Metadata Contracts in the South West

Metadata
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Metadata skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Metadata over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 133 156
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 -29
Contract jobs citing Metadata 19 34 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.60% 0.94% 0.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.11% 7.19% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 11
10th Percentile £448 £413 £353
25th Percentile £503 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +2.56% -18.75%
75th Percentile £688 £656 £588
90th Percentile £706 £745 £613
England median daily rate £619 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
England median hourly rate £27.50 £36.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year -24.14% -48.21% +118.20%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South West

Metadata is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 311 473 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.80% 13.04% 16.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 345 440
10th Percentile £325 £363 £349
25th Percentile £419 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +3.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £625 £600
90th Percentile £725 £719 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 21
10th Percentile £16.53 £18.63 £49.28
25th Percentile - £34.35 £55.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -5.87% +62.47%
75th Percentile £55.75 £75.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £58.05 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.09% +36.58% +70.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Metadata in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Metadata in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Metadata in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire -8 9 £625 +25.00%
Bristol +22 6 £700 -4.27% 4
Gloucestershire +9 3 £513 -6.82% 1
Devon -7 1 £425 -15.00%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (5.26%) Apache
1 1 (5.26%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Nutanix
3 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.26%) ShareGate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) Metadata Repository
2 6 (31.58%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (15.79%) Power BI
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.26%) Apache Hive
4 1 (5.26%) Big Data
4 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.26%) Delta Lake
4 1 (5.26%) GIS
4 1 (5.26%) Hadoop
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
4 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.26%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) ERwin
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle APEX
General
1 8 (42.11%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Retail Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Architect
2 9 (47.37%) Data Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Data Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Data Quality Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Quality Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Data Steward
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Data Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) SharePoint Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) SharePoint Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (5.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (5.26%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Linked Data
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Data Management
2 10 (52.63%) Data Governance
2 10 (52.63%) Data Modelling
3 9 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (47.37%) Data Architecture
3 9 (47.37%) Metadata Management
4 8 (42.11%) Migration
5 7 (36.84%) Data Migration
5 7 (36.84%) Reverse Engineering
6 6 (31.58%) Data Analysis
6 6 (31.58%) Data Design
6 6 (31.58%) Impact Analysis
6 6 (31.58%) Problem Management
6 6 (31.58%) Strategic Planning
6 6 (31.58%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (21.05%) Agile
9 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Remedy
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Cloudera
4 1 (5.26%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) SAP