Data quality specialist
Also called data quality expert, data quality officer, data integrity officer
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.
What you'd do
Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified · ILO- Developing and documenting software testing plans
- Installing software and hardware and configuring operating system software in preparation for testing
- Verifying that programmes function according to user requirements and established guidelines
- Executing, analysing and documenting results of software application tests and information and telecommunication systems tests
- Developing and implementing software and information system testing policies, procedures and scripts
- Indoors
- Sitting most of the day
- Some contact with people, mostly with colleagues
- Good freedom to decide
- Usually 40 hours a week
- Deadlines now and then
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Yes, good prospects10 EU countries are short of software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified now, and many jobs will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
Well above averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €2,900 a month (Slovakia) to €7,300 (Denmark), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among professionals in the EU, women earn 21% less per hour than men. Professionals · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Usually a degreeA degree in software and applications development and analysis is the usual route.
887 institutions in the EU offer ICT bachelor's degrees. Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
SignificantlyAI could take on part of most tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.55 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 5 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).