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 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 105 116
Rank change year-on-year +41 +11 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 1,448 612 733
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.57% 2.51% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.14% 15.77% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 987 420 508
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -4.73% -
75th Percentile £591 £626 £680
90th Percentile £688 £725 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 19 30
10th Percentile £13.96 £18.22 £13.92
25th Percentile £17.73 £22.12 £15.39
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.64 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year +26.42% +40.26% +0.32%
75th Percentile £60.75 £34.73 £49.44
90th Percentile £81.60 £81.71 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £31.64 £16.34
% change year-on-year +58.03% +93.69% -27.35%

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 6,850 3,880 5,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.88% 15.92% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,455 2,484 3,358
10th Percentile £340 £269 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 160 350
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.07 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.44 £13.18
Median hourly rate £30.58 £35.00 £22.42
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +56.11% -41.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £78.50 £79.11 £67.55
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £34.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.51% +64.29% -40.00%

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 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 5 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 5 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 +53 801 £525 - 326
North of England +20 180 £495 +10.00% 139
Midlands +19 162 £500 +5.26% 96
West Midlands +24 129 £500 -4.76% 68
South East +14 119 £450 -12.20% 159
North West +19 105 £488 +4.84% 75
South West +13 81 £500 -4.76% 67
East of England -31 60 £581 -3.13% 45
Yorkshire -26 52 £500 +33.33% 41
East Midlands -17 34 £475 +4.86% 28
North East +4 23 £475 +13.10% 23
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
1 110 (7.60%) Apache Spark
2 75 (5.18%) Apache Airflow
3 52 (3.59%) Apache
4 42 (2.90%) SAS
5 39 (2.69%) Confluence
6 38 (2.62%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.62%) Appian
8 6 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.28%) CMS
9 4 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.21%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Synapse
11 2 (0.14%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.14%) Smallworld
12 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.069%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 132 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.21%) Trello
6 1 (0.069%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 49 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.90%) Loan IQ
3 10 (0.69%) iTrent
4 9 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.41%) Finacle
6 6 (0.41%) Sage X3
6 6 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 6 (0.41%) SAP MM
6 6 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.41%) SystmOne
7 5 (0.35%) BambooHR
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.28%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 444 (30.66%) Azure
2 379 (26.17%) Power Platform
3 250 (17.27%) AWS
4 186 (12.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 122 (8.43%) GCP
6 112 (7.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 95 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
7 95 (6.56%) dbt
7 95 (6.56%) Snowflake
8 73 (5.04%) Amazon S3
9 66 (4.56%) GitHub
10 60 (4.14%) Collibra
11 56 (3.87%) Serverless
12 40 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
13 35 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
14 33 (2.28%) Power Automate
15 27 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
15 27 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
16 25 (1.73%) SaaS
17 19 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.48%) Firewall
2 5 (0.35%) VPN
3 3 (0.21%) HTTP
4 2 (0.14%) Broadband
4 2 (0.14%) DNS
4 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.14%) VoIP
5 1 (0.069%) 4G
5 1 (0.069%) 5G
5 1 (0.069%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (25.07%) Power BI
2 250 (17.27%) Data Warehouse
3 206 (14.23%) Metadata
4 143 (9.88%) Data Lake
5 110 (7.60%) Tableau
6 102 (7.04%) SQL Server
7 80 (5.52%) Delta Lake
8 64 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 64 (4.42%) BigQuery
9 51 (3.52%) Relational Database
10 50 (3.45%) Big Data
11 49 (3.38%) Snowflake Schema
12 48 (3.31%) NoSQL
13 43 (2.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 42 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 37 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
16 29 (2.00%) Star Schema
17 28 (1.93%) Power Query
18 27 (1.86%) OLAP
18 27 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 122 (8.43%) Git
2 108 (7.46%) JIRA
3 47 (3.25%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.31%) GitLab
5 16 (1.10%) ERwin
5 16 (1.10%) MLflow
6 10 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (0.48%) ER Studio
8 6 (0.41%) Selenium
9 5 (0.35%) LSMW
9 5 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.21%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.21%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.14%) Ant
12 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.14%) Postman
12 2 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 454 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 435 (30.04%) Finance
3 343 (23.69%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 120 (8.29%) Banking
6 42 (2.90%) Marketing
7 37 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (2.49%) Retail
9 30 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (2.07%) Legal
10 27 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (1.73%) Local Government
12 23 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.45%) Military
14 20 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.31%) Law
16 17 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.10%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.97%) Investment Banking
19 13 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 388 (26.80%) Data Engineer
2 302 (20.86%) Analyst
3 178 (12.29%) Data Analyst
4 169 (11.67%) Senior
5 139 (9.60%) Lead
6 121 (8.36%) Architect
7 89 (6.15%) Business Analyst
8 76 (5.25%) Developer
9 73 (5.04%) Data Architect
10 71 (4.90%) Senior Data Engineer
11 48 (3.31%) Data Manager
12 46 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
12 46 (3.18%) Consultant
13 41 (2.83%) Azure Data Engineer
14 35 (2.42%) Data Business Analyst
15 29 (2.00%) Project Manager
16 28 (1.93%) Data Migration Lead
17 24 (1.66%) Data Scientist
17 24 (1.66%) Senior Analyst
18 22 (1.52%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (9.25%) PySpark
2 104 (7.18%) Kafka
3 46 (3.18%) Pandas
4 42 (2.90%) REST
5 31 (2.14%) Great Expectations
6 29 (2.00%) JSON
7 24 (1.66%) scikit-learn
8 19 (1.31%) NumPy
8 19 (1.31%) Web Services
9 16 (1.10%) Middleware
9 16 (1.10%) PyTorch
10 14 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (0.90%) TensorFlow
12 12 (0.83%) OAuth
12 12 (0.83%) pytest
12 12 (0.83%) YAML
13 11 (0.76%) Flask
13 11 (0.76%) GeoJSON
13 11 (0.76%) SOAP
14 10 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.22%) Data Structures
2 101 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
3 77 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 68 (4.70%) Onboarding
5 63 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 57 (3.94%) Product Ownership
7 43 (2.97%) CMDB
8 29 (2.00%) Reference Data
9 26 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.31%) Clustering
13 18 (1.24%) NHS
14 17 (1.17%) AI Agents
15 16 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
16 15 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (0.90%) Taxonomies
18 12 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
18 12 (0.83%) Fixed Income
19 11 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.69%) Linux
1 10 (0.69%) Windows
2 9 (0.62%) Unix
3 1 (0.069%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (43.78%) Data Modelling
2 548 (37.85%) Analytics
3 496 (34.25%) Data Governance
4 474 (32.73%) ETL
5 453 (31.28%) Business Intelligence
6 431 (29.77%) Data Pipeline
7 330 (22.79%) Agile
7 330 (22.79%) Data Engineering
8 329 (22.72%) Validation
9 323 (22.31%) Migration
10 302 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
11 288 (19.89%) Decision-Making
12 270 (18.65%) CI/CD
13 228 (15.75%) AI
14 220 (15.19%) Data Architecture
15 214 (14.78%) Data Migration
16 213 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 198 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
18 197 (13.60%) DevOps
19 189 (13.05%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 721 (49.79%) SQL
2 440 (30.39%) Python
3 57 (3.94%) Scala
4 49 (3.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (2.90%) Java
6 38 (2.62%) T-SQL
7 31 (2.14%) PL/SQL
8 23 (1.59%) C#
9 22 (1.52%) R
10 19 (1.31%) PowerShell
11 17 (1.17%) VBA
12 14 (0.97%) Bicep
13 13 (0.90%) JavaScript
14 10 (0.69%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.48%) Bash
16 6 (0.41%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.35%) TypeScript
18 4 (0.28%) ABAP
18 4 (0.28%) Korn
18 4 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 265 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 203 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 83 (5.73%) Degree
4 49 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (1.45%) Azure Certification
6 20 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.55%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.28%) ACCA
11 4 (0.28%) CIMA
11 4 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.28%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.28%) PhD
11 4 (0.28%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.21%) PMP
13 2 (0.14%) CFA
13 2 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.29%) GDPR
2 89 (6.15%) QA
3 32 (2.21%) Accessibility
4 25 (1.73%) PMO
5 17 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.04%) SLA
7 12 (0.83%) Solvency II
8 10 (0.69%) FINREP
9 9 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.55%) COREP
10 8 (0.55%) IFRS
11 7 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.41%) NIST
13 5 (0.35%) Basel III
13 5 (0.35%) MiFID
14 4 (0.28%) BS7666
14 4 (0.28%) GRC
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 72 (4.97%) Docker
2 6 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.35%) etcd
4 1 (0.069%) HDFS
4 1 (0.069%) RACF
4 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 103 (7.11%) Terraform
2 78 (5.39%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.76%) Prometheus
4 10 (0.69%) Grafana
5 8 (0.55%) Ansible
6 6 (0.41%) Kibana
7 5 (0.35%) Fluentd
7 5 (0.35%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.28%) SCCM
9 3 (0.21%) logstash
9 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.069%) Control-M
10 1 (0.069%) Istio
10 1 (0.069%) Nessus
10 1 (0.069%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 260 (17.96%) Databricks
2 237 (16.37%) Microsoft
3 117 (8.08%) SAP
4 103 (7.11%) Oracle
5 70 (4.83%) Salesforce
6 65 (4.49%) Informatica
7 60 (4.14%) ServiceNow
8 52 (3.59%) Google
9 41 (2.83%) Talend
10 27 (1.86%) Denodo
11 17 (1.17%) Workday
12 14 (0.97%) GoldenSource
12 14 (0.97%) IBM
13 12 (0.83%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.76%) Avaloq
15 10 (0.69%) Adobe
15 10 (0.69%) NEC
16 9 (0.62%) Alteryx
16 9 (0.62%) Automation Anywhere
16 9 (0.62%) ESRI