9 172 (18.90%) Migration
10 151 (16.59%) CI/CD
11 150 (16.48%) Data Management
12 142 (15.60%) Validation
13 140 (15.38%) Decision-Making
14 133 (14.62%) Data Analysis
15 131 (14.40%) Data Integration
16 130 (14.29%) Data Architecture
17 124 (13.63%) Data Migration
18 121 (13.30%) Visualisation
19 108 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 447 (49.12%) SQL
2 285 (31.32%) Python
3 38 (4.18%) Scala
4 33 (3.63%) Java
5 31 (3.41%) R
6 20 (2.20%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.65%) C#
9 14 (1.54%) T-SQL
10 13 (1.43%) Apex Code
10 13 (1.43%) Bash
10 13 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.88%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.77%) C++
12 7 (0.77%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.77%) VBA
13 4 (0.44%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.33%) ABAP
14 3 (0.33%) Korn
14 3 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 130 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 92 (10.11%) SC Cleared
3 83 (9.12%) Degree
4 35 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.08%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.76%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.44%) CCAB
10 4 (0.44%) PhD
11 3 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.33%) PMP
11 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.22%) ACCA
12 2 (0.22%) CIMA
12 2 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.11%) GIAC
13 1 (0.11%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.23%) GDPR
2 54 (5.93%) QA
3 43 (4.73%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.10%) PMO
7 8 (0.88%) IFRS
8 7 (0.77%) Basel III
9 6 (0.66%) SLA
10 5 (0.55%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.44%) MiFID
11 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.33%) FINREP
12 3 (0.33%) GRC
12 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.33%) WCAG
13 2 (0.22%) CRD IV
13 2 (0.22%) EMIR
13 2 (0.22%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 54 (5.93%) Docker
2 8 (0.88%) zsh
3 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.33%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 50 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.40%) Terraform
3 4 (0.44%) Control-M
3 4 (0.44%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
4 3 (0.33%) Oozie
5 2 (0.22%) Ansible
5 2 (0.22%) Kibana
5 2 (0.22%) logstash
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 148 (16.26%) Databricks
2 121 (13.30%) Microsoft
3 90 (9.89%) Oracle
4 61 (6.70%) SAP
5 46 (5.05%) Talend
6 45 (4.95%) Salesforce
7 44 (4.84%) Informatica
8 43 (4.73%) Google
9 30 (3.30%) Denodo
10 25 (2.75%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.43%) Sparx
12 11 (1.21%) Alteryx
13 10 (1.10%) Palantir
14 9 (0.99%) Adobe
15 7 (0.77%) Foundry
16 6 (0.66%) Bloomberg
16 6 (0.66%) ESRI
16 6 (0.66%) Guidewire
16 6 (0.66%) Intergraph
16 6 (0.66%) Workday