Metadata Contract Job Trends in the Home Counties

Metadata
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Home Counties requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Home Counties 7.14% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £506 £478 £550
% change year-on-year +6.02% -13.18% +8.37%

All Database & BI Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 21.43% 14.29% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Metadata
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Metadata

Metadata
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance