Metadata Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Metadata
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Metadata skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metadata 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.63% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £561 £388 £600
% change year-on-year +44.77% -35.42% -

All Database & BI Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 27 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 16.88% 4.84% 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 2 4
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile £525 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +36.59% +210.61%
75th Percentile £722 - £606
90th Percentile £750 - £638
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £45.00 £18.00 -
% change year-on-year +150.00% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Metadata

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Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Malvern - 1 £650 -
Metadata
West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality