Metadata Repository Contract Job Trends in the South East

Metadata Repository
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Metadata Repository skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing Metadata Repository 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.069% - 0.060%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.56% - 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £363 - £653
25th Percentile £364 - £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.43%
75th Percentile £399 - £694
90th Percentile £400 - £698
England median daily rate £548 £625 £720
% change year-on-year -12.35% -13.18% +17.47%

All Database & BI Skills
South East

Metadata Repository 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 532 510 654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.29% 14.91% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 330 457
10th Percentile £205 £320 £290
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £638 £630
90th Percentile £660 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 42
10th Percentile £24.64 £34.67 £21.00
25th Percentile £37.75 £41.25 £27.37
Median hourly rate £40.00 £63.15 £58.16
Median % change year-on-year -36.66% +8.58% +93.87%
75th Percentile £49.44 £64.95 £75.40
90th Percentile £71.34 £65.62 £79.98
England median hourly rate £51.36 £42.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +22.29% -9.05% -16.04%

Metadata Repository
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Metadata Repository job vacancy trend in the South East

Metadata Repository
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Metadata Repository.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Metadata Repository

Metadata Repository
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata Repository within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £391 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £391 - 1
Surrey - 1 £375 -
Metadata Repository
England

Metadata Repository
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (66.67%) Collibra
2 1 (33.33%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) DAMA
2 2 (66.67%) DAMA DMBOK
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft