Metadata Contracts in Birmingham

Metadata
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 66 73
Rank change year-on-year +27 +7 +14
Contract jobs citing Metadata 11 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.11% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.10% 0.81% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £563 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £107 £575 £413
Median % change year-on-year -81.39% +39.39% -45.00%
75th Percentile - £588 £419
90th Percentile £175 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £107 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -82.17% +26.32% -12.04%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 84 124 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.09% 16.04% 19.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 97 116
10th Percentile £107 £294 £311
25th Percentile £393 £350 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £609
90th Percentile £700 £638 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £24.13
25th Percentile - - £24.31
Median hourly rate - £40.50 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - +60.40% -
75th Percentile - - £30.48
90th Percentile - - £33.24
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £40.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year -55.56% +60.40% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metadata in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Metadata in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metadata in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Metadata in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (9.09%) Big Data
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (9.09%) NoSQL
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Legal
1 1 (9.09%) Military
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Audio Visual Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Data Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Asset Management
1 9 (81.82%) ITSM
2 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
2 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) Conceptual Models
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
3 1 (9.09%) Data Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Security
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CITP
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft