Data Quality Job Trends in the South West

Data Quality
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 138 180
Rank change year-on-year -2 +42 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 84 29 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.01% 0.87% 0.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.69% 6.43% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 49 20 58
10th Percentile £31,150 £36,178 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,216 £68,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £69,423 £72,128
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +15.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 786 451 1,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.44% 13.56% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 491 308 783
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,373 £35,535 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,592
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year - +6.98% -6.52%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Quality
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in the South West over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in the South West

Data Quality
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Bristol -5 37 £60,000 +34.95% 10
Devon - 19 £50,000 - 2
Gloucestershire -23 11 £53,250 +49.86% 10
Wiltshire -14 7 £70,752 +3.25% 8
Dorset -2 3 £70,000 - 4
Somerset -38 3 £49,490 -10.02% 2
Cornwall - 3 £110,000 - 2
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (7.14%) Apache
2 4 (4.76%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Shopify
2 2 (2.38%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.19%) Power Platform
2 17 (20.24%) Azure
3 7 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.14%) SaaS
5 4 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 4 (4.76%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.57%) AWS
6 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.38%) ChatGPT
7 2 (2.38%) GCP
7 2 (2.38%) GitHub
7 2 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.38%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.19%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.19%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.19%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.05%) Power BI
2 15 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 10 (11.90%) Metadata
5 7 (8.33%) Data Lake
5 7 (8.33%) Power Query
6 5 (5.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (5.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (5.95%) Star Schema
7 4 (4.76%) Big Data
7 4 (4.76%) MongoDB
7 4 (4.76%) NoSQL
8 3 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (3.57%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (2.38%) Delta Lake
9 2 (2.38%) Relational Database
9 2 (2.38%) Tableau
10 1 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (1.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Git
1 2 (2.38%) MLflow
General
1 36 (42.86%) Finance
2 33 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 28 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.29%) Retail
5 9 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (8.33%) Marketing
7 5 (5.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.38%) Banking
9 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Advertising
10 1 (1.19%) Avionics
10 1 (1.19%) Military
10 1 (1.19%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Data Engineer
2 18 (21.43%) Analyst
3 13 (15.48%) Data Analyst
4 12 (14.29%) Architect
5 11 (13.10%) Lead
6 9 (10.71%) Administrator
7 8 (9.52%) Senior
8 7 (8.33%) Data Architect
8 7 (8.33%) Data Quality Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Quality Analyst
9 5 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.95%) Team Leader
10 4 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 4 (4.76%) Business Manager
10 4 (4.76%) Business Systems Manager
10 4 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (4.76%) Power BI Analyst
10 4 (4.76%) Senior Architect
10 4 (4.76%) Senior Data Architect
10 4 (4.76%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.76%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (4.76%) Kafka
2 2 (2.38%) JSON
2 2 (2.38%) Node.js
2 2 (2.38%) PySpark
2 2 (2.38%) REST
2 2 (2.38%) XML
3 1 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.10%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.95%) NHS
4 4 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.57%) Reference Data
6 2 (2.38%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.38%) Housing Association
6 2 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.19%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.19%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.33%) AI
2 27 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (32.14%) ETL
3 22 (26.19%) Data Governance
3 22 (26.19%) Decision-Making
4 20 (23.81%) Analytics
4 20 (23.81%) Data Integration
4 20 (23.81%) Data Pipeline
4 20 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.24%) Agile
5 17 (20.24%) Data Modelling
6 16 (19.05%) Data Engineering
7 15 (17.86%) Validation
8 14 (16.67%) Data Strategy
9 13 (15.48%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (15.48%) Data Analysis
9 13 (15.48%) Data Architecture
9 13 (15.48%) Roadmaps
10 12 (14.29%) CRM
11 11 (13.10%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 39 (46.43%) SQL
2 21 (25.00%) Python
3 6 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (5.95%) C#
4 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.76%) Groovy
5 4 (4.76%) Java
6 3 (3.57%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.38%) Bicep
7 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.14%) Degree
3 5 (5.95%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.57%) CIPD
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.19%) PMP
5 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) GDPR
1 6 (7.14%) QA
2 4 (4.76%) SLA
3 2 (2.38%) IFRS
3 2 (2.38%) IFRS 17
3 2 (2.38%) Solvency II
4 1 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.95%) Databricks
2 5 (5.95%) Oracle
3 4 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.76%) SAP
4 3 (3.57%) Talend
4 3 (3.57%) Xero
5 2 (2.38%) Infor
6 1 (1.19%) EMC
6 1 (1.19%) Sage
6 1 (1.19%) Workday