Data Quality Job Trends in Sheffield

Data Quality
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 53 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +26
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 6 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.47% 0.22% 0.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 19.35% 1.22% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £25,250 - -
25th Percentile £34,875 £42,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.77% +64.56%
75th Percentile £71,250 £47,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -10.00% +26.58%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 31 82 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.62% 17.67% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 27 28 102
10th Percentile £25,700 £28,403 £22,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,268 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,774
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.72% +16.04%
75th Percentile £61,570 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £60,125 £67,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +13.92%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Data Quality
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Sheffield over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in Sheffield

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Collibra
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Ataccama
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Data Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Data Quality Manager
2 2 (33.33%) HR Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) HR Data Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) DAMA DMBOK
2 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 4 (66.67%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) DAMA
3 2 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Talend