Data Matching (Record Linkage)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Matching skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Matching over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 869 | 964 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +95 | +217 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Matching | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.009% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.011% | 0.009% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21,000 | £69,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £24,938 | £70,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £36,446 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -51.41% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £54,500 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56,900 | £78,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £27,500 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Data Matching falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 51,711 | 84,738 | 96,776 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.87% | 85.57% | 95.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,444 | 59,708 | 57,080 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,000 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -9.84% | +1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,450 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.90% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Data Matching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Matching
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Matching.