Metadata Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

Metadata Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Metadata Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 75 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata Management 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.12% 0.38% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £481 - £480

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Metadata Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 724 735 1,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.65% 93.39% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 397 632
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -0.52%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £615
90th Percentile £670 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 35
10th Percentile £29.40 £27.63 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £37.14 £54.70
Median hourly rate £82.00 £62.46 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.29% +1.31% -5.16%
75th Percentile £98.75 £72.33 £66.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £76.03 £86.78
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £61.50 £60.14
% change year-on-year -3.24% +2.25% -7.01%

Metadata Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Metadata Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Metadata Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Metadata Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Metadata Management

Metadata Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft