Data Cleansing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Data Cleansing (Data Cleaning, Data Scrubbing)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Cleansing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 160 176
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Cleansing 43 14 27
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.98% 0.37% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.42% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 8 19
10th Percentile £237 £423 -
25th Percentile £439 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £621 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +34.32% +2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £664 £594 £619
90th Percentile £707 £618 £655
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Median hourly rate £81.00 - £16.40
England median hourly rate £18.50 £67.75 £16.40
% change year-on-year -72.69% +313.11% -26.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,730 3,324 4,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.41% 87.91% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,439 2,067 2,895
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 129 232
10th Percentile £14.62 £19.19 £16.53
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
Median % change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.73 £65.89
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Data Cleansing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Cleansing job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Cleansing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Cleansing

Data Cleansing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Cleansing in the South East over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Cleansing in the South East

Data Cleansing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Cleansing

Data Cleansing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +22 32 £650 +13.04% 6
Berkshire +24 31 £650 - 1
Hampshire -9 8 £650 +36.84% 4
West Sussex -7 5 £175 -58.61% 2
Surrey +1 2 £700 - 4
Buckinghamshire +5 1 £375 -34.78% 2
Data Cleansing
England

Data Cleansing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (11.63%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 3 (6.98%) Apache
2 3 (6.98%) Apache Spark
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (13.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (4.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) OCI
2 10 (23.26%) Power Platform
3 7 (16.28%) GCP
4 5 (11.63%) AWS
4 5 (11.63%) Azure
5 3 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) 2G
1 2 (4.65%) 5G
1 2 (4.65%) LTE
1 2 (4.65%) Mobile Backhaul
1 2 (4.65%) VoIP
2 1 (2.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) Power BI
2 6 (13.95%) Tableau
3 5 (11.63%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (9.30%) Relational Database
5 3 (6.98%) Big Data
5 3 (6.98%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.98%) Hadoop
5 3 (6.98%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.33%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (2.33%) Neo4j
7 1 (2.33%) Pinecone
7 1 (2.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Git
General
1 28 (65.12%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.98%) Marketing
6 2 (4.65%) Electronics
7 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (53.49%) Lead
2 15 (34.88%) Data Migration Lead
3 10 (23.26%) Analyst
4 9 (20.93%) Data Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) SAP Data Migration Lead
6 4 (9.30%) Data Scientist
7 3 (6.98%) Business Data Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Administrator
8 2 (4.65%) Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Data Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Data Migration Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Migration Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Leader
9 1 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Data Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Migration Specialist
9 1 (2.33%) SAP Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (11.63%) NumPy
2 5 (11.63%) Pandas
2 5 (11.63%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.33%) Faiss
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Data Structures
2 8 (18.60%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (16.28%) Algorithms
4 6 (13.95%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (6.98%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.65%) CMDB
6 2 (4.65%) IoT
6 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.33%) AS400
7 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Migration
2 25 (58.14%) Data Migration
3 17 (39.53%) Data Analysis
4 14 (32.56%) Data Modelling
4 14 (32.56%) Validation
5 12 (27.91%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (27.91%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (25.58%) Data Mapping
6 11 (25.58%) Data Validation
7 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (20.93%) Translating Business Requirements
7 9 (20.93%) Visualisation
8 8 (18.60%) Agile
8 8 (18.60%) CRM
8 8 (18.60%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (18.60%) Machine Learning
8 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (16.28%) Data Governance
9 7 (16.28%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 10 (23.26%) Python
3 2 (4.65%) R
4 1 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Degree
3 3 (6.98%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (34.88%) Data Quality
2 12 (27.91%) QA
3 11 (25.58%) GDPR
4 3 (6.98%) COBIT
4 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.98%) NIST
5 1 (2.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Oracle
2 12 (27.91%) SAP
3 3 (6.98%) Google
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.65%) Foundry
4 2 (4.65%) Palantir
5 1 (2.33%) Adobe
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco
5 1 (2.33%) Juniper
5 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.33%) Workday