Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 June 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Data Quality
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
30 Jun 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 267 329 254
Rank change year-on-year +62 -75 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 1,041 311 48
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.34% 0.84% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.36% 6.71% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 488 235 40
10th Percentile £35,051 £34,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,491 £39,875 £38,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,625 £65,012
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,750 £75,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -9.09% +5.22%

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,454 4,632 970
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.00% 12.52% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,368 3,139 790
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% +5.00%

Data Quality
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Quality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Quality trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Quality
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Quality.

Data Quality salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Quality
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Quality over the 6 months to 30 June 2022.

Data Quality salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 30 June 2022, Data Quality job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Data Quality.

1 585 (56.20%) SQL
2 427 (41.02%) Business Intelligence
3 420 (40.35%) Analytics
4 388 (37.27%) Python
5 358 (34.39%) Data Modelling
6 346 (33.24%) ETL
7 335 (32.18%) Data Warehouse
8 322 (30.93%) Analytical Skills
9 315 (30.26%) Finance
10 288 (27.67%) Agile
11 287 (27.57%) Data Management
12 281 (26.99%) Social Skills
13 264 (25.36%) Azure
14 247 (23.73%) Data Science
15 244 (23.44%) Data Engineering
16 232 (22.29%) AWS
17 227 (21.81%) Data Pipeline
18 198 (19.02%) Data Governance
19 193 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
19 193 (18.54%) Data Lake
20 187 (17.96%) SQL Server
21 182 (17.48%) Power Platform
22 178 (17.10%) GCP
23 177 (17.00%) Microsoft
24 175 (16.81%) Power BI
25 172 (16.52%) Data Integration
26 162 (15.56%) Degree
27 159 (15.27%) Visualisation
27 159 (15.27%) Machine Learning
28 155 (14.89%) Data Analysis

Data Quality
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 86 (8.26%) Apache Spark
2 74 (7.11%) Apache Airflow
3 50 (4.80%) SAS
4 34 (3.27%) Apache
5 24 (2.31%) Confluence
6 20 (1.92%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.86%) Luigi
8 6 (0.58%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.38%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.38%) CMS
9 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.29%) IIS
10 3 (0.29%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.19%) JBoss
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) SPSS
8 1 (0.096%) Gephi
Business Applications
1 12 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.77%) Avolution ABACUS
2 8 (0.77%) SAP MDM
3 4 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.29%) HiPortfolio
5 2 (0.19%) Maximo
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Shopify
5 2 (0.19%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.096%) Eagle PACE
6 1 (0.096%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce.com CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 264 (25.36%) Azure
2 232 (22.29%) AWS
3 182 (17.48%) Power Platform
4 178 (17.10%) GCP
5 92 (8.84%) Snowflake
6 75 (7.20%) Amazon S3
7 47 (4.51%) Matillion
8 45 (4.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 43 (4.13%) Serverless
10 42 (4.03%) Google Data Studio
11 38 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (3.55%) SaaS
13 34 (3.27%) dbt
14 32 (3.07%) Amazon EMR
14 32 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (2.02%) GitHub
17 20 (1.92%) Amazon Kinesis
17 20 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
17 20 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.67%) Broadband
1 7 (0.67%) Internet
2 6 (0.58%) Network Security
3 3 (0.29%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.29%) Intranet
3 3 (0.29%) Mobile Broadband
4 2 (0.19%) HTTP
4 2 (0.19%) SNA
4 2 (0.19%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.096%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.096%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 335 (32.18%) Data Warehouse
2 193 (18.54%) Data Lake
3 187 (17.96%) SQL Server
4 175 (16.81%) Power BI
5 135 (12.97%) Big Data
6 111 (10.66%) Metadata
6 111 (10.66%) Tableau
7 96 (9.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 75 (7.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 74 (7.11%) NoSQL
10 73 (7.01%) Relational Database
11 60 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
12 57 (5.48%) BigQuery
12 57 (5.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 49 (4.71%) Star Schema
14 48 (4.61%) Apache Hive
15 47 (4.51%) Hadoop
16 45 (4.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 44 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
18 39 (3.75%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 49 (4.71%) Git (software)
2 48 (4.61%) Jenkins
3 47 (4.51%) JIRA
4 42 (4.03%) GitLab
5 16 (1.54%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.34%) Jasmine
7 13 (1.25%) IBM UrbanCode
8 9 (0.86%) Selenium
9 8 (0.77%) ERwin
9 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.67%) Appium
10 7 (0.67%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.38%) Postman
11 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.29%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 322 (30.93%) Analytical Skills
2 315 (30.26%) Finance
3 281 (26.99%) Social Skills
4 131 (12.58%) Marketing
5 69 (6.63%) Banking
5 69 (6.63%) Retail
6 65 (6.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (5.86%) Advertising
8 59 (5.67%) Legal
9 46 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
11 22 (2.11%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.92%) Games
14 18 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.44%) Automotive
16 14 (1.34%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.06%) Law
18 10 (0.96%) Police
Job Titles
1 327 (31.41%) Data Engineer
2 187 (17.96%) Analyst
3 88 (8.45%) Architect
4 86 (8.26%) Data Analyst
5 83 (7.97%) Developer
6 78 (7.49%) Senior Data Engineer
7 77 (7.40%) Data Manager
8 75 (7.20%) Data Architect
9 50 (4.80%) Consultant
10 36 (3.46%) Data Consultant
10 36 (3.46%) Senior Manager
11 30 (2.88%) Software Engineer
12 28 (2.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 26 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (2.31%) Business Analyst
15 22 (2.11%) Product Manager
16 21 (2.02%) Engineering Manager
17 20 (1.92%) Data Quality Manager
17 20 (1.92%) Senior Product Manager
18 18 (1.73%) Big Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (10.18%) Kafka
2 61 (5.86%) PySpark
3 36 (3.46%) REST
4 26 (2.50%) HTML
5 25 (2.40%) XML
6 22 (2.11%) Apache Avro
7 21 (2.02%) .NET
7 21 (2.02%) CSS
7 21 (2.02%) Pandas
8 19 (1.83%) TensorFlow
9 17 (1.63%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.54%) NumPy
11 14 (1.34%) LESS
11 14 (1.34%) Sass
12 13 (1.25%) Apache NiFi
13 11 (1.06%) JSON
14 10 (0.96%) Protocol Buffers
15 8 (0.77%) XSLT
16 7 (0.67%) Jinja
17 6 (0.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 122 (11.72%) Data Structures
2 110 (10.57%) Management Information System
3 71 (6.82%) Algorithms
3 71 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (3.94%) Reference Data
5 38 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 31 (2.98%) Life Science
7 28 (2.69%) Credit Risk
8 25 (2.40%) User Experience
9 23 (2.21%) NHS
10 22 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (2.11%) Taxonomies
11 21 (2.02%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.83%) Mobile App
13 18 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
14 17 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (0.96%) N-Tier
17 9 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
18 8 (0.77%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.21%) Linux
2 16 (1.54%) Unix
3 10 (0.96%) Windows
4 3 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.096%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (41.02%) Business Intelligence
2 420 (40.35%) Analytics
3 358 (34.39%) Data Modelling
4 346 (33.24%) ETL
5 288 (27.67%) Agile
6 287 (27.57%) Data Management
7 247 (23.73%) Data Science
8 244 (23.44%) Data Engineering
9 227 (21.81%) Data Pipeline
10 198 (19.02%) Data Governance
11 193 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
12 172 (16.52%) Data Integration
13 159 (15.27%) Machine Learning
13 159 (15.27%) Visualisation
14 155 (14.89%) Data Analysis
15 148 (14.22%) Data Architecture
16 142 (13.64%) CI/CD
17 127 (12.20%) Data Analytics
18 125 (12.01%) Coaching
19 116 (11.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 585 (56.20%) SQL
2 388 (37.27%) Python
3 108 (10.37%) Java
4 74 (7.11%) Scala
5 65 (6.24%) T-SQL
6 49 (4.71%) JavaScript
7 48 (4.61%) R
8 30 (2.88%) PowerShell
9 26 (2.50%) C#
10 21 (2.02%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.25%) Bash
12 12 (1.15%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.15%) Ruby
13 11 (1.06%) C++
14 10 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
14 10 (0.96%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.86%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.86%) VBA
16 8 (0.77%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.38%) LookML
Qualifications
1 162 (15.56%) Degree
2 24 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.02%) AWS Certification
5 17 (1.63%) SC Cleared
6 10 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (0.77%) IBM Certification
7 8 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.38%) PhD
10 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.19%) ACCA
11 2 (0.19%) CIMA
11 2 (0.19%) ISEB
11 2 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.07%) QA
2 42 (4.03%) GDPR
3 24 (2.31%) IFRS
3 24 (2.31%) IFRS 9
4 20 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.67%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.38%) HL7
7 4 (0.38%) SLA
8 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.096%) GRC
10 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.096%) PMO
System Software
1 53 (5.09%) Docker
2 9 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.096%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 47 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.94%) Terraform
3 13 (1.25%) Argo
4 11 (1.06%) Rancher
5 7 (0.67%) CA Service Virtualization
5 7 (0.67%) Control-M
6 6 (0.58%) Panaseer
6 6 (0.58%) SCCM
7 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.19%) Opscode Chef
8 2 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.096%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.096%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 177 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 125 (12.01%) Google
3 87 (8.36%) Oracle
4 44 (4.23%) SAP
5 41 (3.94%) Informatica
6 34 (3.27%) Salesforce.com
7 31 (2.98%) IBM
8 28 (2.69%) Databricks
9 19 (1.83%) Zopa
10 17 (1.63%) Ab Initio
11 15 (1.44%) Talend
12 14 (1.34%) CA
12 14 (1.34%) Syncsort
13 13 (1.25%) Alteryx
14 12 (1.15%) Facebook
14 12 (1.15%) Twitter
15 11 (1.06%) Funding Circle
15 11 (1.06%) MicroStrategy
16 10 (0.96%) Cadence
17 8 (0.77%) Adobe