Data Quality Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Data Quality
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 67 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 -21 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 4 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.50% 1.47% 2.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.67% 9.17% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile - £44,575 £41,025
25th Percentile - £53,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +9.80% -8.93%
75th Percentile - £86,250 £85,625
90th Percentile - £92,625 £89,125
North East median annual salary £30,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -57.14% +27.27% +4.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 60 109 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 7.44% 16.01% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 82
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,550 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,438 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £75,875
North East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +21.83% +2.87%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Data Quality
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 3 £30,000 -57.14% 12
Gateshead - 1 - -
Data Quality
North East

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Billing
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Insight Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Personalization
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree