Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Data Quality
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Quality 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 5.00% - 5.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.08% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £280 - £385
25th Percentile £325 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £450
75th Percentile £450 - £475
90th Percentile £480 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13 9 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 21.67% 19.15% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 15
10th Percentile £300 £352 £363
25th Percentile £363 £355 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £360 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £524 £455 £506
90th Percentile £525 £512 £533
Oxfordshire median daily rate £488 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +14.71% -5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 - -
Median hourly rate £26.44 £46.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.89% -28.77% +165.31%
75th Percentile £27.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.45 £46.30 £65.00
% change year-on-year -45.03% -28.77% +165.31%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Oxford

Data Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Data Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Oxford over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Oxford

Data Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) dbt
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL