Data Quality Manager Contract Job Trends

Data Quality Manager
UK

The median Data Quality Manager daily rate in the UK is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 520 592
Rank change year-on-year -49 +72 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Data Quality Manager 5 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.013% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.014% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile £370 £457 £585
25th Percentile £393 £460 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £465 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% -25.60% +25.00%
75th Percentile £433 £645 £644
90th Percentile £466 £753 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £455 -
% change year-on-year -9.89% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,096 29,209 40,038
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.69% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,909 17,885 26,705
10th Percentile £300 £291 £280
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.73% -4.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,948 878 1,679
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.52 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.54% -31.39% +66.65%

Data Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Quality Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Quality Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Quality Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK

Data Quality Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK

Data Quality Manager
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
UK excluding London -42 5 £410 -9.89% 2
England -60 5 £410 -48.75% 3
Work from Home -10 2 £475 +2.15% 1
Midlands -43 2 £405 - 1
South East - 2 £445 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £405 - 1
North of England - 2 £388 -
Yorkshire - 2 £388 -

Data Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Data Quality Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Quality Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 5 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Collibra
3 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Databricks
3 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (40.00%) Informatica
3 2 (40.00%) Metadata
3 2 (40.00%) Metadata Management
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (40.00%) Power BI
3 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Talend
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Enablement
4 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking

Data Quality Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Collibra
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (40.00%) Metadata Management
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Enablement
4 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Databricks
2 2 (40.00%) Informatica
2 2 (40.00%) Talend