Metadata Contract Job Trends in Chester

Metadata
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester 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 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.55% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £375 £688 £560
% change year-on-year -45.45% +22.77% -

All Database & BI Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 11 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 8.53% 12.94% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 1
10th Percentile £463 £513 -
25th Percentile £513 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £757 £656 £538
90th Percentile £780 £738 -
Cheshire median daily rate £445 £496 £475
% change year-on-year -10.31% +4.45% -3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate £86.00 - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £86.00 £29.80 £42.50
% change year-on-year +188.59% -29.88% -

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Chester

Metadata
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Metadata

Metadata
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Metadata

Metadata
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Insight Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Insight Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Insight Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Pricing Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Teradata