Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Luton

Data Quality
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 5 2 19
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 4.17% 2.67% 10.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% 11.11% 45.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £443 - £413
25th Percentile £464 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £620 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £800 £500
% change year-on-year -37.50% +60.00% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 30 18 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 25.00% 24.00% 23.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 33
10th Percentile £79 £231 -
25th Percentile £313 £404 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £600
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £82.50 £43.53 -
25th Percentile £86.25 £47.69 £52.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% - +0.46%
75th Percentile £91.50 £68.13 £57.50
90th Percentile - £82.75 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £90.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +80.00% -9.09% -3.51%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Quality relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Luton

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Data Quality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Luton over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Luton

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Data Quality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Metadata
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Aviation
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Data Steward
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (60.00%) Data Sharing
2 3 (60.00%) Master Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Metadata Management
2 3 (60.00%) Monte Carlo Method
2 3 (60.00%) Observability
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Design
3 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba