Data Quality Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Quality
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 56 130
Rank change year-on-year +7 +74 -16
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 7 9 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.94% 1.43% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.28% 8.74% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £70,000 - £49,375
25th Percentile £85,000 £40,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £42,500 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -29.46% +9.55%
75th Percentile £95,000 £47,500 £64,688
90th Percentile - £53,500 £66,250
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 £47,292 £60,250
% change year-on-year +90.31% -21.51% +9.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 57 103 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.69% 16.32% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 29 54 85
10th Percentile £22,129 £40,375 £21,938
25th Percentile £25,000 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £108,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% +5.00%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Quality
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in Glasgow

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Snowflake
3 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Billing
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Data Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Governance
2 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Data Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Architectural Design
3 4 (57.14%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (57.14%) Data Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Data Design
3 4 (57.14%) Data Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 1 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (14.29%) Data Management
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Dataiku
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft