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 citing Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	88	133	175
Rank change year-on-year	+45	+42	+4
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality	261	80	93
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	1.62%	1.40%	1.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	16.95%	10.10%	6.66%
Number of salaries quoted	170	63	59
10^th Percentile	£31,900	£29,000	£36,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£38,500	£41,254
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,356	£44,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+16.72%	-12.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£63,625	£69,375
90^th Percentile	£85,500	£70,000	£89,000
England median annual salary	£62,500	£60,000	£75,000
% change year-on-year	+4.17%	-20.00%	+11.11%

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	1,540	792	1,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	9.54%	13.85%	15.78%
Number of salaries quoted	1,016	544	533
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£28,750	£28,119
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£30,580	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.88%	-15.00%	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£62,000	£58,750	£64,000
90^th Percentile	£76,601	£75,630	£80,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-

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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 11 November 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 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	+39	179	£51,356	+15.41%	133
East Midlands	-4	82	£48,750	+14.71%	68
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Data Quality Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Data Quality also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Data Quality.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	49.4%	129
2	Analytics	47.1%	123
3	Decision-Making	46.0%	120
4	Business Intelligence	45.6%	119
5	Data Modelling	44.4%	116
6	Data Governance	39.8%	104
7	Power Platform	36.4%	95
8	Power BI	35.6%	93
9	Data Management	34.5%	90
10	Problem-Solving	32.6%	85
11	Azure	28.0%	73
11	Continuous Improvement	28.0%	73
11	Microsoft	28.0%	73
14	Python	26.4%	69
15	ETL	26.1%	68
16	AI	24.1%	63
17	Data Architecture	23.8%	62
18	Data Pipeline	21.8%	57
19	Visualisation	21.5%	56
20	Validation	21.1%	55
21	Data Engineering	20.7%	54
22	Stakeholder Management	19.9%	52
23	Dashboard Development	19.5%	51
24	Agile	18.8%	49
25	Degree	18.4%	48
26	Data Transformation	18.0%	47
27	GDPR	17.2%	45
28	Databricks	16.5%	43
28	Microsoft Excel	16.5%	43
30	Mentoring	15.3%	40

Data Quality Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	GDPR	17.2%	45
2	Accessibility	8.4%	22
3	QA	3.8%	10
4	Actionable Recommendations	2.3%	6
4	Cyber Essentials	2.3%	6
4	ISO 19650	2.3%	6
7	California Consumer Privacy Act	1.5%	4
8	ISO/IEC 27001	1.1%	3
9	Cyber Essentials PLUS	0.4%	1
9	GRC	0.4%	1
9	PERC	0.4%	1
9	SLA	0.4%	1
9	WCAG	0.4%	1