Data Quality Specialist Job Trends

Data Quality Specialist
UK

The median Data Quality Specialist salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 - 700
Rank change year-on-year - - +298
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Quality Specialist 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,184 50,447 51,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 92.94% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,461 26,369 39,567
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Data Quality Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Quality Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Quality Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Quality Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Data Quality Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Data Quality Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Data Quality Specialist
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
London - 1 £85,000 -
England - 1 £85,000 - 1

Data Quality Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 January 2026, Data Quality Specialist job roles required 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 featuring Data Quality Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Pentaho
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Data Quality Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Pentaho
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle