Metadata Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Metadata
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -4
Contract jobs citing Metadata 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 2.08% 2.27% 2.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.69% 16.67% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £328 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +11.11% -27.42%
75th Percentile £343 - £461
90th Percentile - - £482
East London median daily rate £335 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -33.00% +11.11% -27.42%

All Database & BI Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 13 6 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 27.08% 13.64% 24.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 36
10th Percentile £416 £495 £450
25th Percentile £433 £496 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -2.17% -5.74%
75th Percentile £518 £638 £588
90th Percentile £540 - £605
East London median daily rate £450 £448 £575
% change year-on-year +0.56% -22.17% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
East London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

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Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 15 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
Canary Wharf -6 1 £335 -33.00%
Metadata
East London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Implementation Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artefact Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft