Data Quality Officer Job Trends

Data Quality Officer
UK

The median Data Quality Officer salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 711 767
Rank change year-on-year +63 +56 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Quality Officer 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,476 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.02% -33.05% -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 - £50,000

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 57,468 48,384 64,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.28% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 24,872 50,479
10th Percentile £28,785 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,648 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%

Data Quality Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Quality Officer job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Quality Officer
Salary Trend

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

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

Data Quality Officer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +59 1 £37,500 +12.02% 2
UK excluding London - 1 £37,500 - 2
South East - 1 £37,500 - 2

Data Quality Officer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Data Quality Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collibra
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DAMA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Deduplication
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Talend
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Data Quality Officer 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DAMA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Deduplication
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Talend