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Where a data quality specialist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a data quality specialist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Data quality specialists review organisation's data for accuracy, recommend enhancements to record systems and data acquisition processes and assess referential and historical integrity of data. They also develop documents and maintain data quality goals and standards and oversee an organisation's data privacy policy and monitor compliance of data flows against data quality standards.

Also known as data integrity officer, data integrity specialist, data quality officer, data quality expert, data quality specialists.

Professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: data entry clerk, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
data entry clerk 46% covered data analyst 43% covered data entry supervisor 43% covered chief data officer 32% covered data scientist 27% covered data quality specialist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from data quality specialist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a data quality specialist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A data quality specialist needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • utilise regular expressions working with computers
  • handle data samples information skills
  • manage standards for data exchange management skills
  • data ethics arts and humanities
  • normalise data working with computers
  • implement data quality processes working with computers
  • perform data cleansing working with computers
  • establish data processes working with computers
  • design database scheme communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define data quality criteria management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a data quality specialist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Data quality specialist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a data quality specialist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.