Metadata Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Metadata
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 42 46
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +35
Contract jobs citing Metadata 8 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.31% 2.15% 1.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.33% 19.35% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 6
10th Percentile £355 £388 £583
25th Percentile £392 £425 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £643
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% -26.13% +6.37%
75th Percentile £458 £488 £648
90th Percentile £521 £578 £656
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £418 £475 £643
% change year-on-year -12.11% -26.13% +42.89%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 60 31 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 17.29% 11.11% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 20 57
10th Percentile £305 £198 £299
25th Percentile £339 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -7.69%
75th Percentile £505 £541 £538
90th Percentile £582 £567 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +242.47%
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.00 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +242.47%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Metadata

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metadata in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Metadata in Milton Keynes

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Collibra
2 2 (25.00%) Alation
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Governance Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Information Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (25.00%) DAMA
4 2 (25.00%) DAMA DMBOK
4 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Information Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Information Management
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Records Management
4 2 (25.00%) Release Management
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) GDPR
2 4 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Informatica
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow