Detects and tracks broken, late, or wrong data before users notice.
Steady demand. Regular postings, but fewer than the busiest roles. Expect a longer search or more specialization.
Common titles for this role at each level. Companies vary; see Role titles decoded.
| Level | Typical titles |
|---|---|
| Entry | Junior / Associate Data Quality Analyst · Data Quality Analyst I |
| Mid | Data Quality Analyst · Data Quality Analyst II |
| Senior | Senior Data Quality Analyst · Lead Data Quality Analyst |
| Expert (IC track) | Staff / Principal Data Quality Analyst |
| Management track | Manager, Data Quality & Observability → Director of Data Quality & Observability → VP |
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Sources:
Wide spread: Payscale captures junior QA-style roles; engineering-flavored 'data observability' roles at tech companies pay at the BLS analyst level or above. Glassdoor DQ page not available.
Bachelor's in information systems, statistics, CS or business is typical; senior contract postings skip the degree and ask for tool depth (Informatica, SQL).
| Exam fee | not published |
| Training | courses included in package |
| Renewal | not published |
| Typical total | $2,095 package; $3,155 for CIMP Ex Data Quality |
The main course-based data-quality credential; IQCP (same provider) is named as preferred in some senior governance postings.
| Exam fee | $311 |
| Training | DAMA-DMBOK2 self-study (book price not published by the vendor) |
| Renewal | annual maintenance fee (amount not published) + attestation; 3-year initial validity |
| Typical total | $311 (Associate); ~$933 for Practitioner (3 exams incl. Data Quality) |
Data Quality is one of CDMP's seven specialist exams; CDMP is the credential governance postings name most.
| Exam fee | not published |
| Training | Informatica University |
| Renewal | not published for Professional level |
| Typical total | pricing on request |
Informatica Data Quality is explicitly required in several DQ analyst postings reviewed.
| Exam fee | not published |
| Training | Collibra University free courses |
| Renewal | not published |
| Typical total | pricing on request |
Relevant where Collibra Data Quality & Observability is the monitoring tool.
No cert is 'often' required: the Droisys DQ posting lists none. IQCP's own eLearningCurve page was not available, so the CIMP Data Quality track (same provider, published prices) is listed instead. Informatica and Collibra exam fees are not published. Salary sources diverge widely ($56k Payscale vs $84k Salary.com vs $106k BLS analyst proxy).
Figures are US, from the sources listed, and change often; verify before deciding.
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