Metadata Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Metadata
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 63 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +16
Contract jobs citing Metadata 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.83% 0.17% 0.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.81% 2.00% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £561 - -
25th Percentile £564 £663 £710
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £675 £720
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -6.18% +43.90%
75th Percentile £579 £688 £729
90th Percentile £580 - -
South West median daily rate £568 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +16.41% -2.50% -13.04%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 37 50 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 7.66% 8.70% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 40 65
10th Percentile £240 £379 £454
25th Percentile £435 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £675
90th Percentile £577 £691 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.91% -2.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.49%
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £27.13 £58.53
% change year-on-year +139.63% -53.65% +2.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Metadata

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Corsham - 3 £580 - 2
Chippenham - 1 £568 -
Metadata
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Kanban
1 4 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Webhook
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Atlassian