Metadata Contracts in Berkshire

Metadata
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Metadata skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Metadata over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 108 115
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 +6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Metadata 5 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.42% 0.35% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.73% 2.26% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £466 - -
25th Percentile £479 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.69%
75th Percentile £509 - £469
90th Percentile £510 - -
South East median daily rate £465 £550 £469
% change year-on-year -15.41% +17.33% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £48.18 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year - -33.08% -
South East median hourly rate £13.50 £48.18 £72.00
% change year-on-year -71.98% -33.08% +433.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Berkshire

Metadata falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 183 266 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.55% 15.50% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 162 159
10th Percentile £406 £364 £350
25th Percentile £450 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £664 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 5
10th Percentile - £23.49 £36.10
25th Percentile - £48.18 £53.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile - - £72.00
90th Percentile - - £76.31
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £51.59 £50.00
% change year-on-year -53.48% +3.18% +122.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Metadata

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Metadata.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Metadata

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +24 4 £508 -
Wokingham - 1 £463 - 2
Metadata
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Collibra
General
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Publishing
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Conceptual Models
1 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (40.00%) Document Management
1 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DAMA
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft