Metadata Contracts in the South West

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England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 130 135
Rank change year-on-year +24 +5 +31
Contract jobs citing Metadata 6 22 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.32% 0.71% 0.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.61% 6.11% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 14
10th Percentile £460 £409 £378
25th Percentile £488 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.51% -2.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £615 £653 £525
90th Percentile £620 £688 £649
England median daily rate £525 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - - £46.00
75th Percentile - - £46.18
90th Percentile - - £58.07
England median hourly rate £26.25 £27.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year -4.55% -27.87% -38.01%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 230 360 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.16% 11.62% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 259 306
10th Percentile £304 £363 £369
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.23% -1.70%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £715
England median daily rate £520 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 28
10th Percentile £33.00 £17.50 £17.50
25th Percentile £66.25 £23.75 £30.49
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -33.88% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £55.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £78.46 £85.00 £79.35
England median hourly rate £34.58 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -13.56% -27.27% +35.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Metadata in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the South West over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Metadata in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Metadata in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Somerset +5 3 £620 +129.63% 4
Wiltshire +23 2 £470 -30.37%
Bristol +6 1 £575 +26.03% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 4 (66.67%) Business Case
1 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Governance Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Data Management
1 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Culture Change
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP