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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 244 280
Rank change year-on-year +42 +36 +22
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 1,475 1,533 2,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 1.48% 1.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.90% 7.78% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 929 959 1,158
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,691 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +7.82% +9.09%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,451
% change year-on-year - +4.86% +10.42%

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 13,528 19,692 26,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.97% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,122 13,236
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 £76,438 £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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +55 1,345 £67,500 +3.85% 333
UK excluding London +69 866 £55,000 - 174
London +49 539 £78,750 +12.50% 161
Work from Home +55 502 £65,000 +4.00% 150
North of England +130 291 £65,000 +23.81% 57
South East +57 221 £62,500 - 43
North West +91 163 £75,000 +42.86% 35
Midlands -20 137 £44,100 -11.80% 36
West Midlands -43 97 £55,000 +10.00% 21
South West -24 82 £58,875 -2.28% 16
Yorkshire +78 77 £50,000 -5.66% 19
Scotland -29 68 £50,000 -9.09% 9
East of England +34 53 £43,000 -31.20% 14
North East +26 51 £68,250 +36.50% 4
East Midlands +24 40 £35,000 -14.63% 14
Wales +9 15 £45,000 -25.00% 4

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
1 101 (6.85%) Apache Airflow
2 99 (6.71%) SharePoint
3 90 (6.10%) Apache
4 66 (4.47%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.76%) Confluence
6 14 (0.95%) SAS
7 6 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.20%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.068%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.068%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 191 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 20 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.54%) NEC Housing
2 8 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) SAP GTS
4 5 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.27%) Finacle
5 4 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
5 4 (0.27%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.27%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.20%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.20%) 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 (0.068%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.068%) HFM
8 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.068%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 474 (32.14%) Azure
2 343 (23.25%) AWS
3 339 (22.98%) Power Platform
4 204 (13.83%) GCP
5 154 (10.44%) Snowflake
6 103 (6.98%) dbt
7 73 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 38 (2.58%) Collibra
11 35 (2.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 34 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
13 33 (2.24%) Matillion
13 33 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
14 31 (2.10%) PowerApps
15 29 (1.97%) SaaS
16 27 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
17 25 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
18 24 (1.63%) IaaS
19 19 (1.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.08%) WPA
2 15 (1.02%) DNS
3 4 (0.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.14%) Intranet
4 2 (0.14%) Network Security
5 1 (0.068%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.068%) 5G
5 1 (0.068%) Skype
5 1 (0.068%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 353 (23.93%) Data Warehouse
2 327 (22.17%) Power BI
3 197 (13.36%) Data Lake
4 194 (13.15%) SQL Server
5 150 (10.17%) BigQuery
6 135 (9.15%) Metadata
7 132 (8.95%) Looker
8 99 (6.71%) Tableau
9 73 (4.95%) Amazon Athena
10 70 (4.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 68 (4.61%) Apache Arrow
11 68 (4.61%) Apache Ignite
11 68 (4.61%) Dremio
12 58 (3.93%) Data Vault
13 51 (3.46%) Big Data
14 45 (3.05%) Delta Lake
14 45 (3.05%) Star Schema
15 44 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (2.92%) NoSQL
17 41 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 136 (9.22%) JIRA
2 42 (2.85%) GitLab
3 30 (2.03%) Git
4 14 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.47%) Spinnaker
7 6 (0.41%) ERwin
7 6 (0.41%) RStudio
7 6 (0.41%) Toad
8 3 (0.20%) Deequ
8 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.068%) JMeter
10 1 (0.068%) Mockito
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.068%) Postman
10 1 (0.068%) Zephyr
General
1 484 (32.81%) Finance
2 478 (32.41%) Social Skills
3 398 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (13.97%) Banking
5 159 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (7.05%) Legal
7 79 (5.36%) Investment Banking
8 76 (5.15%) Law
8 76 (5.15%) Marketing
9 72 (4.88%) Front Office
10 64 (4.34%) Retail
11 44 (2.98%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (1.83%) Local Government
16 25 (1.69%) Back Office
17 17 (1.15%) Games
17 17 (1.15%) Telecoms
18 14 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 310 (21.02%) Data Engineer
2 259 (17.56%) Analyst
3 230 (15.59%) Senior
4 218 (14.78%) Architect
5 194 (13.15%) Data Architect
6 184 (12.47%) Lead
7 175 (11.86%) Data Analyst
8 106 (7.19%) Data Manager
9 73 (4.95%) Software Engineer
10 65 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 63 (4.27%) Developer
12 56 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
13 44 (2.98%) Lead Data Engineer
13 44 (2.98%) Senior Data Engineer
14 39 (2.64%) Technical Leader
15 37 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.44%) Consultant
16 36 (2.44%) Python Engineer
17 34 (2.31%) AWS Software Engineer
17 34 (2.31%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (5.15%) PySpark
2 72 (4.88%) Pandas
3 70 (4.75%) NumPy
4 68 (4.61%) gRPC
4 68 (4.61%) Protocol Buffers
4 68 (4.61%) SciPy
5 21 (1.42%) .NET
6 14 (0.95%) JSON
6 14 (0.95%) XML
7 11 (0.75%) Kafka
8 8 (0.54%) Great Expectations
8 8 (0.54%) HTML
9 7 (0.47%) EDI
10 6 (0.41%) Middleware
11 5 (0.34%) J2EE
11 5 (0.34%) REST
11 5 (0.34%) Web Services
12 4 (0.27%) D3.js
12 4 (0.27%) MDX
12 4 (0.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 183 (12.41%) Self-Motivation
2 118 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 116 (7.86%) Data Structures
4 70 (4.75%) Hedge funds
5 69 (4.68%) Equities
5 69 (4.68%) Fixed Income
6 68 (4.61%) Derivative
6 68 (4.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 56 (3.80%) Reinsurance
8 44 (2.98%) Public Cloud
9 39 (2.64%) Product Ownership
9 39 (2.64%) Reference Data
10 28 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.63%) Cloud Native
12 22 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.49%) IoT
13 21 (1.42%) Onboarding
14 19 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.02%) Blog
16 13 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.49%) Windows
2 11 (0.75%) Linux
3 7 (0.47%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.068%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (37.83%) Data Governance
2 533 (36.14%) Data Modelling
3 493 (33.42%) Problem-Solving
4 466 (31.59%) ETL
5 462 (31.32%) Analytics
6 425 (28.81%) Data Management
7 397 (26.92%) Agile
8 387 (26.24%) Business Intelligence
9 358 (24.27%) Data Engineering
10 283 (19.19%) Data Architecture
11 278 (18.85%) Data Integration
12 257 (17.42%) Mentoring
13 254 (17.22%) Data Analysis
14 209 (14.17%) Decision-Making
15 197 (13.36%) Data Science
16 172 (11.66%) Visualisation
17 167 (11.32%) Data Pipeline
18 163 (11.05%) Data Strategy
19 160 (10.85%) Data Analytics
20 157 (10.64%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 532 (36.07%) SQL
2 408 (27.66%) Python
3 168 (11.39%) Java
4 81 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 74 (5.02%) T-SQL
6 72 (4.88%) TypeScript
7 57 (3.86%) R
8 34 (2.31%) Scala
9 23 (1.56%) C#
10 22 (1.49%) Bash
11 20 (1.36%) VBA
12 15 (1.02%) Perl
13 10 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.54%) C
15 8 (0.54%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.41%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.34%) PHP
17 5 (0.34%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 268 (18.17%) Degree
2 73 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 66 (4.47%) Master's Degree
4 29 (1.97%) Security Cleared
5 28 (1.90%) SC Cleared
6 22 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
7 21 (1.42%) MBA
8 12 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.75%) PhD
10 9 (0.61%) CISM
10 9 (0.61%) CISSP
10 9 (0.61%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.41%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.41%) PMP
12 4 (0.27%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.27%) MCP
13 3 (0.20%) HND
13 3 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (15.19%) GDPR
2 57 (3.86%) QA
3 39 (2.64%) Accessibility
4 12 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (0.47%) COBIT
6 6 (0.41%) GRC
7 3 (0.20%) PMO
8 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
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 (0.068%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.068%) CDISC
9 1 (0.068%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.068%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.068%) NCSC
9 1 (0.068%) SLA
9 1 (0.068%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.41%) Docker
5 2 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 19 (1.29%) Terraform
2 7 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.34%) logstash
4 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.068%) Ansible
Vendors
1 226 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 169 (11.46%) Google
3 145 (9.83%) Databricks
4 105 (7.12%) Oracle
5 86 (5.83%) Informatica
6 69 (4.68%) SAP
7 31 (2.10%) Alteryx
8 19 (1.29%) VMware
9 18 (1.22%) Salesforce
10 17 (1.15%) Talend
11 11 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.61%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.54%) NEC
14 7 (0.47%) Facebook
15 6 (0.41%) Civica
15 6 (0.41%) Jitterbit
15 6 (0.41%) Workday
16 5 (0.34%) Cloudera
17 4 (0.27%) IBM
18 3 (0.20%) Embarcadero