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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 46 53
Rank change year-on-year +17 +7 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 15 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.26% 1.08% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.83% 5.00% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £247 - £122
25th Percentile £306 - £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £450 £338
Median % change year-on-year -28.94% +33.33% -34.15%
75th Percentile £400 - £470
90th Percentile £483 - £548
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £322 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -44.00% +27.78% -18.18%

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 72 60 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 20.45% 21.58% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 45 49
10th Percentile £205 £234 £153
25th Percentile £310 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -17.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £510 £600 £743
90th Percentile £538 £665 £1,080
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £407 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -18.55% -16.67% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £26.40
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -60.00% +76.47%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +200.00% -60.00% +130.77%

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 22 December 2025.

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 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) 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 4 (26.67%) Collibra
2 2 (13.33%) Alation
3 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (26.67%) Metadata
3 2 (13.33%) Big Data
3 2 (13.33%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (13.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Informatica Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Data Migration Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Governance Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Test Leader
3 2 (13.33%) Tester
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Informatica Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) ETL
2 6 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 6 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (26.67%) Data Reconciliation
3 4 (26.67%) ETL Development
3 4 (26.67%) Validation
4 3 (20.00%) Data Management
4 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 3 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Test Assurance
4 3 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) GDPR
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Informatica
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.67%) Planview