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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 163 167
Rank change year-on-year +73 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 249 71 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.58% 1.28% 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.36% 8.80% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 156 56 67
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,350
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £54,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,625 £84,500
England median annual salary £64,000 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +11.30% -25.81% +10.71%

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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,434 807 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.08% 14.57% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 962 535 584
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,052 £42,500 £51,251
Median % change year-on-year +13.06% -17.07% -2.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -

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 18 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 18 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 +46 166 £55,000 +29.41% 116
East Midlands +21 83 £50,000 +17.65% 56
Data Quality
England

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.