Data Quality Job Trends in London

Data Quality
England > London

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 154 134
Rank change year-on-year +46 -20 +60
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 382 336 421
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.71% 2.17% 2.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.55% 12.83% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 219 203 309
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -5.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,125 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,750 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,456 2,618 2,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 17.41% 16.88% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,592 1,240 2,182
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £36,860
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,514 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £118,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.69% +2.61%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in London

Data Quality
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Data Quality in London

Data Quality
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +44 67 £80,000 +18.52% 45
West London 0 9 £72,500 +7.41% 8
South London +36 3 £48,975 +17.06% 6
North London - 1 £92,500 -
East London - 1 £32,838 - 4
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 31 (8.12%) Apache Airflow
1 31 (8.12%) Apache Spark
2 24 (6.28%) Apache
3 9 (2.36%) Appian
3 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.57%) SAS
5 3 (0.79%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.52%) Confluence
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.52%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.52%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.26%) Actimize
3 1 (0.26%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.26%) iTrent
3 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 135 (35.34%) Power Platform
2 132 (34.55%) Azure
3 68 (17.80%) AWS
4 51 (13.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 49 (12.83%) Snowflake
6 41 (10.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (8.90%) GCP
8 31 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (6.28%) Amazon S3
9 24 (6.28%) dbt
10 18 (4.71%) GitHub
11 15 (3.93%) Power Automate
12 13 (3.40%) Serverless
13 11 (2.88%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.88%) Collibra
13 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.36%) Azure AI
14 9 (2.36%) H2O.ai
14 9 (2.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (35.08%) Power BI
2 82 (21.47%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (18.85%) Tableau
4 63 (16.49%) Metadata
5 62 (16.23%) Data Lake
6 35 (9.16%) SQL Server
7 26 (6.81%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (5.50%) BigQuery
9 17 (4.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (4.19%) Delta Lake
10 16 (4.19%) Looker
11 15 (3.93%) Big Data
12 14 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (2.62%) NoSQL
15 9 (2.36%) Hadoop
15 9 (2.36%) Pinecone
15 9 (2.36%) Power Query
15 9 (2.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (11.78%) Git
2 14 (3.66%) JIRA
3 10 (2.62%) MLflow
4 7 (1.83%) GitLab
4 7 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.57%) ER Studio
5 6 (1.57%) ERwin
5 6 (1.57%) Postman
6 5 (1.31%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (1.05%) Selenium
8 3 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.79%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.79%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.79%) Maven
8 3 (0.79%) TestNG
8 3 (0.79%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.79%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.26%) LSMW
10 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 210 (54.97%) Finance
2 148 (38.74%) Social Skills
3 135 (35.34%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (14.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (14.40%) Banking
6 39 (10.21%) Financial Institution
7 28 (7.33%) Law
7 28 (7.33%) Marketing
8 20 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (4.19%) Legal
11 12 (3.14%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.62%) Retail
13 7 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.57%) Front Office
14 6 (1.57%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.31%) Advertising
15 5 (1.31%) Retail Banking
16 4 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (24.08%) Analyst
2 84 (21.99%) Data Engineer
3 72 (18.85%) Data Analyst
4 62 (16.23%) Senior
5 35 (9.16%) Lead
6 24 (6.28%) Architect
7 20 (5.24%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.24%) Senior Data Engineer
8 17 (4.45%) Data Architect
9 15 (3.93%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.14%) Risk Manager
12 12 (3.14%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.88%) Azure Data Engineer
13 11 (2.88%) Lead Data Engineer
13 11 (2.88%) Senior Risk Manager
14 10 (2.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 10 (2.62%) Data Business Analyst
15 9 (2.36%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.38%) Kafka
2 31 (8.12%) PySpark
3 18 (4.71%) PyTorch
3 18 (4.71%) TensorFlow
4 14 (3.66%) Pandas
4 14 (3.66%) REST
5 12 (3.14%) RESTful
6 11 (2.88%) OpenAPI
6 11 (2.88%) pytest
6 11 (2.88%) Swagger
7 10 (2.62%) FastAPI
7 10 (2.62%) Flask
7 10 (2.62%) NumPy
8 9 (2.36%) Django
8 9 (2.36%) Faiss
8 9 (2.36%) JWT
8 9 (2.36%) Keras
8 9 (2.36%) OAuth
8 9 (2.36%) scikit-learn
8 9 (2.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.61%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (7.07%) Management Information System
3 24 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 21 (5.50%) Algorithms
5 13 (3.40%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.14%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.62%) FMCG
7 10 (2.62%) Reinsurance
8 9 (2.36%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.36%) Reference Data
9 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.83%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.05%) Equities
12 4 (1.05%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.79%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (63.61%) Analytics
2 191 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 153 (40.05%) Data Modelling
4 152 (39.79%) Data Governance
5 142 (37.17%) Data Pipeline
6 127 (33.25%) AI
7 121 (31.68%) ETL
8 120 (31.41%) Decision-Making
9 119 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
10 118 (30.89%) Data Engineering
11 96 (25.13%) CI/CD
12 89 (23.30%) Data Science
13 86 (22.51%) Data Management
14 76 (19.90%) Machine Learning
15 74 (19.37%) DevOps
16 73 (19.11%) Data Analysis
17 71 (18.59%) Migration
18 66 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
19 62 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
20 61 (15.97%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 186 (48.69%) SQL
2 180 (47.12%) Python
3 23 (6.02%) Scala
4 14 (3.66%) C#
5 13 (3.40%) R
6 11 (2.88%) Java
7 10 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.83%) Bash
8 7 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.31%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.05%) ANSI SQL
10 4 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.79%) C++
11 3 (0.79%) VBA
12 2 (0.52%) ABAP
12 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.26%) Korn
13 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.26%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 77 (20.16%) Degree
2 30 (7.85%) Numerate Degree
3 21 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (4.45%) Master's Degree
5 16 (4.19%) Security Cleared
6 14 (3.66%) CISA
7 12 (3.14%) CISM
7 12 (3.14%) CISSP
7 12 (3.14%) CRISC
7 12 (3.14%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.62%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.57%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.05%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.79%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.33%) GDPR
2 24 (6.28%) QA
3 17 (4.45%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.57%) MiFID
5 6 (1.57%) NIST
6 5 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.31%) COBIT
6 5 (1.31%) GRC
6 5 (1.31%) IFRS
6 5 (1.31%) IFRS 17
6 5 (1.31%) ITGC
7 3 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.52%) GAAP
8 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.26%) EMIR
9 1 (0.26%) FATCA
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (6.28%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (6.28%) Terraform
2 22 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.05%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) Control-M
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (18.85%) Databricks
2 45 (11.78%) Microsoft
3 34 (8.90%) Alteryx
4 32 (8.38%) Bloomberg
5 16 (4.19%) SAP
6 15 (3.93%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.66%) Informatica
8 10 (2.62%) Google
8 10 (2.62%) OpenAI
8 10 (2.62%) Oracle
9 9 (2.36%) Automation Anywhere
9 9 (2.36%) Dell
9 9 (2.36%) NVIDIA
9 9 (2.36%) UiPath
10 6 (1.57%) IBM
11 5 (1.31%) GoldenSource
12 4 (1.05%) Adobe
12 4 (1.05%) Dataiku
12 4 (1.05%) Talend
13 3 (0.79%) Amplitude