Data Quality Job Trends in Yorkshire

Data Quality
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 134 135
Rank change year-on-year +48 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 118 23 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.57% 0.69% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.22% 9.06% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 95 20 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,750 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,750 £49,274
Median % change year-on-year +25.65% -3.09% -3.86%
75th Percentile £83,125 £57,500 £56,641
90th Percentile £90,000 £62,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +10.87% -25.81% +11.51%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Yorkshire

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 in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 556 254 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.40% 7.57% 12.28%
Number of salaries quoted 415 168 208
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £25,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,889 £75,270 £78,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Data Quality job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Data Quality
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Quality

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in Yorkshire

Data Quality
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Quality within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
West Yorkshire +14 65 £59,250 +11.79% 15
South Yorkshire -4 29 £75,000 +194.12% 5
North Yorkshire +10 4 £46,500 - 6
East Yorkshire - 3 £34,750 -
Data Quality
England

Data Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (5.08%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.39%) Apache
2 4 (3.39%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.24%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.85%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (11.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.08%) SAP MDG
3 4 (3.39%) iTrent
3 4 (3.39%) SAP MDG-BP
4 3 (2.54%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.69%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.85%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.85%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 40 (33.90%) Azure
2 27 (22.88%) AWS
3 22 (18.64%) GCP
4 21 (17.80%) Power Platform
5 16 (13.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (10.17%) dbt
7 11 (9.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (7.63%) Azure Databricks
9 6 (5.08%) Serverless
10 5 (4.24%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (3.39%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (3.39%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.54%) Snowflake
13 2 (1.69%) Alation
13 2 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.69%) SaaS
13 2 (1.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (27.12%) Metadata
2 27 (22.88%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (17.80%) Power BI
4 16 (13.56%) Semantic Layer
5 13 (11.02%) Star Schema
6 11 (9.32%) Delta Lake
7 10 (8.47%) Spark SQL
8 9 (7.63%) Data Lake
9 8 (6.78%) Metadata Repository
9 8 (6.78%) Relational Database
9 8 (6.78%) SQL Server
10 7 (5.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (5.93%) BigQuery
11 6 (5.08%) RDBMS
12 3 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (2.54%) Tableau
13 2 (1.69%) Big Data
13 2 (1.69%) Hadoop
13 2 (1.69%) Power Query
13 2 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Git
2 2 (1.69%) GitLab
2 2 (1.69%) MLflow
2 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (43.22%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (34.75%) Social Skills
3 26 (22.03%) Finance
4 14 (11.86%) Manufacturing
4 14 (11.86%) Public Sector
5 12 (10.17%) Legal
6 8 (6.78%) Marketing
6 8 (6.78%) Retail
7 6 (5.08%) Local Government
7 6 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Banking
10 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Law
11 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (35.59%) Data Engineer
2 25 (21.19%) Lead
3 24 (20.34%) Senior
4 21 (17.80%) Architect
5 19 (16.10%) Data Architect
6 15 (12.71%) Analyst
7 12 (10.17%) Data Analyst
8 11 (9.32%) Senior Data Engineer
9 9 (7.63%) Databricks Engineer
10 8 (6.78%) Databricks Data Engineer
10 8 (6.78%) Senior Architect
10 8 (6.78%) Senior Data Architect
11 7 (5.93%) Senior Databricks Data Engineer
12 6 (5.08%) Azure Architect
12 6 (5.08%) Azure Data Architect
12 6 (5.08%) Databricks Architect
12 6 (5.08%) Lead Data Engineer
13 5 (4.24%) HR Analyst
13 5 (4.24%) HR Data Analyst
13 5 (4.24%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.41%) PySpark
2 6 (5.08%) .NET
3 3 (2.54%) JSON
3 3 (2.54%) Middleware
4 2 (1.69%) SAP ALE
4 2 (1.69%) Web Dynpro
5 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.85%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.85%) XBRL
5 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (5.93%) Taxonomies
3 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.24%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.54%) NHS
6 3 (2.54%) PMI
7 2 (1.69%) Blog
7 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.69%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.69%) Replication
8 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.85%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (49.15%) Analytics
2 57 (48.31%) Data Modelling
3 47 (39.83%) Business Intelligence
4 42 (35.59%) Decision-Making
5 41 (34.75%) Mentoring
6 39 (33.05%) Data Governance
7 31 (26.27%) Data Pipeline
8 30 (25.42%) Data Engineering
9 29 (24.58%) CI/CD
9 29 (24.58%) Metadata Management
9 29 (24.58%) Migration
10 27 (22.88%) ETL
11 26 (22.03%) Data Architecture
11 26 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (18.64%) AI
13 22 (18.64%) Validation
14 21 (17.80%) Agile
14 21 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (16.95%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 52 (44.07%) SQL
2 28 (23.73%) Python
3 12 (10.17%) Java
4 6 (5.08%) C#
4 6 (5.08%) Scala
5 5 (4.24%) C++
5 5 (4.24%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.39%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.54%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.69%) ABAP
8 2 (1.69%) R
9 1 (0.85%) Bicep
9 1 (0.85%) VB
9 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.85%) VB6
9 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (7.63%) Degree
2 5 (4.24%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.39%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.39%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.54%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) GDPR
2 4 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 30 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 27 (22.88%) Databricks
3 16 (13.56%) SAP
4 6 (5.08%) Foundry
4 6 (5.08%) Google
5 4 (3.39%) Oracle
5 4 (3.39%) Palantir
6 2 (1.69%) Ariba
6 2 (1.69%) Dataiku
6 2 (1.69%) Workday
7 1 (0.85%) Informatica
7 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.85%) Sparx
7 1 (0.85%) TOWER Software