Data Quality
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Quality over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 248 285
Rank change year-on-year +47 +37 +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 1,449 1,558 2,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.49% 1.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.73% 7.71% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 920 976 1,166
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - +6.80% +10.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Data Quality is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,505 20,219 25,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.29% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 9,275 13,194
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in the UK

Data Quality
Top 16 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 26 April 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 +47 1,319 £67,500 +8.00% 331
UK excluding London +52 864 £55,000 - 162
London +44 515 £77,500 +10.71% 172
Work from Home +51 490 £65,000 +4.00% 136
North of England +125 292 £65,000 +23.81% 58
South East +71 225 £62,500 +4.17% 41
North West +93 162 £75,000 +42.86% 41
Midlands -35 131 £42,125 -15.75% 26
West Midlands -35 95 £55,000 +10.00% 15
South West -30 81 £57,500 -4.37% 14
Yorkshire +100 79 £50,000 -6.54% 14
Scotland -27 68 £51,500 -6.36% 11
East of England +42 53 £43,000 -31.20% 15
North East +31 51 £68,250 +30.00% 5
East Midlands +7 36 £35,000 -17.65% 11
Wales +9 15 £45,000 -25.00% 5

Data Quality
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:

Application Platforms
1 99 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 89 (6.14%) Apache Airflow
3 77 (5.31%) Apache
4 63 (4.35%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.38%) Confluence
6 13 (0.90%) SAS
7 6 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.21%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.069%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.069%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 192 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.55%) NEC Housing
2 8 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.48%) SAP GTS
4 5 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.28%) Finacle
5 4 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
5 4 (0.28%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.21%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.14%) MIS ActiveH
7 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.069%) HFM
8 1 (0.069%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 478 (32.99%) Azure
2 338 (23.33%) Power Platform
3 330 (22.77%) AWS
4 202 (13.94%) GCP
5 142 (9.80%) Snowflake
6 91 (6.28%) dbt
7 74 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 43 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (2.48%) Collibra
11 35 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 34 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (2.35%) Matillion
13 32 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
13 32 (2.21%) PowerApps
14 30 (2.07%) SaaS
15 27 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
16 26 (1.79%) Amazon Kinesis
17 25 (1.73%) IaaS
18 18 (1.24%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.10%) DNS
1 16 (1.10%) WPA
2 3 (0.21%) Internet
3 2 (0.14%) Intranet
3 2 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.069%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.069%) 5G
4 1 (0.069%) Skype
4 1 (0.069%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 349 (24.09%) Data Warehouse
2 325 (22.43%) Power BI
3 193 (13.32%) SQL Server
4 181 (12.49%) Data Lake
5 151 (10.42%) BigQuery
6 133 (9.18%) Metadata
7 131 (9.04%) Looker
8 96 (6.63%) Tableau
9 70 (4.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 61 (4.21%) Amazon Athena
11 59 (4.07%) Data Vault
12 56 (3.86%) Apache Arrow
12 56 (3.86%) Apache Ignite
12 56 (3.86%) Dremio
13 46 (3.17%) Big Data
14 45 (3.11%) Delta Lake
14 45 (3.11%) Star Schema
15 44 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 42 (2.90%) NoSQL
17 39 (2.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 137 (9.45%) JIRA
2 41 (2.83%) GitLab
3 30 (2.07%) Git
4 14 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.41%) ERwin
6 6 (0.41%) RStudio
6 6 (0.41%) Spinnaker
6 6 (0.41%) Toad
7 3 (0.21%) Deequ
7 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.069%) CA Release Automation
9 1 (0.069%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.069%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.069%) Mocha
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.069%) SonarQube
General
1 471 (32.51%) Finance
2 460 (31.75%) Social Skills
3 398 (27.47%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (13.11%) Banking
5 157 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (7.18%) Legal
7 77 (5.31%) Law
7 77 (5.31%) Marketing
8 67 (4.62%) Investment Banking
9 63 (4.35%) Retail
10 60 (4.14%) Front Office
11 46 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 38 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.86%) Local Government
15 24 (1.66%) Back Office
16 23 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
17 17 (1.17%) Games
18 16 (1.10%) Telecoms
19 14 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 305 (21.05%) Data Engineer
2 262 (18.08%) Analyst
3 226 (15.60%) Senior
4 219 (15.11%) Architect
5 194 (13.39%) Data Architect
6 178 (12.28%) Data Analyst
7 176 (12.15%) Lead
8 108 (7.45%) Data Manager
9 67 (4.62%) Software Engineer
10 63 (4.35%) Developer
11 60 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
12 50 (3.45%) AWS Engineer
13 44 (3.04%) Lead Data Engineer
14 43 (2.97%) Senior Data Engineer
15 38 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.48%) Consultant
17 34 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
17 34 (2.35%) Lead Software Engineer
18 33 (2.28%) Python Engineer
18 33 (2.28%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (5.11%) PySpark
2 60 (4.14%) Pandas
3 58 (4.00%) NumPy
4 56 (3.86%) gRPC
4 56 (3.86%) Protocol Buffers
4 56 (3.86%) SciPy
5 21 (1.45%) .NET
6 14 (0.97%) JSON
7 13 (0.90%) XML
8 11 (0.76%) Kafka
9 8 (0.55%) Great Expectations
10 7 (0.48%) EDI
10 7 (0.48%) HTML
11 6 (0.41%) Middleware
12 5 (0.35%) J2EE
12 5 (0.35%) REST
13 4 (0.28%) D3.js
13 4 (0.28%) MDX
13 4 (0.28%) React
13 4 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 184 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
2 116 (8.01%) Management Information System
3 112 (7.73%) Data Structures
4 58 (4.00%) Equities
4 58 (4.00%) Hedge funds
5 57 (3.93%) Fixed Income
5 57 (3.93%) Reinsurance
6 56 (3.86%) Derivative
6 56 (3.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 42 (2.90%) Public Cloud
8 39 (2.69%) Reference Data
9 38 (2.62%) Product Ownership
10 26 (1.79%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.59%) IoT
12 22 (1.52%) Cloud Native
13 21 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (1.45%) Onboarding
14 19 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.04%) Blog
16 13 (0.90%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.59%) Windows
2 8 (0.55%) Linux
3 7 (0.48%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.069%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (37.96%) Data Governance
2 529 (36.51%) Data Modelling
3 486 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
4 468 (32.30%) ETL
5 457 (31.54%) Analytics
6 424 (29.26%) Data Management
7 386 (26.64%) Business Intelligence
8 380 (26.22%) Agile
9 351 (24.22%) Data Engineering
10 280 (19.32%) Data Architecture
11 277 (19.12%) Data Integration
12 254 (17.53%) Mentoring
13 253 (17.46%) Data Analysis
14 207 (14.29%) Decision-Making
15 196 (13.53%) Data Science
16 168 (11.59%) Visualisation
17 159 (10.97%) Data Pipeline
17 159 (10.97%) Data Strategy
18 157 (10.84%) Data Security
19 156 (10.77%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 532 (36.71%) SQL
2 395 (27.26%) Python
3 152 (10.49%) Java
4 74 (5.11%) T-SQL
5 69 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 60 (4.14%) TypeScript
7 58 (4.00%) R
8 35 (2.42%) Scala
9 24 (1.66%) Bash
10 23 (1.59%) C#
11 20 (1.38%) VBA
12 16 (1.10%) Perl
13 10 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.62%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.55%) C
15 8 (0.55%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.41%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.35%) PHP
17 5 (0.35%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.28%) Go
Qualifications
1 260 (17.94%) Degree
2 71 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 64 (4.42%) Master's Degree
4 27 (1.86%) Security Cleared
5 26 (1.79%) SC Cleared
6 22 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
7 21 (1.45%) MBA
8 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.76%) PhD
10 9 (0.62%) CISM
10 9 (0.62%) CISSP
10 9 (0.62%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.48%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.41%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.28%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.28%) MCP
13 4 (0.28%) PMP
14 3 (0.21%) HND
14 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (15.53%) GDPR
2 58 (4.00%) QA
3 38 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 12 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (0.48%) COBIT
6 6 (0.41%) GRC
7 3 (0.21%) PMO
8 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.069%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.069%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.069%) CDISC
9 1 (0.069%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.069%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.069%) NCSC
9 1 (0.069%) SLA
9 1 (0.069%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 18 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.28%) Docker
5 2 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (1.17%) Terraform
2 6 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.35%) logstash
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.069%) Ansible
5 1 (0.069%) Kibana
5 1 (0.069%) Nagios
5 1 (0.069%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.069%) Puppet
Vendors
1 222 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 166 (11.46%) Google
3 144 (9.94%) Databricks
4 105 (7.25%) Oracle
5 87 (6.00%) Informatica
6 64 (4.42%) SAP
7 32 (2.21%) Alteryx
8 20 (1.38%) VMware
9 18 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 17 (1.17%) Talend
11 11 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.62%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.55%) NEC
14 7 (0.48%) Facebook
15 6 (0.41%) Civica
15 6 (0.41%) Jitterbit
15 6 (0.41%) Workday
16 5 (0.35%) Cloudera
17 4 (0.28%) IBM
18 3 (0.21%) Adobe