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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 102 115
Rank change year-on-year +54 +13 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 1,973 711 677
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.33% 2.60% 2.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.53% 15.17% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 460 469
10th Percentile £350 £337 £349
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £713
90th Percentile £688 £738 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 18 8
10th Percentile £16.00 £20.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £21.08 £30.41 £32.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £33.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.42% -33.67% +16.20%
75th Percentile £62.25 £44.75 £75.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.09 £97.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £33.88 £50.50
% change year-on-year +18.06% -32.91% +28.11%

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 8,042 4,687 4,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.63% 17.12% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,090 3,067 2,665
10th Percentile £337 £285 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 556 219 238
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.88 £13.89
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +15.05% -21.43%
75th Percentile £69.77 £64.38 £63.31
90th Percentile £78.35 £83.55 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £25.30
% change year-on-year +20.23% +18.58% -26.67%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +60 1,061 £525 - 1,303
North of England +41 276 £463 +2.78% 318
Midlands +31 218 £451 -6.83% 137
South East +32 206 £500 - 299
West Midlands +33 170 £451 -13.11% 98
North West +18 150 £500 +11.11% 205
Yorkshire +27 108 £450 +1.41% 74
South West +7 95 £500 +14.29% 152
East of England +19 83 £565 -6.46% 99
East Midlands +10 47 £481 +7.61% 39
North East -31 19 £520 +18.86% 39
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
1 118 (5.98%) Apache Airflow
2 92 (4.66%) Apache Spark
3 71 (3.60%) Apache
4 56 (2.84%) Confluence
5 47 (2.38%) SAS
5 47 (2.38%) SharePoint
6 13 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
7 10 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 10 (0.51%) CMS
7 10 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.10%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.051%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.051%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.051%) Luigi
12 1 (0.051%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 144 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.10%) CATIA
8 1 (0.051%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.051%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.051%) Trello
8 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 68 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.66%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.51%) NEC Housing
6 9 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 8 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.41%) SAP MDG
7 8 (0.41%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.35%) iTrent
8 7 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.30%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.25%) Maximo
11 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.20%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.20%) Shopify
11 4 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
12 3 (0.15%) BambooHR
12 3 (0.15%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 524 (26.56%) Azure
2 415 (21.03%) Power Platform
3 356 (18.04%) AWS
4 158 (8.01%) Azure Data Factory
5 157 (7.96%) GCP
6 155 (7.86%) Snowflake
7 127 (6.44%) dbt
8 110 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
9 102 (5.17%) Serverless
10 96 (4.87%) Amazon S3
11 93 (4.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 84 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
13 79 (4.00%) GitHub
14 55 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
15 54 (2.74%) Collibra
16 46 (2.33%) Azure Databricks
16 46 (2.33%) Power Automate
16 46 (2.33%) SaaS
17 43 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
18 37 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.46%) Firewall
2 4 (0.20%) Broadband
2 4 (0.20%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.20%) SNMP
2 4 (0.20%) WAN
2 4 (0.20%) Wireless
3 3 (0.15%) HTTP
3 3 (0.15%) VPN
4 2 (0.10%) DNS
4 2 (0.10%) SSL
5 1 (0.051%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.051%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.051%) Network Security
5 1 (0.051%) OpenFlow
5 1 (0.051%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 390 (19.77%) Power BI
2 324 (16.42%) Data Warehouse
3 308 (15.61%) Metadata
4 165 (8.36%) Data Lake
5 116 (5.88%) Tableau
6 96 (4.87%) SQL Server
7 86 (4.36%) Delta Lake
8 84 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 81 (4.11%) BigQuery
10 78 (3.95%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
12 51 (2.58%) Big Data
12 51 (2.58%) NoSQL
13 42 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
14 37 (1.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 37 (1.88%) Snowflake Schema
15 35 (1.77%) Looker
15 35 (1.77%) Star Schema
16 34 (1.72%) Power Query
17 31 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 117 (5.93%) JIRA
2 104 (5.27%) Git
3 38 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.82%) GitLab
5 14 (0.71%) ERwin
6 11 (0.56%) MLflow
6 11 (0.56%) Selenium
7 10 (0.51%) ER Studio
8 9 (0.46%) Eclipse
9 8 (0.41%) Postman
10 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.30%) Ant
11 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.25%) Newman
12 5 (0.25%) RStudio
13 4 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (0.20%) Terragrunt
13 4 (0.20%) TestRail
13 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.20%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 624 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 597 (30.26%) Finance
3 476 (24.13%) Analytical Skills
4 236 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 165 (8.36%) Banking
6 62 (3.14%) Retail
7 51 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 51 (2.58%) Marketing
8 48 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (2.18%) Local Government
12 36 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 35 (1.77%) Military
14 28 (1.42%) Law
14 28 (1.42%) Legal
15 23 (1.17%) Billing
15 23 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.06%) Front Office
17 20 (1.01%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 426 (21.59%) Data Engineer
2 417 (21.14%) Analyst
3 231 (11.71%) Data Analyst
3 231 (11.71%) Senior
4 228 (11.56%) Lead
5 201 (10.19%) Architect
6 131 (6.64%) Data Architect
7 108 (5.47%) Business Analyst
8 103 (5.22%) Developer
9 102 (5.17%) Senior Data Engineer
10 77 (3.90%) Consultant
11 62 (3.14%) Administrator
12 61 (3.09%) Data Manager
13 45 (2.28%) Data Consultant
14 40 (2.03%) Data Business Analyst
15 35 (1.77%) Databricks Engineer
15 35 (1.77%) Lead Data Engineer
15 35 (1.77%) Python Engineer
16 33 (1.67%) AWS Engineer
17 32 (1.62%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (8.92%) PySpark
2 131 (6.64%) Terraform
3 85 (4.31%) Kafka
4 54 (2.74%) REST
5 43 (2.18%) JSON
6 29 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
7 27 (1.37%) Great Expectations
7 27 (1.37%) Pandas
8 22 (1.12%) Web Services
9 21 (1.06%) XML
10 19 (0.96%) Middleware
11 17 (0.86%) .NET
12 16 (0.81%) HTML
13 15 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
14 14 (0.71%) pytest
14 14 (0.71%) SOAP
15 10 (0.51%) OAuth
15 10 (0.51%) React
15 10 (0.51%) SailPoint
15 10 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (8.97%) Data Structures
2 128 (6.49%) Onboarding
3 106 (5.37%) Cloud Native
4 102 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
5 97 (4.92%) Product Ownership
6 84 (4.26%) Management Information System
7 63 (3.19%) CMDB
8 48 (2.43%) Reference Data
9 38 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
10 33 (1.67%) AI Agents
11 32 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (1.32%) Taxonomies
14 25 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.12%) NHS
16 20 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
17 18 (0.91%) Life Science
18 17 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
19 16 (0.81%) Algorithms
19 16 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.32%) Unix
2 20 (1.01%) Linux
3 13 (0.66%) Windows
4 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (39.74%) Data Modelling
2 706 (35.78%) Data Governance
3 697 (35.33%) Analytics
4 547 (27.72%) Data Pipeline
5 535 (27.12%) ETL
6 513 (26.00%) Validation
7 498 (25.24%) Business Intelligence
8 475 (24.08%) Migration
9 454 (23.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 441 (22.35%) Data Engineering
11 407 (20.63%) Agile
12 379 (19.21%) Decision-Making
13 378 (19.16%) AI
14 374 (18.96%) CI/CD
15 367 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
16 307 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 289 (14.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 287 (14.55%) Data Architecture
19 286 (14.50%) Data Migration
20 268 (13.58%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 852 (43.18%) SQL
2 535 (27.12%) Python
3 63 (3.19%) Java
4 56 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 39 (1.98%) PL/SQL
6 34 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 34 (1.72%) Scala
6 34 (1.72%) T-SQL
7 29 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 25 (1.27%) JavaScript
9 22 (1.12%) C#
10 21 (1.06%) R
11 16 (0.81%) Bash
12 14 (0.71%) Bicep
13 9 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.46%) VBA
14 8 (0.41%) SOQL
14 8 (0.41%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
16 6 (0.30%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 322 (16.32%) Security Cleared
2 248 (12.57%) SC Cleared
3 123 (6.23%) Degree
4 53 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 24 (1.22%) AWS Certification
7 24 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 16 (0.81%) PMI Certification
11 11 (0.56%) PMP
12 9 (0.46%) ACCA
12 9 (0.46%) CIMA
13 8 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.30%) PhD
15 6 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 6 (0.30%) SnowPro
16 5 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (7.40%) QA
2 130 (6.59%) GDPR
3 38 (1.93%) Accessibility
4 31 (1.57%) PMO
5 23 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.12%) SLA
7 15 (0.76%) NIST
8 14 (0.71%) GRC
8 14 (0.71%) IFRS
8 14 (0.71%) Solvency II
9 12 (0.61%) NCSC
10 9 (0.46%) COREP
10 9 (0.46%) FINREP
10 9 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.30%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.20%) BS7666
13 4 (0.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 73 (3.70%) Docker
2 20 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.25%) etcd
4 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.051%) RACF
5 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.71%) Grafana
3 12 (0.61%) Ansible
3 12 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.41%) Control-M
6 5 (0.25%) Fluentd
7 4 (0.20%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.20%) Kibana
7 4 (0.20%) SCCM
8 1 (0.051%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.051%) Istio
8 1 (0.051%) logstash
8 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.051%) Nessus
8 1 (0.051%) Nexpose
8 1 (0.051%) Puppet
8 1 (0.051%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.051%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 354 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 295 (14.95%) Databricks
3 162 (8.21%) SAP
4 138 (6.99%) Oracle
5 90 (4.56%) ServiceNow
6 83 (4.21%) Informatica
7 75 (3.80%) Salesforce
8 58 (2.94%) Google
9 28 (1.42%) Workday
10 26 (1.32%) Talend
11 25 (1.27%) Adobe
11 25 (1.27%) IBM
12 23 (1.17%) Alteryx
13 21 (1.06%) Palantir
13 21 (1.06%) Splunk
14 16 (0.81%) Denodo
15 15 (0.76%) Foundry
16 12 (0.61%) Bloomberg
16 12 (0.61%) GoldenSource
16 12 (0.61%) Teradata