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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 113 125
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 +41
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 1,011 629 740
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 2.38% 1.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.01% 16.51% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 408 506
10th Percentile £326 £307 £375
25th Percentile £413 £391 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.56%
75th Percentile £614 £632 £659
90th Percentile £722 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 39
10th Percentile £17.20 £21.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.06 £15.39
Median hourly rate £19.44 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.46% +14.75% +35.65%
75th Percentile £30.87 £93.75 £51.17
90th Percentile £55.03 £97.50 £64.60
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -31.43% +46.35% +6.36%

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 5,613 3,810 5,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.11% 14.40% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,628 2,207 3,546
10th Percentile £322 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 151 281
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.70 £12.43
25th Percentile £18.16 £20.75 £14.59
Median hourly rate £25.46 £30.21 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.72% +0.70% +4.35%
75th Percentile £63.48 £65.00 £54.56
90th Percentile £69.62 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.34 £29.00 £27.90
% change year-on-year -9.17% +3.94% +7.31%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +29 608 £525 - 244
North of England -10 126 £475 +18.75% 130
Midlands +8 106 £515 +32.90% 82
West Midlands +10 84 £525 +7.58% 45
South East +7 74 £463 -21.28% 272
North West -8 70 £463 +10.45% 65
South West +7 50 £500 +2.56% 74
Yorkshire -24 40 £500 +81.82% 45
East Midlands -20 23 £439 +26.01% 37
East of England -32 19 £650 +22.64% 87
North East -2 17 £450 +200.00% 22
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 89 (8.80%) Apache Spark
2 62 (6.13%) Apache Airflow
3 42 (4.15%) SAS
4 37 (3.66%) Apache
5 20 (1.98%) Confluence
6 19 (1.88%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.79%) GeoServer
7 8 (0.79%) Smallworld
8 7 (0.69%) Appian
8 7 (0.69%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.30%) Luigi
9 3 (0.30%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Synapse
10 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 87 (8.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.30%) Trello
8 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.099%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 39 (3.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (0.79%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.59%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.40%) Finacle
6 4 (0.40%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.40%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.30%) iTrent
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
7 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
7 3 (0.30%) SAP MDG-M
7 3 (0.30%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 313 (30.96%) Azure
2 240 (23.74%) Power Platform
3 202 (19.98%) AWS
4 115 (11.37%) Azure Data Factory
5 99 (9.79%) GCP
6 88 (8.70%) Snowflake
7 70 (6.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 64 (6.33%) dbt
9 57 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (5.24%) Amazon S3
11 49 (4.85%) GitHub
12 43 (4.25%) Collibra
13 35 (3.46%) Serverless
14 29 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
16 23 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (1.88%) OCI
17 19 (1.88%) SaaS
18 17 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
19 16 (1.58%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.30%) DNS
2 2 (0.20%) Broadband
2 2 (0.20%) HTTP
2 2 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.20%) SSL
2 2 (0.20%) VoIP
3 1 (0.099%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (23.05%) Power BI
2 189 (18.69%) Data Warehouse
3 158 (15.63%) Metadata
4 94 (9.30%) Data Lake
5 72 (7.12%) SQL Server
6 59 (5.84%) Tableau
7 51 (5.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 45 (4.45%) Snowflake Schema
9 43 (4.25%) Delta Lake
9 43 (4.25%) NoSQL
10 42 (4.15%) Big Data
11 40 (3.96%) Relational Database
12 36 (3.56%) Pentaho
13 35 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 34 (3.36%) BigQuery
15 29 (2.87%) Star Schema
16 27 (2.67%) Data Vault
16 27 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
17 24 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
18 19 (1.88%) Looker
Development Applications
1 120 (11.87%) Git
2 84 (8.31%) JIRA
3 52 (5.14%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.08%) ERwin
5 15 (1.48%) PowerDesigner
6 11 (1.09%) ER Studio
7 10 (0.99%) MLflow
8 6 (0.59%) DBeaver
9 3 (0.30%) GitLab
9 3 (0.30%) LSMW
9 3 (0.30%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.20%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.20%) Selenium
11 1 (0.099%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.099%) Deequ
11 1 (0.099%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.099%) Postman
11 1 (0.099%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.099%) Vite
General
1 345 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 294 (29.08%) Finance
3 218 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (10.68%) Public Sector
5 82 (8.11%) Banking
6 31 (3.07%) Marketing
7 27 (2.67%) Retail
8 23 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (1.98%) Legal
11 15 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.38%) Local Government
12 14 (1.38%) Military
13 12 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.19%) Publishing
13 12 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.09%) Billing
14 11 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.89%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 257 (25.42%) Data Engineer
2 217 (21.46%) Analyst
3 136 (13.45%) Data Analyst
4 106 (10.48%) Lead
5 98 (9.69%) Architect
6 97 (9.59%) Senior
7 63 (6.23%) Business Analyst
8 58 (5.74%) Data Architect
9 53 (5.24%) Developer
10 48 (4.75%) Senior Data Engineer
11 45 (4.45%) Azure Engineer
12 38 (3.76%) Azure Data Engineer
13 35 (3.46%) Consultant
14 32 (3.17%) Data Business Analyst
15 28 (2.77%) Data Manager
16 27 (2.67%) Data Modeller
17 22 (2.18%) Governance Analyst
18 20 (1.98%) Project Manager
19 15 (1.48%) Principal Engineer
19 15 (1.48%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (9.20%) PySpark
2 65 (6.43%) Kafka
3 33 (3.26%) REST
4 20 (1.98%) Pandas
5 15 (1.48%) Great Expectations
6 14 (1.38%) NumPy
7 13 (1.29%) Middleware
7 13 (1.29%) XML
8 10 (0.99%) OAuth
8 10 (0.99%) SOAP
9 9 (0.89%) JSON
9 9 (0.89%) pytest
9 9 (0.89%) PyTorch
9 9 (0.89%) Web Services
9 9 (0.89%) YAML
10 8 (0.79%) Hugging Face
10 8 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (0.79%) scikit-learn
10 8 (0.79%) TensorFlow
10 8 (0.79%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 92 (9.10%) Data Structures
2 71 (7.02%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (3.76%) Cloud Native
4 37 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 27 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.18%) CMDB
8 20 (1.98%) Reference Data
9 19 (1.88%) Reinsurance
10 18 (1.78%) NHS
11 16 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.48%) Replication
13 14 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.29%) Clustering
15 11 (1.09%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.99%) Taxonomies
17 9 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
18 8 (0.79%) Algorithms
19 7 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.48%) Linux
2 4 (0.40%) Unix
3 1 (0.099%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (43.82%) Data Modelling
2 391 (38.67%) Analytics
3 385 (38.08%) Data Governance
4 345 (34.12%) ETL
5 321 (31.75%) Business Intelligence
6 282 (27.89%) Data Pipeline
7 260 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
8 251 (24.83%) Agile
9 218 (21.56%) Data Engineering
10 187 (18.50%) Migration
11 181 (17.90%) CI/CD
12 171 (16.91%) Validation
13 169 (16.72%) Decision-Making
14 162 (16.02%) Data Architecture
15 152 (15.03%) Data Management
16 151 (14.94%) Data Integration
17 139 (13.75%) AI
18 138 (13.65%) Data Analysis
18 138 (13.65%) DevOps
19 136 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 504 (49.85%) SQL
2 323 (31.95%) Python
3 44 (4.35%) Scala
4 25 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (2.27%) Java
6 22 (2.18%) R
7 21 (2.08%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.98%) C#
9 18 (1.78%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.48%) JavaScript
11 11 (1.09%) Bash
12 10 (0.99%) Bicep
13 9 (0.89%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.79%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.69%) C++
15 7 (0.69%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.49%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.40%) ABAP
17 4 (0.40%) Korn
17 4 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 172 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 130 (12.86%) SC Cleared
3 63 (6.23%) Degree
4 26 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.38%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.09%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.30%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.30%) PMP
10 3 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.20%) AAT
11 2 (0.20%) ACCA
11 2 (0.20%) CFA
11 2 (0.20%) CIMA
11 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (9.10%) GDPR
2 60 (5.93%) QA
3 41 (4.06%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.58%) PMO
5 15 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 11 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.79%) SLA
8 7 (0.69%) Basel III
8 7 (0.69%) IFRS
8 7 (0.69%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.49%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.30%) FINREP
10 3 (0.30%) MiFID
11 2 (0.20%) EMIR
11 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.20%) HL7
11 2 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.20%) NIST
11 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (6.33%) Docker
2 6 (0.59%) zsh
3 5 (0.49%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.099%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 64 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 55 (5.44%) Terraform
3 3 (0.30%) Kibana
3 3 (0.30%) logstash
3 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.30%) SCCM
4 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.099%) Grafana
5 1 (0.099%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.099%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.099%) Oozie
5 1 (0.099%) Puppet
Vendors
1 188 (18.60%) Databricks
2 148 (14.64%) Microsoft
3 98 (9.69%) Oracle
4 68 (6.73%) SAP
5 53 (5.24%) Informatica
6 49 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 49 (4.85%) Talend
7 40 (3.96%) Google
8 37 (3.66%) ServiceNow
9 34 (3.36%) Denodo
10 13 (1.29%) Sparx
11 12 (1.19%) Palantir
12 10 (0.99%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.79%) Avaloq
13 8 (0.79%) ESRI
13 8 (0.79%) Intergraph
13 8 (0.79%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.69%) Foundry
15 6 (0.59%) Cognos
15 6 (0.59%) Guidewire