Hybrid/Remote Data Quality Job Trends

Data Quality
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 182 190
Rank change year-on-year +67 +8 +76
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 403 299 532
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 2.04% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.38% 10.25% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 290 189 433
10th Percentile £38,580 £42,661 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £57,500 £68,275
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -15.78% +9.24%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £96,539
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,841 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.38% -9.87% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,012 2,916 4,200
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.25% 19.93% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,867 1,593 3,251
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Quality and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Quality job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Quality
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Quality over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Data Quality salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 33 (8.19%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (6.20%) Apache
3 15 (3.72%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.98%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.24%) Confluence
7 3 (0.74%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.74%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 34 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.99%) Shopify
3 3 (0.74%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.50%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.50%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.50%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.25%) Actimize
5 1 (0.25%) iTrent
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (36.97%) Azure
2 108 (26.80%) Power Platform
3 52 (12.90%) AWS
4 50 (12.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 37 (9.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 31 (7.69%) Amazon S3
6 31 (7.69%) GCP
7 22 (5.46%) Snowflake
8 20 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.96%) Power Automate
9 19 (4.71%) GitHub
9 19 (4.71%) Microsoft Purview
9 19 (4.71%) SaaS
10 17 (4.22%) Entra ID
11 14 (3.47%) Serverless
12 13 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (3.23%) dbt
12 13 (3.23%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.49%) Broadband
2 1 (0.25%) 4G
2 1 (0.25%) 5G
2 1 (0.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (24.81%) Power BI
2 53 (13.15%) Metadata
3 40 (9.93%) SQL Server
4 38 (9.43%) Data Lake
5 34 (8.44%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (8.44%) Tableau
6 27 (6.70%) Relational Database
7 23 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (5.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (4.71%) BigQuery
10 18 (4.47%) Delta Lake
11 15 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (3.47%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (3.23%) MySQL
14 12 (2.98%) Oracle Database
14 12 (2.98%) Semantic Layer
15 10 (2.48%) Apache Iceberg
16 9 (2.23%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 28 (6.95%) Git
2 7 (1.74%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.74%) JIRA
3 5 (1.24%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.74%) GitLab
6 2 (0.50%) MLflow
7 1 (0.25%) Postman
7 1 (0.25%) Toad
7 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 148 (36.72%) Social Skills
2 127 (31.51%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (29.03%) Finance
4 57 (14.14%) Public Sector
5 42 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.47%) Retail
8 13 (3.23%) Legal
9 12 (2.98%) Banking
10 8 (1.99%) Local Government
10 8 (1.99%) Marketing
11 7 (1.74%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.49%) Law
13 5 (1.24%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (1.24%) Police
14 4 (0.99%) Advertising
14 4 (0.99%) Billing
14 4 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 106 (26.30%) Data Engineer
2 66 (16.38%) Senior
3 60 (14.89%) Analyst
3 60 (14.89%) Lead
4 42 (10.42%) Data Analyst
4 42 (10.42%) Data Manager
5 28 (6.95%) Architect
6 27 (6.70%) Lead Data Engineer
7 24 (5.96%) Governance Manager
8 23 (5.71%) Data Governance Analyst
8 23 (5.71%) Data Governance Manager
9 22 (5.46%) Developer
10 20 (4.96%) Administrator
10 20 (4.96%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (4.96%) Senior Data Engineer
11 17 (4.22%) Data Architect
11 17 (4.22%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.72%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (3.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 11 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.20%) PySpark
2 27 (6.70%) Kafka
3 10 (2.48%) JSON
3 10 (2.48%) XML
4 7 (1.74%) .NET
5 4 (0.99%) CSS
5 4 (0.99%) HTML
5 4 (0.99%) HTML5
5 4 (0.99%) jQuery
5 4 (0.99%) Node.js
5 4 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.99%) RESTful
6 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.74%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.50%) FpML
7 2 (0.50%) Pandas
7 2 (0.50%) REST
8 1 (0.25%) Middleware
8 1 (0.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.19%) Data Structures
2 29 (7.20%) Cloud Native
3 27 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 22 (5.46%) Onboarding
4 22 (5.46%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.48%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.74%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.49%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.49%) Social Media
10 5 (1.24%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.24%) Reinsurance
11 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.99%) Linked Data
11 4 (0.99%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.74%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (47.64%) Analytics
2 152 (37.72%) Data Modelling
3 137 (34.00%) Data Governance
4 127 (31.51%) Business Intelligence
5 126 (31.27%) Data Pipeline
6 124 (30.77%) Decision-Making
6 124 (30.77%) ETL
7 118 (29.28%) Data Engineering
8 114 (28.29%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (20.60%) CI/CD
10 79 (19.60%) Data Management
11 75 (18.61%) Agile
12 70 (17.37%) AI
12 70 (17.37%) DevOps
13 69 (17.12%) Data Architecture
13 69 (17.12%) Data Strategy
14 67 (16.63%) Validation
15 63 (15.63%) Visualisation
16 56 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (13.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 181 (44.91%) SQL
2 136 (33.75%) Python
3 23 (5.71%) Scala
3 23 (5.71%) T-SQL
4 13 (3.23%) Bash
5 12 (2.98%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.98%) R
6 10 (2.48%) Java
7 9 (2.23%) C#
8 8 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.24%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.99%) Bicep
11 3 (0.74%) Groovy
11 3 (0.74%) VBA
12 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (12.66%) Degree
2 29 (7.20%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.97%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.74%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.99%) CISA
7 4 (0.99%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.74%) ACCA
8 3 (0.74%) CEH
8 3 (0.74%) CIMA
8 3 (0.74%) CISSP
8 3 (0.74%) GCIA
8 3 (0.74%) SSCP
9 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (14.14%) GDPR
2 23 (5.71%) QA
3 14 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.99%) IFRS
7 4 (0.99%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.99%) SLA
8 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.74%) NCSC
8 3 (0.74%) PMO
8 3 (0.74%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.74%) TickIT
9 2 (0.50%) GxP
9 2 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.50%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (4.22%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (7.20%) Terraform
2 7 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.99%) Grafana
4 3 (0.74%) Control-M
4 3 (0.74%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 55 (13.65%) Databricks
3 23 (5.71%) Oracle
4 14 (3.47%) SAP
5 12 (2.98%) Google
6 9 (2.23%) Sage
7 7 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.49%) Informatica
9 5 (1.24%) Blue Prism
9 5 (1.24%) Workday
9 5 (1.24%) Xero
10 4 (0.99%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.99%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.74%) Adobe
11 3 (0.74%) BMC
11 3 (0.74%) Foundry
11 3 (0.74%) IBM
11 3 (0.74%) Talend
12 2 (0.50%) Northgate
12 2 (0.50%) TOWER Software