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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 36 53
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 19 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.99% 1.75% 0.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.54% 7.02% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 3
10th Percentile £280 £405 £145
25th Percentile £309 £413 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -15.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £400 £438 £575
90th Percentile £521 £445 £590
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £322 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -40.09% +13.16% -17.39%
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 69 57 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.11% 25.00% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 44 52
10th Percentile £219 £234 £213
25th Percentile £313 £338 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £488 £588
Median % change year-on-year -11.79% -17.02% +30.56%
75th Percentile £526 £629 £668
90th Percentile £610 £668 £1,056
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £407 £506 £600
% change year-on-year -19.45% -15.73% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - £19.53
25th Percentile - - £24.22
Median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -60.00% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +200.00% -60.00% -

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 21 January 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 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (21.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Collibra
2 2 (10.53%) Alation
3 1 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) dbt
3 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (26.32%) Metadata
3 4 (21.05%) Big Data
3 4 (21.05%) Star Schema
4 2 (10.53%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 10 (52.63%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) Data Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Informatica Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Governance Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Data Migration Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Tester
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Data Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Informatica Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) ETL
2 9 (47.37%) Data Governance
3 6 (31.58%) Data Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) Migration
4 5 (26.32%) Analytics
4 5 (26.32%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 4 (21.05%) Data Integration
5 4 (21.05%) Data Lineage
5 4 (21.05%) Data Management
5 4 (21.05%) Data Reconciliation
5 4 (21.05%) ETL Development
5 4 (21.05%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (21.05%) Validation
6 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
6 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) GDPR
2 4 (21.05%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Informatica
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.26%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Planview