Metadata Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Metadata
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.30% 2.40% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.88% 13.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £618 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £695 £545 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.52% - -
75th Percentile £773 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £549 £545 £625
% change year-on-year +0.69% -12.80% +25.00%

All Database & BI Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 17 30 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 5.18% 17.96% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 25
10th Percentile £313 £267 £115
25th Percentile £408 £459 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £545 £350
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% +55.71% -30.00%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £475
90th Percentile £777 £671 £494
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £489
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.86% +2.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Merseyside

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Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 15 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
Liverpool -22 1 £695 +27.52% 1
Metadata
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Repository
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality