Metadata Contract Job Trends in Wales

Metadata
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 9 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.94% 0.99% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.37% 6.06% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £177 -
25th Percentile £675 £192 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £206 -
Median % change year-on-year +239.29% - -
75th Percentile £750 £294 -
90th Percentile £765 £442 -
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £558
% change year-on-year +0.96% -6.73% -3.04%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 49 66 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 10.56% 16.38% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 54 80
10th Percentile £309 £176 £207
25th Percentile £403 £245 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £676 £624 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £25.70 £25.23 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £25.44 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.84 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% +52.00% -27.66%
75th Percentile £85.00 £26.19 -
90th Percentile £86.50 £26.38 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +58.50% -31.69% -12.04%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Wales

Metadata
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Metadata.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Metadata

Metadata
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Metadata.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Metadata

Metadata
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
South Wales 0 4 £700 +239.29% 13
Metadata
UK

Metadata
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Pipelines
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Lake
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) Data Vault
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) ERwin
1 1 (11.11%) PowerDesigner
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Welsh Language
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Data Quality Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Data Quality Specialist
2 5 (55.56%) Quality Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modeller
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Reference Data
1 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 6 (66.67%) Metadata Management
2 5 (55.56%) Dashboard Development
2 5 (55.56%) Data Discovery
2 5 (55.56%) Data Interpretation
2 5 (55.56%) Data Management
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Programme Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
4 3 (33.33%) ETL
5 2 (22.22%) Data Lineage
6 1 (11.11%) Conceptual Models
6 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (11.11%) Logical Data Model
6 1 (11.11%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Sparx