Metadata Contracts with Work from Home Options

Metadata
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Metadata skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Metadata over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 295 286
Rank change year-on-year +33 -9 +14
Contract jobs citing Metadata 86 187 405
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.57% 0.73% 0.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.97% 3.85% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 151 273
10th Percentile £361 £413 £363
25th Percentile £413 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +2.61% -
75th Percentile £700 £694 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £22.73 £17.50 £17.28
25th Percentile £28.31 £28.75 £31.25
Median hourly rate £40.25 £62.50 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.60% -8.09% +102.99%
75th Percentile £42.88 £66.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £77.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% -46.97% +65.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Metadata is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,896 4,858 9,680
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.11% 19.02% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,131 3,542 7,032
10th Percentile £355 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £732
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 83 84
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.20 £19.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.75 £21.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +39.28% +55.57%
75th Percentile £61.50 £75.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £70.25 £85.00 £67.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £43.38
% change year-on-year -32.54% +36.70% +62.27%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Metadata trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Metadata.

Metadata daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Metadata over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Metadata daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Metadata.

Metadata hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Metadata over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Metadata hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (10.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.98%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (4.65%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (3.49%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.16%) CMS
5 1 (1.16%) Confluence
5 1 (1.16%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.49%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.16%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (1.16%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.16%) OPENHousing
2 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.28%) Collibra
2 11 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 10 (11.63%) Azure
4 8 (9.30%) GCP
4 8 (9.30%) GitHub
5 6 (6.98%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (3.49%) AWS
6 3 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.49%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.49%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.33%) Serverless
7 2 (2.33%) Snowflake
7 2 (2.33%) Veeva
8 1 (1.16%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 14 (16.28%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (11.63%) Power BI
4 8 (9.30%) Data Lake
5 6 (6.98%) BigQuery
6 5 (5.81%) Metadata Repository
6 5 (5.81%) Oracle Database
6 5 (5.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (3.49%) OLAP
7 3 (3.49%) OLTP
7 3 (3.49%) PowerPivot
7 3 (3.49%) Relational Database
8 2 (2.33%) Big Data
8 2 (2.33%) Data Vault
8 2 (2.33%) EDMS
8 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Power View
8 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (1.16%) Power Query
9 1 (1.16%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 13 (15.12%) ERwin
2 4 (4.65%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (2.33%) JIRA
4 1 (1.16%) kappa
4 1 (1.16%) RStudio
General
1 30 (34.88%) Finance
2 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 19 (22.09%) Public Sector
4 17 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (17.44%) Manufacturing
6 14 (16.28%) Retail
7 12 (13.95%) Electronics
7 12 (13.95%) Marketing
7 12 (13.95%) Telecoms
8 11 (12.79%) Banking
9 9 (10.47%) Legal
10 4 (4.65%) Publishing
11 3 (3.49%) Financial Institution
12 2 (2.33%) Investment Banking
12 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (2.33%) Public Speaking
13 1 (1.16%) Advertising
13 1 (1.16%) Back Office
13 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Architect
2 21 (24.42%) Data Architect
3 16 (18.60%) Data Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) Enterprise Architect
4 14 (16.28%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 9 (10.47%) Analyst
5 9 (10.47%) Data Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Governance Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) Senior
9 3 (3.49%) Administrator
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Data Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Data Integration Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Lead
9 3 (3.49%) SharePoint Engineer
10 2 (2.33%) Consultant
10 2 (2.33%) Information Architect
10 2 (2.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) CSS
1 4 (4.65%) HTML
2 3 (3.49%) .NET
3 2 (2.33%) PySpark
3 2 (2.33%) REST
4 1 (1.16%) CAML
4 1 (1.16%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.16%) JSON
4 1 (1.16%) Kafka
4 1 (1.16%) LDAP
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (1.16%) SPFx
4 1 (1.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (1.16%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) Data Protection Act
1 12 (13.95%) Wiki
2 7 (8.14%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (5.81%) Taxonomies
4 4 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.33%) Life Science
5 2 (2.33%) Omics
5 2 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.16%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.16%) FMCG
6 1 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.16%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (1.16%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.33%) Linux
2 1 (1.16%) CentOS
2 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.16%) Unix
2 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (53.49%) Data Governance
2 38 (44.19%) Data Modelling
3 37 (43.02%) Data Management
4 36 (41.86%) Metadata Management
5 26 (30.23%) Business Intelligence
6 20 (23.26%) Data Lineage
7 19 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (22.09%) Data Architecture
8 18 (20.93%) Data Strategy
9 17 (19.77%) Data Protection
10 16 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (17.44%) Master Data Management
12 14 (16.28%) Data Analysis
12 14 (16.28%) Data Integration
12 14 (16.28%) ETL
12 14 (16.28%) Physical Data Model
12 14 (16.28%) Programme Management
13 12 (13.95%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (13.95%) Domain Models
13 12 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (39.53%) SQL
2 14 (16.28%) Python
3 9 (10.47%) PL/SQL
4 6 (6.98%) T-SQL
5 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
6 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.33%) R
8 1 (1.16%) Bash
8 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (1.16%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.16%) Scala
8 1 (1.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (19.77%) Degree
2 14 (16.28%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (36.05%) Data Quality
2 19 (22.09%) GDPR
3 7 (8.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (3.49%) QA
5 1 (1.16%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.98%) Terraform
2 3 (3.49%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.16%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) SAP
1 14 (16.28%) Sparx
2 13 (15.12%) Oracle
3 8 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.65%) Databricks
5 3 (3.49%) Nexthink
5 3 (3.49%) Snow
5 3 (3.49%) VMware
6 2 (2.33%) Informatica
7 1 (1.16%) IBM
7 1 (1.16%) NEC
7 1 (1.16%) Northgate
7 1 (1.16%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.16%) Red Hat