Data Quality Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Data Quality
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing Data Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	51	92	90
Rank change year-on-year	+41	-2	-17
Contract jobs citing Data Quality	127	33	10
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	4.41%	1.97%	0.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	26.62%	12.00%	7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted	73	22	8
10^th Percentile	-	£315	£164
25^th Percentile	£400	£372	£285
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£500	£381
Median % change year-on-year	-10.00%	+31.15%	-19.74%
75^th Percentile	£550	£538	£503
90^th Percentile	£586	£600	£509
England median daily rate	£520	£503	£550
% change year-on-year	+3.48%	-8.64%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£15.39	-	-
Median hourly rate	£17.47	-	-
75^th Percentile	£29.00	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£29.96	£33.88	£36.25
% change year-on-year	-11.57%	-6.54%	-3.40%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Yorkshire

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	477	275	142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire	16.58%	16.38%	10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted	292	186	87
10^th Percentile	£383	£250	£231
25^th Percentile	£420	£356	£359
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£563	£547	£575
90^th Percentile	£637	£609	£643
England median daily rate	£520	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	48	12	5
10^th Percentile	£15.39	£15.47	-
25^th Percentile	£18.94	£17.48	-
Median hourly rate	£32.40	£22.14	£11.88
Median % change year-on-year	+46.32%	+86.36%	-42.05%
75^th Percentile	£36.61	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	£34.00
England median hourly rate	£30.81	£31.49	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-2.17%	-10.03%	-6.67%

Data Quality Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Data Quality Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Data Quality Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Quality in Yorkshire

Data Quality Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Data Quality Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Yorkshire	+29	79	£450	-10.00%	52
South Yorkshire	-11	30	£500	+33.33%	17
North Yorkshire	-	10	£460	-	7
East Yorkshire	-	1	-	-	4
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Data Quality Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Quality also mentioned 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 across the Yorkshire region citing Data Quality.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Governance	43.3%	55
1	Data Modelling	43.3%	55
3	SQL	42.5%	54
4	Analytics	41.7%	53
5	Data Pipeline	34.6%	44
6	Data Engineering	30.7%	39
6	ETL	30.7%	39
8	Metadata	29.1%	37
9	Business Intelligence	27.6%	35
10	Migration	26.0%	33
10	Validation	26.0%	33
12	Power Platform	25.2%	32
13	Azure	23.6%	30
13	Stakeholder Management	23.6%	30
15	Microsoft	22.8%	29
16	Data Integration	22.0%	28
16	Data Management	22.0%	28
16	Power BI	22.0%	28
16	Python	22.0%	28
20	Metadata Management	21.3%	27
21	CI/CD	20.5%	26
21	Data Architecture	20.5%	26
23	Stakeholder Engagement	19.7%	25
24	AI	18.9%	24
24	Problem-Solving	18.9%	24
26	Agile	18.1%	23
26	Databricks	18.1%	23
26	Master Data Management	18.1%	23
26	SAP	18.1%	23
30	Security Cleared	17.3%	22

Data Quality Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	GDPR	4.7%	6
2	Accessibility	3.9%	5
2	SNOMED CT	3.9%	5
4	ISO/IEC 42001	1.6%	2
4	QA	1.6%	2
6	HL7	0.8%	1
6	NIST	0.8%	1
6	PMO	0.8%	1