Metadata Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Metadata
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Metadata skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 118 135
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 +30
Contract jobs citing Metadata 14 15 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.84% 0.68% 0.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.19% 4.21% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £329 £406 £112
25th Percentile £405 £453 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £120
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +358.33% -77.14%
75th Percentile £475 £688 £469
90th Percentile £520 £689 £480
South East median daily rate £463 £600 £469
% change year-on-year -22.92% +28.00% -12.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £25.08 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £33.74 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £48.18 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.98% -33.08% +433.33%
75th Percentile £13.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £13.50 £48.18 £51.73
% change year-on-year -71.98% -6.85% +283.15%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 270 356 370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.21% 16.09% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 219 264
10th Percentile £325 £363 £340
25th Percentile £406 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £570 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £663 £696
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 8
10th Percentile - £26.24 £32.30
25th Percentile £13.25 £48.18 £32.32
Median hourly rate £24.00 £61.60 £43.66
Median % change year-on-year -61.04% +41.09% +105.46%
75th Percentile £32.05 - £64.88
90th Percentile - £64.10 £74.16
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £51.59 £50.00
% change year-on-year -53.48% +3.18% +127.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metadata

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Metadata in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metadata.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Buckinghamshire +7 10 £425 -10.53% 5
Berkshire +14 4 £469 -30.56% 31
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (28.57%) CMS
2 2 (14.29%) Confluence
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Collibra
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Alation
2 2 (14.29%) GitHub
2 2 (14.29%) Google Analytics
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Step Functions
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.14%) Serverless
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Publishing
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Information Manager
1 3 (21.43%) Knowledge Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Release Manager
3 1 (7.14%) AWS DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Python Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
1 3 (21.43%) Taxonomies
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Data Governance
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Change Management
3 4 (28.57%) Content Management
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Information Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) Information Management
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Records Management
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Change Control
5 2 (14.29%) Content Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 2 (14.29%) Information Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Metadata Management
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
5 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 2 (14.29%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Adobe
2 2 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) Hotjar
2 2 (14.29%) Informatica
2 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) UiPath