Data Quality
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 194 150
Rank change year-on-year +80 -44 +83
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 1,774 831 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.68% 1.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.69% 10.87% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,184 418 1,003
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,887 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,924 £57,500 £72,900
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -21.12% +12.15%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £96,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,310 7,645 11,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.77% 15.41% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,319 6,774
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,029 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.26%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Quality
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 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 +91 1,619 £60,000 +4.35% 1,203
UK excluding London +72 1,017 £55,000 +7.84% 691
London +77 627 £75,000 +3.45% 639
Work from Home +91 553 £62,500 +13.64% 493
North of England +107 415 £52,500 +5.00% 194
North West +85 233 £52,500 +16.67% 106
Midlands +47 190 £59,732 +32.74% 112
South East -43 174 £63,750 -1.92% 190
Yorkshire +58 125 £52,500 -3.87% 59
West Midlands +30 121 £60,900 +27.54% 87
South West +19 106 £58,750 +37.43% 85
East of England +22 73 £59,450 -8.89% 55
East Midlands +10 68 £54,150 +27.41% 25
North East -5 57 £55,000 -2.65% 31
Scotland +14 33 £70,000 +32.70% 40
Wales -44 18 £72,500 +31.82% 19
Northern Ireland -70 9 £45,000 +50.00% 5
Isle of Man -1 1 - - 2

Data Quality
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:

Application Platforms
1 133 (7.50%) Apache Airflow
2 108 (6.09%) Apache
2 108 (6.09%) Apache Spark
3 34 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.07%) SAS
5 13 (0.73%) CMS
5 13 (0.73%) Jupyter
6 12 (0.68%) Confluence
7 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Luigi
8 3 (0.17%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) IIS
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.056%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) Tornado
Applications
1 163 (9.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
4 17 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.23%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.23%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.11%) Trello
8 1 (0.056%) Elementor
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 59 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.01%) SAP MDG
4 16 (0.90%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 9 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 9 (0.51%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.45%) iTrent
7 8 (0.45%) Sage 50
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.39%) SAP MDG-BP
9 6 (0.34%) SAP QM
10 5 (0.28%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.23%) SAP MDG-F
11 4 (0.23%) Shopify
12 3 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 456 (25.70%) Azure
2 435 (24.52%) Power Platform
3 322 (18.15%) AWS
4 172 (9.70%) GCP
5 130 (7.33%) Snowflake
6 110 (6.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 93 (5.24%) Amazon S3
8 92 (5.19%) Microsoft Purview
9 90 (5.07%) SaaS
10 83 (4.68%) dbt
11 81 (4.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 74 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
13 61 (3.44%) Power Automate
14 57 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
15 51 (2.87%) Serverless
16 44 (2.48%) Collibra
17 39 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
18 37 (2.09%) Amazon EMR
19 36 (2.03%) GitHub
20 35 (1.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.96%) Broadband
2 5 (0.28%) SNMP
3 4 (0.23%) SSH
3 4 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.17%) Internet
5 2 (0.11%) 4G
5 2 (0.11%) 5G
5 2 (0.11%) HTTP
5 2 (0.11%) Intranet
5 2 (0.11%) IPsec
5 2 (0.11%) SSL
5 2 (0.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.11%) Wireless
5 2 (0.11%) WPA
6 1 (0.056%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.056%) DNS
6 1 (0.056%) Firewall
6 1 (0.056%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.056%) Tactical Data Link
6 1 (0.056%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 402 (22.66%) Power BI
2 243 (13.70%) Data Warehouse
3 209 (11.78%) Metadata
4 158 (8.91%) Tableau
5 142 (8.00%) Data Lake
6 93 (5.24%) SQL Server
7 82 (4.62%) Relational Database
8 80 (4.51%) BigQuery
9 65 (3.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 63 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
11 59 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 55 (3.10%) Semantic Layer
13 54 (3.04%) Big Data
14 51 (2.87%) Delta Lake
15 50 (2.82%) Power Query
16 45 (2.54%) Looker
17 43 (2.42%) NoSQL
18 39 (2.20%) Oracle Database
19 37 (2.09%) MySQL
20 33 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 111 (6.26%) Git
2 37 (2.09%) JIRA
3 25 (1.41%) IBM UrbanCode
4 22 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.01%) GitLab
6 10 (0.56%) MLflow
7 6 (0.34%) ERwin
8 5 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
8 5 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.23%) Selenium
10 3 (0.17%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.11%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.11%) TestRail
12 1 (0.056%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.056%) JMeter
12 1 (0.056%) JUnit
12 1 (0.056%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.056%) Toad
General
1 583 (32.86%) Finance
2 577 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 541 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 117 (6.60%) Marketing
5 112 (6.31%) Public Sector
6 83 (4.68%) Retail
7 78 (4.40%) Banking
8 75 (4.23%) Legal
9 65 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
10 59 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
11 57 (3.21%) Law
12 48 (2.71%) Manufacturing
13 29 (1.63%) Investment Banking
14 24 (1.35%) Billing
14 24 (1.35%) Local Government
15 22 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.01%) Advertising
18 17 (0.96%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 346 (19.50%) Data Engineer
2 315 (17.76%) Analyst
3 257 (14.49%) Senior
4 213 (12.01%) Lead
5 196 (11.05%) Architect
6 177 (9.98%) Data Analyst
7 150 (8.46%) Data Architect
8 138 (7.78%) Data Manager
9 84 (4.74%) Administrator
10 82 (4.62%) Senior Data Engineer
11 69 (3.89%) Developer
12 61 (3.44%) Consultant
13 54 (3.04%) Systems Analyst
14 51 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
15 46 (2.59%) Business Analyst
15 46 (2.59%) Lead Data Engineer
16 39 (2.20%) Data Governance Analyst
16 39 (2.20%) Data Governance Manager
16 39 (2.20%) Governance Manager
16 39 (2.20%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (6.54%) PySpark
2 69 (3.89%) Kafka
3 31 (1.75%) REST
4 29 (1.63%) Pandas
5 28 (1.58%) .NET
6 22 (1.24%) Middleware
7 21 (1.18%) Node.js
8 18 (1.01%) JSON
9 14 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
10 12 (0.68%) HTML
11 11 (0.62%) XML
12 10 (0.56%) CSS
13 9 (0.51%) FastAPI
13 9 (0.51%) NumPy
13 9 (0.51%) SOAP
14 8 (0.45%) React
14 8 (0.45%) RESTful
14 8 (0.45%) scikit-learn
15 7 (0.39%) AngularJS
15 7 (0.39%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 101 (5.69%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.96%) Data Structures
4 83 (4.68%) Product Ownership
5 81 (4.57%) Management Information System
6 64 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 35 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
10 26 (1.47%) Reference Data
11 24 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
12 21 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
14 18 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
15 17 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.90%) Blog
16 16 (0.90%) CMDB
16 16 (0.90%) NHS
17 15 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
18 13 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.17%) Windows
2 2 (0.11%) Linux
3 1 (0.056%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (40.76%) Analytics
2 593 (33.43%) Data Modelling
3 546 (30.78%) Data Governance
4 516 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
5 492 (27.73%) Decision-Making
6 472 (26.61%) AI
7 439 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
8 431 (24.30%) Data Pipeline
9 425 (23.96%) Data Engineering
10 400 (22.55%) ETL
11 390 (21.98%) Agile
11 390 (21.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 311 (17.53%) Validation
13 306 (17.25%) Data Architecture
14 287 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 283 (15.95%) CI/CD
16 260 (14.66%) Roadmaps
17 246 (13.87%) Data Management
18 242 (13.64%) CRM
19 231 (13.02%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 736 (41.49%) SQL
2 547 (30.83%) Python
3 55 (3.10%) Java
4 52 (2.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 49 (2.76%) Scala
6 47 (2.65%) R
7 45 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 32 (1.80%) C#
8 32 (1.80%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.13%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.01%) Bicep
11 13 (0.73%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.68%) VBA
13 10 (0.56%) ABAP
14 9 (0.51%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.39%) SOQL
15 7 (0.39%) SOSL
16 6 (0.34%) Julia
16 6 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 190 (10.71%) Degree
2 127 (7.16%) Security Cleared
3 90 (5.07%) DBS Check
4 78 (4.40%) SC Cleared
5 36 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 30 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 30 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.41%) ACCA
10 24 (1.35%) CIMA
11 22 (1.24%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.90%) SnowPro
13 12 (0.68%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.51%) CIPD
15 7 (0.39%) CISSP
16 6 (0.34%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.28%) CFA
17 5 (0.28%) ICAEW
17 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (10.88%) GDPR
2 76 (4.28%) QA
3 44 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 27 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 18 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (0.85%) PMO
7 14 (0.79%) HIPAA
8 13 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.62%) GRC
10 9 (0.51%) IFRS
11 8 (0.45%) SLA
12 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
13 6 (0.34%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.34%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 19650
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.17%) MiFID
15 3 (0.17%) PERC
System Software
1 51 (2.87%) Docker
2 19 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.11%) IAG
4 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (4.85%) Terraform
2 31 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.62%) Grafana
4 8 (0.45%) Ansible
5 5 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.23%) WMI
7 3 (0.17%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.11%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.11%) Nagios
8 2 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.056%) Argo
9 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.056%) SCCM
Vendors
1 330 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 205 (11.56%) Databricks
3 114 (6.43%) Oracle
4 108 (6.09%) SAP
5 94 (5.30%) Salesforce
6 86 (4.85%) Google
7 68 (3.83%) Workday
8 44 (2.48%) Informatica
9 38 (2.14%) Sage
10 31 (1.75%) HubSpot
11 25 (1.41%) Red Hat
12 18 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 15 (0.85%) OpenAI
14 14 (0.79%) Xero
15 12 (0.68%) Bloomberg
16 11 (0.62%) Infor
17 10 (0.56%) Intapp
18 9 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
19 8 (0.45%) Braze
19 8 (0.45%) SYSPRO