Metadata Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Metadata
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Metadata 8 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.20% - 1.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.57% - 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £477 - £275
25th Percentile £478 - £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £499 - £513
90th Percentile £509 - £520
East of England median daily rate £500 £318 £495
% change year-on-year +57.01% -35.67% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £30.44 - -
25th Percentile £31.35 - -
Median hourly rate £33.96 - £15.52
75th Percentile £35.48 - -
90th Percentile £35.74 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.50 £80.50 £18.26
% change year-on-year - +340.85% -70.78%

All Database & BI Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 28 29 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.71% 9.21% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 18
10th Percentile £458 £413 £405
25th Percentile £476 £433 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £652 £561 £635
90th Percentile £754 £594 £683
East of England median daily rate £520 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +22.35% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £30.54 - £21.32
25th Percentile £32.19 - £30.09
Median hourly rate £35.46 - £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +153.76%
75th Percentile £42.54 - £77.50
90th Percentile £50.30 - -
East of England median hourly rate £35.46 £66.00 £24.84
% change year-on-year -46.28% +165.70% -45.24%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Metadata relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Metadata job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Metadata

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Huntingdon - 4 £489 -
Peterborough - 2 - - 7
Cambridge - 1 - - 1
Metadata
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 6 (75.00%) SAP FI
1 6 (75.00%) SAP MM
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) ChatGPT
1 1 (12.50%) Google Ads
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Consultant
1 6 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) SAP Basis
1 6 (75.00%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (75.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Accounts Payable
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
1 6 (75.00%) Business Continuity
1 6 (75.00%) Invoice Processing
1 6 (75.00%) ITSM
1 6 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 6 (75.00%) OCR
1 6 (75.00%) Performance Improvement
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (75.00%) Validation
1 6 (75.00%) Workflow
2 2 (25.00%) AI
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) SEO
3 1 (12.50%) Link Building
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics IQ
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) OpenText
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
1 6 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Google