Metadata Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Metadata
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 1.14% - 1.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.25% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - -
South East median daily rate £513 £478 £515
% change year-on-year +7.33% -7.28% +13.19%

All Database & BI Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 16 9 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 18.18% 7.96% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 17
10th Percentile £336 £371 £306
25th Percentile £369 £431 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -8.16% -10.91%
75th Percentile £522 £530 £545
90th Percentile £627 £656 £608
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -8.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in East Sussex

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Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Metadata

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Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Metadata.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
Hove - 1 £459 -
Metadata
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ERD
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared