data quality assurance jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-30, data quality assurance appears in 194 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Analyst has the most postings mentioning data quality assurance, with demand share down 12.2% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-30

Postings · last 90 days
194
Demand vs prior month
down 12.2% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 21.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bucharest

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Frequently asked questions about data quality assurance

+Is data quality assurance in demand in 2026?

Yes. data quality assurance appears in 194 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Data Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning data quality assurance (21.1% of all postings mentioning data quality assurance).

+What jobs require data quality assurance?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning data quality assurance are Database Developer (6.5% of that role’s postings mention data quality assurance), Deployment Engineer (5.1% of that role’s postings mention data quality assurance), Analytics Developer (4.8% of that role’s postings mention data quality assurance).

+What skills are commonly paired with data quality assurance?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-30), data quality assurance most often appears alongside SQL, Python, data validation, Data analysis, Power BI.

+Where is data quality assurance most in demand?

As of 2026-10-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring data quality assurance are Bucharest, New York City, Hyderabad, Toronto, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new data quality assurance content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning data quality assurance alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new data quality assurance content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after data quality assurance?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring data quality assurance — last 90 days

Career paths around data quality assurance

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before data quality assurance

Before data quality assurancePower BI → data quality assurance: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → data quality assurance: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairspark → data quality assurance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairFlat Files → data quality assurance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure SQL Data Warehouse → data quality assurance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairtesting → data quality assurance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairoracle → data quality assurance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinternal documentation → data quality assurance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata qualityassurancePower BI: 2 movesPower BI2 movessql: 2 movessql2 movesspark: 1 movesspark1 movesFlat Files: 1 movesFlat Files1 movesAzure SQL Data Warehouse: 1 movesAzure SQL DataWarehouse1 movestesting: 1 movestesting1 movesoracle: 1 movesoracle1 movesinternal documentation: 1 movesinternaldocumentation1 moves

Skills after data quality assurance

After data quality assurancedata quality assurance → APIs: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → data integrity: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → data cleaning: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → data validation: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → data collection: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → Tableau: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → ci/cd: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata quality assurance → ETL pipelines: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata qualityassuranceAPIs: 2 movesAPIs2 movesdata integrity: 2 movesdata integrity2 movesdata cleaning: 2 movesdata cleaning2 movesdata validation: 2 movesdata validation2 movesdata collection: 2 movesdata collection2 movesTableau: 2 movesTableau2 movesci/cd: 1 movesci/cd1 movesETL pipelines: 1 movesETL pipelines1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Power BI2
Before: sql2
Before: spark1
Before: Flat Files1
Before: Azure SQL Data Warehouse1
Before: testing1
Before: oracle1
Before: internal documentation1
After: APIs2
After: data integrity2
After: data cleaning2
After: data validation2
After: data collection2
After: Tableau2
After: ci/cd1
After: ETL pipelines1

Roles most likely to require data quality assurance

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Database Developer26.5%
Deployment Engineer25.1%
Analytics Developer14.8%
Business Intelligence Engineer33.3%
Lead Product Manager23.1%
Assistant Program Manager12.9%
Business Intelligence Manager22.2%
Data Analytics Manager32.1%
Data Product Manager22.1%
BI Engineer12.0%

Roles with the most data quality assurance postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Analyst4121.1%
Data Engineer2512.9%
Data Quality Assurance Analyst136.7%
Data Scientist115.7%
Product Manager63.1%
Safety Model Data Quality Assurance Analyst63.1%
Business Intelligence Engineer31.5%
Data Analytics Manager31.5%
Data Engineering Manager31.5%
Product Analyst31.5%

Top companies posting jobs requiring data quality assurance

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring data quality assurance
CompanyPostings · 90 days
TikTok19
Vanguard5
MSD5
NielsenIQ4
OpenBrain4
Accenture4
PwC3
KIPP Public Schools3
FedWriters2
OpenAI2

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for data quality assurance

NamePostingsShare
Bucharest189.3%
New York City84.1%
Hyderabad63.1%
Toronto42.1%
Austin31.5%
Knoxville31.5%
London31.5%
San Francisco31.5%
Singapore31.5%

Skills commonly paired with data quality assurance

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning data quality assurance by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s data quality assurance postings by all data quality assurance postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
6623d3ae5717316f
data_as_of
2026-10-30
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index