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 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 41 | 58 | 73 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +15 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Metadata | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 2.17% | 0.14% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 12.94% | 0.85% | 1.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £409 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £563 | £412 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £107 | £575 | £423 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -81.39% | +36.09% | -32.40% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £588 | £432 |
| 90th Percentile | £175 | - | £435 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £107 | £700 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -84.71% | +55.56% | -16.67% |
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 | 85 | 118 | 176 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 16.80% | 16.12% | 19.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 62 | 94 | 114 |
| 10th Percentile | £107 | £266 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £350 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £433 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.14% | -13.50% | +8.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £616 | £628 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -14.29% | +10.53% |
| 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 | £17.59 | £40.50 | £25.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.57% | +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.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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 25 May 2025.
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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: