Metadata Management Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Metadata Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Metadata Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 60 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata Management 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.081% 0.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.46% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £405 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% - -
75th Percentile £525 £423 -
90th Percentile - £427 -
England median daily rate £520 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -9.57% -4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 915 654 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.57% 85.60% 80.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 447 407
10th Percentile £235 £224 £263
25th Percentile £400 £332 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £403 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.12% -10.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £656 £625 £625
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 59 38
10th Percentile £13.14 £15.11 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.74
Median hourly rate £17.97 £18.87 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% +3.91% -41.19%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £37.00 £25.42 £50.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%

Metadata Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Metadata Management job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Metadata Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Metadata Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Metadata Management

Metadata Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Northamptonshire +14 1 £500 +21.95% 2
Metadata Management
England

Metadata Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday