Data Cleansing Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Cleansing (Data Cleaning, Data Scrubbing)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands citing Data Cleansing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	164	149	121
Rank change year-on-year	-15	-28	-5
Contract jobs citing Data Cleansing	33	12	15
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands	0.66%	0.41%	0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.79%	0.46%	0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted	20	9	12
10^th Percentile	-	£195	£261
25^th Percentile	£363	£250	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£445	£400	£606
Median % change year-on-year	+11.25%	-33.99%	+34.67%
75^th Percentile	£591	£600	£612
90^th Percentile	£660	£615	£725
England median daily rate	£500	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	-	-3.85%	+9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£13.07	-	-
75^th Percentile	£13.27	-	-
90^th Percentile	£13.39	-	-
England median hourly rate	£27.95	£18.50	£49.00
% change year-on-year	+51.09%	-62.24%	+198.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data Cleansing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	4,152	2,600	2,217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands	83.21%	89.35%	83.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,327	1,682	1,389
10^th Percentile	£300	£250	£261
25^th Percentile	£406	£367	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.00%	+2.56%
75^th Percentile	£588	£575	£600
90^th Percentile	£675	£653	£688
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	470	201	69
10^th Percentile	£13.00	£14.00	£14.69
25^th Percentile	£13.81	£17.50	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£18.58	£21.39	£24.00
Median % change year-on-year	-13.16%	-10.88%	-11.11%
75^th Percentile	£27.73	£26.51	£35.00
90^th Percentile	£43.96	£38.96	£53.00
England median hourly rate	£35.00	£25.15	£38.07
% change year-on-year	+39.17%	-33.94%	-14.45%

Data Cleansing Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Cleansing Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Cleansing.

Data Cleansing Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Cleansing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Cleansing in the Midlands

Data Cleansing Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Cleansing.

Data Cleansing Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Cleansing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	-32	19	£425	+54.55%	10
East Midlands	-5	13	£490	-14.78%	11
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Data Cleansing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Cleansing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region citing Data Cleansing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Migration	78.8%	26
2	Validation	75.8%	25
3	Data Migration	72.7%	24
4	Data Quality	51.5%	17
5	Microsoft	45.5%	15
6	Data Mapping	33.3%	11
7	ERP	30.3%	10
7	Microsoft Excel	30.3%	10
9	ETL	27.3%	9
9	Oracle	27.3%	9
11	Spreadsheet	24.2%	8
11	User Acceptance Testing	24.2%	8
13	Business Intelligence	21.2%	7
13	Data Extraction	21.2%	7
13	Defect Management	21.2%	7
13	Oracle Fusion	21.2%	7
13	SAP	21.2%	7
18	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	6
18	Data Governance	18.2%	6
18	Problem-Solving	18.2%	6
18	QA	18.2%	6
22	Analytics	15.2%	5
22	Data Analysis	15.2%	5
22	Data Management	15.2%	5
22	SQL	15.2%	5
22	System Integration Testing	15.2%	5
27	ACCA	12.1%	4
27	Acceptance Criteria	12.1%	4
27	CIMA	12.1%	4
27	Data Modelling	12.1%	4

Data Cleansing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Migration	78.8%	26
2	Validation	75.8%	25
3	Data Migration	72.7%	24
4	Data Mapping	33.3%	11
5	ERP	30.3%	10
6	ETL	27.3%	9
7	User Acceptance Testing	24.2%	8
8	Business Intelligence	21.2%	7
8	Data Extraction	21.2%	7
8	Defect Management	21.2%	7
11	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	6
11	Data Governance	18.2%	6
11	Problem-Solving	18.2%	6
14	Analytics	15.2%	5
14	Data Analysis	15.2%	5
14	Data Management	15.2%	5
14	System Integration Testing	15.2%	5
18	Acceptance Criteria	12.1%	4
18	Data Modelling	12.1%	4
18	Integration Patterns	12.1%	4