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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 155 152
Rank change year-on-year +49 -3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 189 86 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.28% 1.48% 1.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.52% 9.67% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 128 70 81
10th Percentile £40,150 £34,975 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £39,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,866 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.04% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £56,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 £73,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £75,225
% change year-on-year +8.70% -23.56% +7.46%

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 1,302 889 1,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.80% 15.25% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 888 577 835
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,580 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.84% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £68,300 £77,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +28 121 £60,900 +35.33% 58
East Midlands +13 67 £59,366 +39.68% 20
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 (1.59%) Apache
1 3 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (10.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.06%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.06%) Revit
3 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.12%) Sage 50
3 2 (1.06%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 56 (29.63%) Power Platform
2 37 (19.58%) Azure
3 20 (10.58%) AWS
4 13 (6.88%) GCP
5 10 (5.29%) Snowflake
6 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (4.23%) SaaS
8 7 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.70%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.65%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (2.12%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.12%) dbt
10 4 (2.12%) Google Ads
10 4 (2.12%) Meta Ads
10 4 (2.12%) PaaS
11 2 (1.06%) Amazon MSK
11 2 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.06%) Dagster
11 2 (1.06%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.06%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (29.63%) Power BI
2 16 (8.47%) Power Query
2 16 (8.47%) Tableau
3 15 (7.94%) Data Lake
4 13 (6.88%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (6.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (5.82%) Metadata
5 11 (5.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (4.76%) QlikView
7 6 (3.17%) GIS
7 6 (3.17%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (2.65%) Big Data
9 4 (2.12%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (2.12%) Delta Lake
9 4 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.12%) Star Schema
10 3 (1.59%) Data Mining
10 3 (1.59%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.17%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 57 (30.16%) Finance
2 55 (29.10%) Social Skills
3 54 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.88%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.70%) Fire and Rescue
6 7 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.17%) Marketing
8 5 (2.65%) Legal
8 5 (2.65%) Retail
9 4 (2.12%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.06%) Advertising
10 2 (1.06%) Banking
10 2 (1.06%) Billing
10 2 (1.06%) Games
11 1 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (19.05%) Data Manager
2 29 (15.34%) Analyst
3 25 (13.23%) Architect
3 25 (13.23%) Data Architect
4 19 (10.05%) Lead
5 18 (9.52%) Senior
6 17 (8.99%) Junior
7 16 (8.47%) Data Engineer
8 15 (7.94%) Data Analyst
8 15 (7.94%) Data Quality Manager
8 15 (7.94%) Quality Manager
9 10 (5.29%) Data Governance Analyst
9 10 (5.29%) Data Governance Manager
9 10 (5.29%) Governance Manager
10 9 (4.76%) Business Manager
11 8 (4.23%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 8 (4.23%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 7 (3.70%) Consultant
12 7 (3.70%) Supply Chain Controller
12 7 (3.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.29%) PySpark
2 7 (3.70%) REST
3 6 (3.17%) .NET
4 4 (2.12%) EDI
5 3 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.59%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.59%) TensorFlow
5 3 (1.59%) XML
6 2 (1.06%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.06%) JSON
6 2 (1.06%) RESTful
7 1 (0.53%) Kafka
7 1 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.53%) Middleware
7 1 (0.53%) SOAP
7 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.29%) Data Structures
3 9 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.65%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.59%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.59%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.06%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.06%) FMCG
7 2 (1.06%) PMI
7 2 (1.06%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.53%) Autonomous Agent
8 1 (0.53%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.53%) Pricing Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (43.39%) Analytics
2 69 (36.51%) Business Intelligence
3 65 (34.39%) Decision-Making
4 62 (32.80%) Data Governance
5 56 (29.63%) Data Management
5 56 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (26.98%) Data Modelling
7 45 (23.81%) AI
8 36 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (18.52%) Data Architecture
10 33 (17.46%) ETL
11 30 (15.87%) ERP
11 30 (15.87%) Roadmaps
12 28 (14.81%) Visualisation
13 25 (13.23%) Actionable Insight
14 23 (12.17%) Dashboard Development
14 23 (12.17%) Data Visualisation
15 22 (11.64%) Agile
15 22 (11.64%) Data Strategy
15 22 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (32.28%) SQL
2 32 (16.93%) Python
3 14 (7.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (4.23%) R
5 7 (3.70%) Java
6 6 (3.17%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.59%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.06%) C#
9 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (20.11%) Degree
2 4 (2.12%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.59%) ACCA
3 3 (1.59%) CIMA
3 3 (1.59%) CIPD
3 3 (1.59%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.06%) PMP
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.81%) GDPR
2 7 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.12%) QA
5 2 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.06%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.53%) PMO
6 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (9.52%) Databricks
2 17 (8.99%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.76%) Oracle
3 9 (4.76%) SAP
4 8 (4.23%) SYSPRO
5 6 (3.17%) Google
6 5 (2.65%) Sage
6 5 (2.65%) Xero
7 3 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.06%) Adobe
8 2 (1.06%) Infor
9 1 (0.53%) Denodo
9 1 (0.53%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.53%) Workday