Data Quality Job Trends in England

Data Quality
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 204 171
Rank change year-on-year +89 -33 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 1,469 716 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.68% 1.65% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.83% 10.93% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 382 1,000
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,763 £38,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -20.00% +13.21%
75th Percentile £83,750 £79,688 £97,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £107,375 £122,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -17.24% +11.54%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Data Quality falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,277 6,548 11,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.60% 15.09% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,245 3,841 7,832
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,559
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,883 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% +9.52% -8.70%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in England

Data Quality
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in England over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in England

Data Quality
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the England region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 539 £80,000 +14.29% 456
North of England +105 387 £52,500 -3.87% 137
North West +66 213 £52,500 +13.51% 73
Midlands +36 181 £59,732 +23.16% 93
South East -15 176 £60,000 -11.01% 161
Yorkshire +54 128 £55,000 -4.35% 45
West Midlands +30 119 £63,076 +20.14% 49
South West -3 88 £61,250 +11.36% 67
East of England +31 66 £59,450 -22.29% 34
East Midlands +7 61 £53,950 +16.65% 44
North East -17 46 £55,000 -2.65% 19
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 109 (7.42%) Apache Airflow
2 99 (6.74%) Apache Spark
3 96 (6.54%) Apache
4 24 (1.63%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.09%) SAS
6 13 (0.88%) CMS
7 11 (0.75%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.68%) Confluence
8 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
10 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) Appian
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 116 (7.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Trello
7 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 51 (3.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (1.36%) SAP MDG
4 14 (0.95%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.82%) SAP ERP
6 11 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.61%) SAP QM
8 8 (0.54%) iTrent
8 8 (0.54%) Sage 50
9 7 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.48%) SAP MDG-BP
9 7 (0.48%) Shopify
10 6 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.27%) SAP MDG-F
12 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
12 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
12 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
12 3 (0.20%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 378 (25.73%) Azure
2 359 (24.44%) Power Platform
3 260 (17.70%) AWS
4 127 (8.65%) GCP
5 104 (7.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 98 (6.67%) Snowflake
7 85 (5.79%) Amazon S3
8 76 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 72 (4.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 71 (4.83%) SaaS
11 63 (4.29%) dbt
12 57 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
13 45 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
13 45 (3.06%) Serverless
14 44 (3.00%) Power Automate
15 31 (2.11%) Amazon EMR
15 31 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (1.97%) OpenShift
17 28 (1.91%) Entra ID
18 27 (1.84%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.09%) Broadband
2 4 (0.27%) Internet
2 4 (0.27%) Intranet
2 4 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.20%) DNS
3 3 (0.20%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) Tactical Data Link
4 2 (0.14%) 4G
4 2 (0.14%) 5G
4 2 (0.14%) SNMP
4 2 (0.14%) Wireless
4 2 (0.14%) WPA
5 1 (0.068%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.068%) Firewall
5 1 (0.068%) Network Security
5 1 (0.068%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.068%) SMS
5 1 (0.068%) SSH
5 1 (0.068%) WAN
5 1 (0.068%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (22.94%) Power BI
2 211 (14.36%) Data Warehouse
3 150 (10.21%) Metadata
4 139 (9.46%) Tableau
5 116 (7.90%) Data Lake
6 81 (5.51%) SQL Server
7 74 (5.04%) Relational Database
8 61 (4.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 58 (3.95%) BigQuery
10 55 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
11 49 (3.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 48 (3.27%) Big Data
13 39 (2.65%) NoSQL
13 39 (2.65%) Oracle Database
14 38 (2.59%) Delta Lake
14 38 (2.59%) MySQL
15 37 (2.52%) Semantic Layer
16 36 (2.45%) Power Query
17 35 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 33 (2.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 80 (5.45%) Git
2 25 (1.70%) IBM UrbanCode
2 25 (1.70%) JIRA
3 21 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.82%) GitLab
5 9 (0.61%) MLflow
6 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.27%) ERwin
7 4 (0.27%) Selenium
8 3 (0.20%) Postman
9 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.14%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.068%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.068%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.068%) JUnit
10 1 (0.068%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.068%) Toad
10 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio
General
1 473 (32.20%) Finance
2 470 (31.99%) Social Skills
3 450 (30.63%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (6.81%) Public Sector
5 83 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 76 (5.17%) Marketing
7 70 (4.77%) Banking
8 61 (4.15%) Retail
9 55 (3.74%) Legal
10 48 (3.27%) Manufacturing
11 44 (3.00%) Law
12 41 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.84%) Investment Banking
15 20 (1.36%) Advertising
16 18 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.23%) Local Government
17 15 (1.02%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.95%) Telecoms
19 12 (0.82%) Billing
Job Titles
1 288 (19.61%) Data Engineer
2 273 (18.58%) Analyst
3 200 (13.61%) Senior
4 173 (11.78%) Lead
5 169 (11.50%) Architect
6 155 (10.55%) Data Analyst
7 133 (9.05%) Data Architect
8 127 (8.65%) Data Manager
9 75 (5.11%) Senior Data Engineer
10 61 (4.15%) Administrator
11 54 (3.68%) Developer
12 52 (3.54%) Consultant
13 47 (3.20%) Systems Analyst
14 43 (2.93%) Data Governance Analyst
14 43 (2.93%) Data Governance Manager
14 43 (2.93%) Governance Manager
15 39 (2.65%) Lead Data Engineer
16 37 (2.52%) Systems Manager
17 34 (2.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 32 (2.18%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (7.22%) PySpark
2 64 (4.36%) Kafka
3 29 (1.97%) Pandas
4 25 (1.70%) REST
5 22 (1.50%) .NET
6 19 (1.29%) JSON
6 19 (1.29%) Node.js
7 16 (1.09%) HTML
7 16 (1.09%) Middleware
8 13 (0.88%) CSS
8 13 (0.88%) XML
9 12 (0.82%) RESTful
10 11 (0.75%) NumPy
11 9 (0.61%) FastAPI
11 9 (0.61%) PyTorch
11 9 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (0.61%) TensorFlow
12 8 (0.54%) scikit-learn
13 7 (0.48%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.13%) Data Structures
2 81 (5.51%) Cloud Native
3 71 (4.83%) Onboarding
4 65 (4.42%) Management Information System
5 62 (4.22%) Product Ownership
6 50 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 36 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
10 19 (1.29%) Reference Data
11 18 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
13 16 (1.09%) Reinsurance
14 15 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.95%) Taxonomies
16 13 (0.88%) Data Centre
17 12 (0.82%) NHS
18 11 (0.75%) CMDB
19 10 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
20 8 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.14%) Linux
1 2 (0.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (42.34%) Analytics
2 509 (34.65%) Data Modelling
3 485 (33.02%) Data Governance
4 427 (29.07%) Business Intelligence
5 423 (28.80%) Decision-Making
6 369 (25.12%) Data Pipeline
7 365 (24.85%) Data Engineering
8 361 (24.57%) AI
8 361 (24.57%) ETL
9 355 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
10 285 (19.40%) Agile
11 283 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 265 (18.04%) Validation
13 237 (16.13%) Data Architecture
14 236 (16.07%) CI/CD
15 212 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 210 (14.30%) Data Management
16 210 (14.30%) Roadmaps
17 199 (13.55%) CRM
18 196 (13.34%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 612 (41.66%) SQL
2 454 (30.91%) Python
3 45 (3.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 45 (3.06%) Java
4 42 (2.86%) Scala
5 34 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 33 (2.25%) T-SQL
7 26 (1.77%) R
8 23 (1.57%) C#
9 21 (1.43%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.95%) Bicep
11 13 (0.88%) ABAP
12 9 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.54%) VBA
14 7 (0.48%) Bash
15 6 (0.41%) Julia
16 5 (0.34%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.34%) Groovy
16 5 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 139 (9.46%) Degree
2 91 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 78 (5.31%) DBS Check
4 53 (3.61%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 21 (1.43%) ACCA
8 20 (1.36%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.36%) CIMA
8 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.82%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.75%) SnowPro
13 9 (0.61%) CIPD
14 6 (0.41%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.34%) ICAEW
16 4 (0.27%) CFA
16 4 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.20%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (11.78%) GDPR
2 64 (4.36%) QA
3 29 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 22 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.09%) HIPAA
7 12 (0.82%) PMO
7 12 (0.82%) SLA
8 10 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.61%) IFRS
10 7 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.41%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.41%) NIST
11 6 (0.41%) Solvency II
12 4 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.27%) PERC
13 3 (0.20%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.20%) TickIT
14 2 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 44 (3.00%) Docker
2 27 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.14%) IAG
4 1 (0.068%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (4.97%) Terraform
2 34 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.88%) Grafana
4 7 (0.48%) Ansible
4 7 (0.48%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.14%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.068%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.068%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.068%) SCCM
6 1 (0.068%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.068%) WMI
Vendors
1 261 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 162 (11.03%) Databricks
3 110 (7.49%) Oracle
4 102 (6.94%) SAP
5 63 (4.29%) Workday
6 59 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 51 (3.47%) Google
8 31 (2.11%) Sage
9 29 (1.97%) Informatica
10 25 (1.70%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.23%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.95%) Xero
13 12 (0.82%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.82%) ServiceNow
14 10 (0.68%) Braze
15 9 (0.61%) Talend
16 8 (0.54%) Foundry
16 8 (0.54%) Intapp
17 7 (0.48%) Bloomberg
18 6 (0.41%) Ariba