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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 116 151
Rank change year-on-year +15 +35 +75
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 730 680 719
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.62% 2.06% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.23% 15.76% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 473 489
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £713 £650
90th Percentile £738 £850 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 15
10th Percentile £21.20 £21.25 £15.25
25th Percentile £31.94 £35.00 £20.54
Median hourly rate £40.49 £37.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% +5.25% +87.53%
75th Percentile £49.25 £51.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £97.50 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £40.49 £36.25 £35.32
% change year-on-year +11.70% +2.65% +75.83%

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 4,794 4,314 5,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.24% 13.09% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 2,570 4,038
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £725 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 213 233
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £15.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £31.62 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -15.68% +66.67%
75th Percentile £61.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.88 £70.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.63
% change year-on-year +9.09% -22.82% +54.91%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Quality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -14 399 £545 -12.80% 294
North of England -3 88 £450 +5.94% 69
Midlands +21 75 £500 +13.64% 49
South East +24 61 £488 -11.36% 178
West Midlands +16 55 £525 +16.60% 25
North West -1 53 £450 +0.22% 45
South West +41 42 £450 -5.26% 34
East of England +17 32 £605 +15.14% 39
Yorkshire +3 32 £500 +32.28% 19
East Midlands +4 18 £449 +25.98% 24
North East -2 5 £438 +76.77% 5
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 54 (7.40%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (6.16%) Apache Spark
3 28 (3.84%) Apache
4 20 (2.74%) SAS
5 13 (1.78%) Confluence
5 13 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.68%) Luigi
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 83 (11.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.51%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Maple
7 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.64%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.82%) SAP MDG
4 6 (0.82%) SAP PM
5 5 (0.68%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle SCM
7 3 (0.41%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.27%) Actimize
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.14%) HFM
9 1 (0.14%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 171 (23.42%) Azure
2 155 (21.23%) AWS
3 137 (18.77%) Power Platform
4 76 (10.41%) GCP
5 65 (8.90%) Snowflake
6 56 (7.67%) dbt
7 50 (6.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 38 (5.21%) GitHub
9 36 (4.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 35 (4.79%) Collibra
11 34 (4.66%) Amazon S3
12 28 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (2.60%) Serverless
15 17 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (2.33%) OCI
16 14 (1.92%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 12 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) DNS
1 5 (0.68%) HTTP
2 4 (0.55%) Internet
3 2 (0.27%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (17.53%) Data Warehouse
1 128 (17.53%) Power BI
2 85 (11.64%) Metadata
3 63 (8.63%) Tableau
4 57 (7.81%) Data Lake
5 48 (6.58%) SQL Server
6 42 (5.75%) Big Data
7 38 (5.21%) Relational Database
8 34 (4.66%) Delta Lake
9 31 (4.25%) Snowflake Schema
10 28 (3.84%) BigQuery
11 26 (3.56%) NoSQL
12 25 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
13 23 (3.15%) Hadoop
14 21 (2.88%) Amazon Redshift
15 20 (2.74%) Data Vault
16 19 (2.60%) Star Schema
17 18 (2.47%) Pentaho
18 17 (2.33%) Oracle Database
18 17 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 75 (10.27%) Git
2 53 (7.26%) JIRA
3 29 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.33%) ERwin
5 14 (1.92%) ER Studio
6 8 (1.10%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.82%) Browser DevTools
8 5 (0.68%) Terragrunt
8 5 (0.68%) Vite
8 5 (0.68%) webpack
9 4 (0.55%) DBeaver
10 3 (0.41%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.27%) GitLab
11 2 (0.27%) LSMW
12 1 (0.14%) MLflow
12 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.14%) Selenium
12 1 (0.14%) Spinnaker
General
1 282 (38.63%) Social Skills
2 211 (28.90%) Finance
3 179 (24.52%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.77%) Banking
5 58 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 28 (3.84%) Marketing
7 20 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (2.47%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.05%) Local Government
10 14 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.78%) Retail
12 10 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.23%) Legal
14 7 (0.96%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 180 (24.66%) Analyst
2 146 (20.00%) Data Engineer
3 118 (16.16%) Data Analyst
4 75 (10.27%) Senior
5 70 (9.59%) Architect
6 61 (8.36%) Lead
7 59 (8.08%) Developer
8 49 (6.71%) Business Analyst
9 43 (5.89%) Data Architect
10 38 (5.21%) Consultant
11 34 (4.66%) Senior Data Engineer
12 20 (2.74%) Data Modeller
13 19 (2.60%) Data Consultant
13 19 (2.60%) Data Manager
14 18 (2.47%) Data Business Analyst
15 16 (2.19%) Azure Data Engineer
15 16 (2.19%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (2.19%) Governance Analyst
16 15 (2.05%) Financial Analyst
17 12 (1.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.66%) Kafka
2 31 (4.25%) XML
3 26 (3.56%) PySpark
4 15 (2.05%) Pandas
5 13 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
5 13 (1.78%) REST
6 12 (1.64%) SOAP
7 11 (1.51%) Middleware
7 11 (1.51%) NumPy
8 10 (1.37%) CSS
8 10 (1.37%) HTML
8 10 (1.37%) JSON
8 10 (1.37%) Matplotlib
8 10 (1.37%) PyTorch
8 10 (1.37%) TensorFlow
9 9 (1.23%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.23%) Seaborn
9 9 (1.23%) Visualforce
10 8 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.85%) Data Structures
2 44 (6.03%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (3.15%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.33%) Reference Data
6 14 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.64%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (1.37%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.23%) Derivative
9 9 (1.23%) IoT
10 8 (1.10%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.10%) Life Science
10 8 (1.10%) Replication
11 7 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.60%) Linux
2 5 (0.68%) Windows
3 2 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 273 (37.40%) Data Modelling
3 251 (34.38%) Analytics
4 219 (30.00%) ETL
5 207 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (27.40%) Business Intelligence
7 162 (22.19%) Data Pipeline
8 160 (21.92%) Agile
9 152 (20.82%) Migration
10 135 (18.49%) Data Engineering
11 130 (17.81%) Data Analysis
12 126 (17.26%) Data Management
13 119 (16.30%) Data Migration
14 116 (15.89%) Validation
15 108 (14.79%) CI/CD
16 104 (14.25%) Visualisation
17 103 (14.11%) Decision-Making
18 94 (12.88%) Data Integration
19 89 (12.19%) Stakeholder Management
20 81 (11.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 334 (45.75%) SQL
2 226 (30.96%) Python
3 33 (4.52%) Java
4 30 (4.11%) R
5 24 (3.29%) Scala
6 14 (1.92%) Apex Code
7 12 (1.64%) Bash
7 12 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.64%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.37%) VBA
9 9 (1.23%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.82%) C#
11 5 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.55%) C++
13 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.27%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.27%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 92 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 82 (11.23%) Degree
3 74 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.84%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.37%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.82%) PhD
8 6 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.82%) PMP
9 4 (0.55%) ACCA
9 4 (0.55%) CCAB
9 4 (0.55%) CIMA
10 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.14%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.73%) GDPR
2 41 (5.62%) QA
3 29 (3.97%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (1.10%) PMO
6 5 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.68%) MiFID
6 5 (0.68%) WCAG
7 4 (0.55%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.55%) SLA
8 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.41%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.27%) EMIR
9 2 (0.27%) FATCA
9 2 (0.27%) GRC
9 2 (0.27%) IFRS
10 1 (0.14%) Basel III
10 1 (0.14%) DICOM
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (4.38%) Docker
2 9 (1.23%) zsh
3 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.41%) HDFS
5 1 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 32 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.11%) Terraform
3 6 (0.82%) Grafana
4 4 (0.55%) Control-M
4 4 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.55%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.41%) Hadoop YARN
5 3 (0.41%) Kibana
5 3 (0.41%) logstash
5 3 (0.41%) Oozie
6 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) Ansible
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.47%) Databricks
3 83 (11.37%) Oracle
4 63 (8.63%) SAP
5 55 (7.53%) Informatica
6 39 (5.34%) Google
7 27 (3.70%) Salesforce
8 25 (3.42%) Talend
9 18 (2.47%) Denodo
10 10 (1.37%) Alteryx
11 8 (1.10%) Amplitude
11 8 (1.10%) Sparx
12 6 (0.82%) Adobe
12 6 (0.82%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.82%) Liquidlogic
13 5 (0.68%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.68%) MicroStrategy
13 5 (0.68%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.68%) VMware
13 5 (0.68%) Workday