Data Matching (Record Linkage)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Matching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Matching over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 966 1180
Rank change year-on-year +79 +214 -255
Permanent jobs citing Data Matching 9 9 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.009% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.009% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 21
10th Percentile £21,000 £69,000 -
25th Percentile £24,938 £70,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,446 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.41% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £54,500 - £71,250
90th Percentile £56,900 £78,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Matching is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Matching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Matching in the UK

Data Matching
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Matching.

Salary trend for Data Matching in the UK

Data Matching
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Matching over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Matching in the UK

Data Matching
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Matching within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
England +81 9 £36,446 -51.41% 9
UK excluding London -9 5 £27,500 - 4
London +123 4 £53,000 -29.33% 5
Work from Home - 4 £36,446 - 4
Midlands - 3 £21,000 - 1
South East +8 2 £27,500 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £21,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 1

Data Matching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Stack
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Power BI
2 3 (33.33%) Data Mining
3 2 (22.22%) Tableau
4 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (11.11%) MS Access
4 1 (11.11%) Power Query
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Data Scientist
2 2 (22.22%) Junior
2 2 (22.22%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Junior Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Quality Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Science Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Database Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Analysis
2 7 (77.78%) Data Cleansing
3 6 (66.67%) Analytics
4 5 (55.56%) Data Analytics
5 4 (44.44%) Data Science
6 3 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
6 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
7 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
7 2 (22.22%) Data Entry
7 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
7 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
7 2 (22.22%) Data Security
7 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
7 2 (22.22%) Use Case
8 1 (11.11%) Business Process Analysis
8 1 (11.11%) Data Lineage
8 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) Databricks