Metadata Contracts in the South West

Metadata
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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 133 172
Rank change year-on-year +22 +39 -11
Contract jobs citing Metadata 18 22 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.74% 0.70% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.49% 5.26% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 4
10th Percentile £416 - £506
25th Percentile £463 £500 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.11% +4.29%
75th Percentile £506 £729 £636
90th Percentile - - £678
England median daily rate £513 £558 £588
% change year-on-year -8.07% -5.11% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £46.09 -
England median hourly rate £43.84 £46.18 £20.12
% change year-on-year -5.07% +129.52% -18.87%

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 328 418 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.55% 13.23% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 294 399
10th Percentile £381 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +4.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £632 £675 £638
90th Percentile £739 £728 £717
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 27 14
10th Percentile - £15.10 £50.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £35.38 £52.79
Median hourly rate £27.13 £62.05 £56.86
Median % change year-on-year -56.29% +9.13% -9.75%
75th Percentile £30.00 £78.00 £65.00
90th Percentile - £86.79 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £49.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year -29.29% -3.41% +54.14%

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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 31 October 2024.

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 31 October 2024. 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
Dorset - 9 £488 -
Bristol +9 4 £438 -12.50% 1
Devon -4 3 £475 -5.00%
Wiltshire +8 1 £675 -6.18%
Somerset -7 1 £270 -50.91%
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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 8 (44.44%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Big Data
1 2 (11.11%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (5.56%) Data Vault
2 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.56%) Pentaho
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (5.56%) QlikView
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
1 4 (22.22%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Governance Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Governance Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Risk Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Scientist
3 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning Scientist
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Business Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Data Modeller
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Reference Data
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 9 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 8 (44.44%) Architecture Governance
2 8 (44.44%) Process Management
2 8 (44.44%) TOGAF
3 5 (27.78%) Data Management
3 5 (27.78%) Data Modelling
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 3 (16.67%) Metadata Management
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Data Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (11.11%) Data Science
5 2 (11.11%) Data Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) QA
2 9 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Informatica
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx