Metadata Contracts in Kent

Metadata
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Metadata skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Metadata over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.95% - 1.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% - 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £478 £550 £455
% change year-on-year -13.18% +20.88% -19.11%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 2.86% 4.95% 8.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £320 £475 £300
25th Percentile £388 £500 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +31.51%
75th Percentile £543 £675 £692
90th Percentile £568 £690 £788
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £513
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £58.91 -
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £58.91 £57.50
% change year-on-year -45.59% +2.44% +46.66%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in Kent

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metadata in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Metadata in Kent

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Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Dartford - 1 £500 - 3
Metadata
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
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%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR