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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 121 146
Rank change year-on-year +31 +25 +61
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 844 644 713
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.87% 2.07% 1.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.22% 15.94% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 432 496
10th Percentile £332 £313 £363
25th Percentile £413 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £688 £650
90th Percentile £738 £806 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £540
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 20
10th Percentile - £21.25 £19.60
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.44 £21.48
Median hourly rate £32.94 £36.25 £39.96
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% -9.28% +135.06%
75th Percentile £44.75 £86.06 £50.96
90th Percentile £66.88 £97.50 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £33.88 £35.00 £39.96
% change year-on-year -3.20% -12.41% +122.00%

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 5,203 4,040 5,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.68% 13.00% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 2,362 3,746
10th Percentile £308 £290 £320
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £747 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 169 236
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.24 £15.11
25th Percentile £17.69 £15.98 £20.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.62 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -21.93% +55.77%
75th Percentile £63.40 £63.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.18
UK median hourly rate £27.77 £27.09 £39.80
% change year-on-year +2.51% -31.93% +53.08%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 5 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
London +4 473 £538 -8.51% 536
North of England -9 104 £450 +12.50% 135
Midlands +36 98 £508 +42.56% 105
South East +23 74 £450 -26.53% 414
West Midlands +24 73 £525 +21.74% 71
North West -15 61 £450 +7.53% 83
South West +28 43 £488 +2.63% 54
Yorkshire -7 35 £500 +33.33% 41
East Midlands +2 23 £447 +31.47% 34
East of England -11 23 £569 +42.19% 53
North East -7 9 £613 +147.47% 11
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 64 (7.58%) Apache Spark
2 60 (7.11%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (4.27%) Apache
4 28 (3.32%) SAS
5 14 (1.66%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.18%) Confluence
7 8 (0.95%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.71%) GeoServer
8 6 (0.71%) Smallworld
9 4 (0.47%) Luigi
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 88 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.83%) Siemens NX
5 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Maple
7 1 (0.12%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 24 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (0.95%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.59%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.59%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.47%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle SCM
8 3 (0.36%) Actimize
8 3 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.36%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.24%) Maximo
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.12%) Primavera
10 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 207 (24.53%) Azure
2 193 (22.87%) AWS
3 180 (21.33%) Power Platform
4 91 (10.78%) GCP
4 91 (10.78%) Snowflake
5 60 (7.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 60 (7.11%) dbt
6 44 (5.21%) Amazon S3
7 41 (4.86%) GitHub
8 40 (4.74%) Collibra
9 39 (4.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 35 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (3.08%) Serverless
13 21 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.49%) SaaS
14 19 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (2.13%) OCI
16 16 (1.90%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.47%) DNS
1 4 (0.47%) HTTP
1 4 (0.47%) Internet
2 2 (0.24%) Firewall
2 2 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (20.38%) Data Warehouse
2 171 (20.26%) Power BI
3 109 (12.91%) Metadata
4 65 (7.70%) Tableau
5 61 (7.23%) Data Lake
6 57 (6.75%) SQL Server
7 56 (6.64%) Relational Database
8 48 (5.69%) Big Data
9 35 (4.15%) Snowflake Schema
10 34 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
11 33 (3.91%) Delta Lake
11 33 (3.91%) NoSQL
12 28 (3.32%) BigQuery
13 27 (3.20%) Pentaho
14 24 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
15 23 (2.73%) Star Schema
16 22 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
16 22 (2.61%) Hadoop
16 22 (2.61%) Oracle Database
17 20 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 96 (11.37%) Git
2 56 (6.64%) JIRA
3 43 (5.09%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.73%) ERwin
5 15 (1.78%) ER Studio
6 14 (1.66%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (0.95%) DBeaver
8 5 (0.59%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.47%) Vite
9 4 (0.47%) webpack
10 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.36%) MLflow
11 2 (0.24%) GitLab
11 2 (0.24%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
12 1 (0.12%) LSMW
12 1 (0.12%) Selenium
12 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.12%) Spinnaker
12 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 315 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 244 (28.91%) Finance
3 215 (25.47%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 71 (8.41%) Banking
6 35 (4.15%) Marketing
7 23 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.13%) Retail
10 16 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.78%) Legal
12 14 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.54%) Billing
14 12 (1.42%) Local Government
14 12 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.30%) Publishing
16 10 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 200 (23.70%) Analyst
2 182 (21.56%) Data Engineer
3 135 (16.00%) Data Analyst
4 90 (10.66%) Architect
5 82 (9.72%) Lead
6 81 (9.60%) Senior
7 61 (7.23%) Business Analyst
8 60 (7.11%) Developer
9 53 (6.28%) Data Architect
10 38 (4.50%) Consultant
11 37 (4.38%) Senior Data Engineer
12 29 (3.44%) Data Modeller
13 27 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
13 27 (3.20%) Data Business Analyst
14 22 (2.61%) Azure Data Engineer
15 21 (2.49%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.13%) Data Consultant
16 18 (2.13%) Governance Analyst
17 14 (1.66%) Salesforce Architect
18 13 (1.54%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.21%) Kafka
2 41 (4.86%) PySpark
3 30 (3.55%) XML
4 20 (2.37%) REST
5 15 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (1.54%) SOAP
7 12 (1.42%) Middleware
7 12 (1.42%) Pandas
8 11 (1.30%) Visualforce
9 10 (1.18%) HTML
10 9 (1.07%) CSS
10 9 (1.07%) JSON
11 8 (0.95%) Apache NiFi
11 8 (0.95%) NumPy
11 8 (0.95%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 6 (0.71%) RESTful
13 5 (0.59%) .NET
13 5 (0.59%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.59%) Great Expectations
13 5 (0.59%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.94%) Data Structures
2 51 (6.04%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 30 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.61%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.37%) Reference Data
7 19 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.54%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.54%) Replication
10 11 (1.30%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.07%) Derivative
11 9 (1.07%) IoT
11 9 (1.07%) NHS
12 8 (0.95%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.95%) Clustering
12 8 (0.95%) Fixed Income
12 8 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.49%) Linux
2 3 (0.36%) Unix
3 2 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (41.35%) Data Modelling
2 320 (37.91%) Data Governance
3 304 (36.02%) Analytics
4 272 (32.23%) ETL
5 257 (30.45%) Business Intelligence
6 239 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
7 196 (23.22%) Data Pipeline
8 189 (22.39%) Agile
9 166 (19.67%) Migration
10 164 (19.43%) Data Engineering
11 142 (16.82%) CI/CD
12 138 (16.35%) Data Analysis
13 134 (15.88%) Data Management
14 132 (15.64%) Data Migration
14 132 (15.64%) Validation
15 128 (15.17%) Data Integration
15 128 (15.17%) Decision-Making
16 124 (14.69%) Visualisation
17 112 (13.27%) Data Architecture
18 105 (12.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 418 (49.53%) SQL
2 275 (32.58%) Python
3 44 (5.21%) Java
4 32 (3.79%) Scala
5 26 (3.08%) R
6 16 (1.90%) Bash
7 15 (1.78%) Apex Code
7 15 (1.78%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.42%) C#
8 12 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.30%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.30%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.07%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.07%) VBA
11 5 (0.59%) C++
11 5 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.59%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.36%) Bicep
12 3 (0.36%) Korn
Qualifications
1 109 (12.91%) Security Cleared
2 85 (10.07%) Degree
3 80 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 45 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.79%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.01%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.30%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.59%) PhD
9 5 (0.59%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.59%) PMP
10 4 (0.47%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.47%) CCAB
11 3 (0.36%) ACCA
11 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.36%) CIMA
11 3 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.12%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.12%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.77%) GDPR
2 54 (6.40%) QA
3 39 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (0.95%) PMO
6 7 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.71%) SLA
8 5 (0.59%) Solvency II
9 4 (0.47%) IFRS
9 4 (0.47%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.47%) MiFID
9 4 (0.47%) WCAG
10 3 (0.36%) Basel III
10 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) EMIR
11 2 (0.24%) FATCA
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.12%) LOINC
12 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (5.69%) Docker
2 10 (1.18%) zsh
3 3 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.36%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 49 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.86%) Terraform
3 4 (0.47%) Control-M
3 4 (0.47%) Grafana
3 4 (0.47%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.47%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
4 3 (0.36%) Oozie
5 1 (0.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) Kibana
5 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.12%) logstash
5 1 (0.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 115 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 113 (13.39%) Databricks
3 97 (11.49%) Oracle
4 59 (6.99%) SAP
5 52 (6.16%) Informatica
6 41 (4.86%) Salesforce
7 40 (4.74%) Google
7 40 (4.74%) Talend
8 26 (3.08%) Denodo
9 12 (1.42%) Sparx
10 10 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.07%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.07%) Guidewire
11 9 (1.07%) Palantir
12 8 (0.95%) Workday
13 7 (0.83%) Adobe
14 6 (0.71%) Amplitude
14 6 (0.71%) ESRI
14 6 (0.71%) Foundry
14 6 (0.71%) Intergraph