Data Quality Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Quality
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 166 161
Rank change year-on-year +74 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 245 71 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.56% 1.28% 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.41% 8.68% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 153 56 71
10th Percentile £32,700 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -19.81% +6.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,625 £82,500
England median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +10.87% -25.81% +11.51%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,407 818 1,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.95% 14.79% 16.23%
Number of salaries quoted 951 535 606
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,988 £42,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.91% -15.42% -4.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Quality
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in the Midlands

Data Quality
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +52 162 £55,000 +29.41% 117
East Midlands +21 83 £50,000 +17.65% 47
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (1.22%) Apache
1 3 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (1.22%) SAS
2 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (13.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.90%) Notion
3 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.22%) Navisworks
4 3 (1.22%) Revit
4 3 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.86%) Infor M3
2 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.63%) Sage 50
2 4 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.41%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 81 (33.06%) Power Platform
2 57 (23.27%) Azure
3 18 (7.35%) AWS
4 13 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.08%) GCP
5 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (3.67%) Azure Databricks
7 7 (2.86%) Amazon EMR
8 6 (2.45%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.45%) PaaS
8 6 (2.45%) SaaS
8 6 (2.45%) Snowflake
9 5 (2.04%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (2.04%) GitHub
9 5 (2.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 5 (2.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (33.06%) Power BI
2 23 (9.39%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (9.39%) Power Query
3 22 (8.98%) Tableau
4 20 (8.16%) Relational Database
5 19 (7.76%) Data Lake
6 17 (6.94%) Metadata
6 17 (6.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.90%) Delta Lake
8 11 (4.49%) QlikView
8 11 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (4.08%) Star Schema
10 8 (3.27%) GIS
10 8 (3.27%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (2.86%) Big Data
12 6 (2.45%) RDBMS
13 5 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (2.04%) Data Mining
13 5 (2.04%) Oracle BI EE
13 5 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (7.76%) Git
2 4 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.82%) JIRA
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
General
1 104 (42.45%) Analytical Skills
2 76 (31.02%) Social Skills
3 72 (29.39%) Finance
4 29 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 20 (8.16%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.71%) Legal
8 10 (4.08%) Fire and Rescue
8 10 (4.08%) Marketing
9 9 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.27%) Retail
11 7 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.22%) Billing
14 2 (0.82%) Advertising
14 2 (0.82%) Banking
14 2 (0.82%) Games
15 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.41%) Automotive
15 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (16.73%) Data Engineer
2 37 (15.10%) Analyst
3 32 (13.06%) Lead
4 31 (12.65%) Architect
4 31 (12.65%) Data Architect
5 30 (12.24%) Data Manager
6 24 (9.80%) Senior
7 19 (7.76%) Data Analyst
8 15 (6.12%) Junior
9 13 (5.31%) Senior Architect
9 13 (5.31%) Senior Data Architect
10 11 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 11 (4.49%) Developer
11 10 (4.08%) Administrator
11 10 (4.08%) Data Governance Analyst
11 10 (4.08%) Data Governance Manager
11 10 (4.08%) Governance Manager
11 10 (4.08%) Team Leader
12 9 (3.67%) Business Manager
12 9 (3.67%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.98%) PySpark
2 7 (2.86%) REST
3 6 (2.45%) .NET
4 5 (2.04%) PyTorch
4 5 (2.04%) TensorFlow
5 4 (1.63%) EDI
5 4 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.22%) XML
7 2 (0.82%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.82%) JSON
7 2 (0.82%) RESTful
7 2 (0.82%) Terraform
8 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.41%) Kafka
8 1 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.41%) Middleware
8 1 (0.41%) React
8 1 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.47%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.35%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.08%) Reference Data
5 9 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.27%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.27%) Taxonomies
7 7 (2.86%) FMCG
8 6 (2.45%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.82%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (46.53%) Analytics
2 104 (42.45%) Business Intelligence
3 102 (41.63%) Decision-Making
4 94 (38.37%) Data Governance
5 93 (37.96%) Data Modelling
6 82 (33.47%) Data Management
7 77 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (28.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 62 (25.31%) ETL
10 60 (24.49%) AI
11 57 (23.27%) Data Architecture
12 53 (21.63%) Data Engineering
13 48 (19.59%) Data Pipeline
14 46 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 45 (18.37%) Visualisation
16 42 (17.14%) Agile
17 41 (16.73%) Validation
18 40 (16.33%) Data Transformation
19 38 (15.51%) ERP
20 36 (14.69%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 108 (44.08%) SQL
2 58 (23.67%) Python
3 25 (10.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (4.49%) R
5 10 (4.08%) Java
6 7 (2.86%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.22%) C#
8 2 (0.82%) C++
8 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (18.78%) Degree
2 9 (3.67%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.86%) ACCA
3 7 (2.86%) CIMA
3 7 (2.86%) PMP
4 6 (2.45%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.04%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.22%) CIPD
6 3 (1.22%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (16.33%) GDPR
2 17 (6.94%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.04%) QA
5 3 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.22%) ISO 19650
6 2 (0.82%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.41%) PERC
7 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (2.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 54 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.24%) Databricks
3 18 (7.35%) Salesforce
4 16 (6.53%) Oracle
4 16 (6.53%) SAP
5 8 (3.27%) SYSPRO
6 7 (2.86%) Google
6 7 (2.86%) Infor
7 6 (2.45%) Adaptive Insights
7 6 (2.45%) Anaplan
8 5 (2.04%) Sage
8 5 (2.04%) Xero
9 3 (1.22%) Workday
10 2 (0.82%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.41%) Denodo
11 1 (0.41%) IFS