Metadata Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Metadata Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Metadata Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 53 54
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Metadata Management 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £450
North West median daily rate £325 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -13.33% -16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Metadata Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 619 454 373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 90.10% 85.98% 90.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 277 219
10th Percentile £271 £325 £287
25th Percentile £358 £382 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £520 £567 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £625
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 29
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £15.80
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +34.62% +61.79%
75th Percentile £40.00 £39.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +40.00%

Metadata Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Metadata Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Metadata Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Metadata Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Metadata Management

Metadata Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Metadata Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Metadata Management

Metadata Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Crewe - 1 £325 - 1
Metadata Management
North West

Metadata Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Alation
1 1 (100.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Governance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Stewardship
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica