Data Quality Contracts in England

Data Quality
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Quality skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Quality over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 110 159
Rank change year-on-year -1 +49 +65
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 649 771 751
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.49% 2.06% 1.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.11% 15.31% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 538 522
10th Percentile £342 £350 £332
25th Percentile £413 £449 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.09% -2.05%
75th Percentile £638 £712 £650
90th Percentile £738 £850 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 28 13
10th Percentile £18.52 £13.49 £16.37
25th Percentile £23.69 £15.39 £21.24
Median hourly rate £31.82 £21.06 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +51.11% -6.35% -4.01%
75th Percentile £35.00 £42.50 £39.42
90th Percentile £76.21 £52.35 £74.73
UK median hourly rate £31.82 £15.80 £22.49
% change year-on-year +101.39% -29.73% +2.98%

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 4,296 5,037 6,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.46% 13.48% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 3,164 4,347
10th Percentile £270 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 378 231
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £20.69 £13.27 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £24.31 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.66% -42.81% +63.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.96 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
% change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Quality in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Quality in England

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in England

Data Quality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Quality in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Quality in England

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Quality in England over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 -27 335 £550 -8.33% 1,718
North of England +15 89 £450 -7.22% 415
South East +33 55 £500 +5.26% 397
North West +2 55 £453 -7.18% 240
Midlands +15 54 £464 -7.25% 257
East of England +45 52 £600 +14.29% 163
South West +42 35 £425 -5.56% 192
West Midlands +2 35 £500 -6.98% 154
Yorkshire +16 32 £400 +9.89% 129
East Midlands +6 16 £461 +15.19% 102
North East +3 3 £613 - 46
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 51 (7.86%) Apache Spark
2 43 (6.63%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (5.70%) Apache
4 14 (2.16%) Confluence
4 14 (2.16%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.77%) SAS
6 3 (0.46%) IBM Domino
6 3 (0.46%) Luigi
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 69 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.62%) Siemens NX
4 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.92%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.15%) Maple
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 41 (6.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.62%) Teamcenter
3 7 (1.08%) SAP MDG
4 6 (0.92%) SAP PM
5 5 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.77%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.31%) Actimize
7 2 (0.31%) Maximo
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 160 (24.65%) Azure
2 123 (18.95%) AWS
3 119 (18.34%) Power Platform
4 70 (10.79%) GCP
5 52 (8.01%) Azure Data Factory
5 52 (8.01%) Snowflake
6 42 (6.47%) dbt
7 35 (5.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (4.16%) Collibra
9 26 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (4.01%) Serverless
10 25 (3.85%) GitHub
11 24 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (3.54%) Amazon S3
12 23 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.54%) Amazon EMR
15 10 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.46%) DNS
1 3 (0.46%) HTTP
1 3 (0.46%) Internet
2 2 (0.31%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) Skype
3 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (23.11%) Data Warehouse
2 114 (17.57%) Power BI
3 76 (11.71%) Tableau
4 72 (11.09%) Data Lake
5 65 (10.02%) Metadata
6 49 (7.55%) Big Data
7 42 (6.47%) SQL Server
8 38 (5.86%) Relational Database
9 29 (4.47%) BigQuery
9 29 (4.47%) Delta Lake
10 28 (4.31%) Hadoop
11 27 (4.16%) NoSQL
12 24 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
13 23 (3.54%) Snowflake Schema
14 19 (2.93%) Oracle Database
15 17 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (2.31%) Looker
16 15 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
17 13 (2.00%) SAP Data Services
18 12 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (4.47%) Git
2 27 (4.16%) JIRA
3 16 (2.47%) ERwin
4 11 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.08%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.77%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.46%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.46%) LSMW
8 3 (0.46%) Vite
8 3 (0.46%) webpack
9 2 (0.31%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.31%) GitLab
9 2 (0.31%) MagicDraw
10 1 (0.15%) IBM UrbanCode
10 1 (0.15%) MLflow
10 1 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.15%) PyCharm
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
General
1 256 (39.45%) Social Skills
2 184 (28.35%) Finance
3 173 (26.66%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.63%) Banking
5 36 (5.55%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 22 (3.39%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.62%) Retail
12 16 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (2.16%) Local Government
14 12 (1.85%) Marketing
14 12 (1.85%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.54%) Front Office
15 10 (1.54%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.39%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.39%) Retail Banking
17 8 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (24.35%) Analyst
2 133 (20.49%) Data Engineer
3 112 (17.26%) Data Analyst
4 74 (11.40%) Senior
5 68 (10.48%) Architect
5 68 (10.48%) Lead
6 48 (7.40%) Developer
7 47 (7.24%) Data Architect
8 34 (5.24%) Business Analyst
9 33 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (4.62%) Consultant
11 20 (3.08%) Data Consultant
12 16 (2.47%) Applications Engineer
12 16 (2.47%) Configuration Engineer
12 16 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (2.31%) Azure Data Engineer
13 15 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (2.31%) Data Manager
14 14 (2.16%) Data Business Analyst
14 14 (2.16%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.24%) Kafka
2 26 (4.01%) PySpark
3 24 (3.70%) XML
4 20 (3.08%) Pandas
5 17 (2.62%) NumPy
6 14 (2.16%) Matplotlib
6 14 (2.16%) PyTorch
6 14 (2.16%) TensorFlow
7 13 (2.00%) REST
7 13 (2.00%) scikit-learn
7 13 (2.00%) Seaborn
8 11 (1.69%) JSON
9 9 (1.39%) Apache NiFi
10 8 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.23%) React
11 6 (0.92%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.92%) CSS
11 6 (0.92%) HTML
11 6 (0.92%) SOAP
12 5 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.16%) Legacy Systems
2 34 (5.24%) Data Structures
3 27 (4.16%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.08%) Life Science
6 19 (2.93%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.93%) Reference Data
7 17 (2.62%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.31%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.39%) IoT
10 8 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.23%) Data Fabric
10 8 (1.23%) Replication
10 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.92%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.69%) Linux
2 7 (1.08%) Unix
3 4 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (43.45%) Data Governance
2 223 (34.36%) Data Modelling
3 210 (32.36%) ETL
4 204 (31.43%) Analytics
5 181 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (25.42%) Business Intelligence
7 139 (21.42%) Migration
8 132 (20.34%) Data Pipeline
9 128 (19.72%) Data Analysis
10 122 (18.80%) Visualisation
11 119 (18.34%) Data Engineering
11 119 (18.34%) Data Management
12 108 (16.64%) Agile
13 99 (15.25%) Validation
14 95 (14.64%) Data Migration
14 95 (14.64%) Decision-Making
15 85 (13.10%) Data Integration
16 84 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 82 (12.63%) Data Architecture
18 75 (11.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 286 (44.07%) SQL
2 207 (31.90%) Python
3 33 (5.08%) Java
4 32 (4.93%) R
5 26 (4.01%) Scala
6 12 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.85%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.39%) VBA
8 7 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.92%) Apex Code
9 6 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.62%) Bash
11 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.46%) ABAP
12 3 (0.46%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.46%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.31%) C#
13 2 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (14.02%) Degree
2 79 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 59 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.93%) Master's Degree
5 31 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.54%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.39%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.39%) PhD
8 8 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.23%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.23%) PMP
9 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.77%) GIAC
11 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.46%) ACCA
12 3 (0.46%) CIMA
13 2 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.70%) GDPR
2 33 (5.08%) QA
3 23 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.08%) PMO
5 6 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (0.92%) MiFID
6 4 (0.62%) SLA
7 3 (0.46%) EMIR
7 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.46%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.46%) WCAG
8 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) Basel III
8 2 (0.31%) FATCA
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) GxP
9 1 (0.15%) IFRS
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 16 (2.47%) Docker
2 5 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) zsh
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
4 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 37 (5.70%) Terraform
2 20 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.08%) Grafana
4 5 (0.77%) Kibana
4 5 (0.77%) logstash
4 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 83 (12.79%) SAP
2 75 (11.56%) Microsoft
3 68 (10.48%) Databricks
4 58 (8.94%) Oracle
5 56 (8.63%) Informatica
6 45 (6.93%) Google
7 15 (2.31%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.69%) Talend
9 9 (1.39%) Ariba
9 9 (1.39%) IBM
10 6 (0.92%) Amplitude
10 6 (0.92%) Liquidlogic
10 6 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.77%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.77%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (0.77%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.77%) Sparx
12 4 (0.62%) DocuSign
12 4 (0.62%) Teradata
12 4 (0.62%) Workday