Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Data Quality
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 34 38
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 15 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.30% 2.44% 2.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.89% 8.06% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 1
10th Percentile £248 £421 -
25th Percentile £310 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -37.17% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £489 £528 £550
90th Percentile £538 £534 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £322 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -38.67% +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £24.43
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £24.43

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 108 62 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 16.54% 30.24% 17.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 47 51
10th Percentile £313 £261 £213
25th Percentile £406 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £621 £630 £600
90th Percentile £700 £650 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £515 £475
% change year-on-year +1.94% +8.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile - £15.93 £16.96
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.81 £18.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.25 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +32.01% -
75th Percentile - £43.31 £30.00
90th Percentile - £49.58 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £58.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -68.82% +113.64% -

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Milton Keynes

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Collibra
1 3 (20.00%) dbt
2 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (26.67%) Big Data
2 4 (26.67%) Star Schema
3 3 (20.00%) Metadata
4 2 (13.33%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
1 7 (46.67%) Data Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Governance Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Informatica Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) ETL
2 7 (46.67%) Analytics
2 7 (46.67%) Data Analysis
2 7 (46.67%) Data Governance
3 5 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Data Lineage
4 4 (26.67%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (20.00%) Data Management
5 3 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
5 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
5 3 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (20.00%) Databricks
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Informatica
3 1 (6.67%) Planview