Metadata Job Trends in Birmingham

Metadata
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Metadata skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 126 96
Rank change year-on-year +27 -30 +44
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 7 6 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.41% 0.33% 1.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.48% 2.20% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 10
10th Percentile - £58,125 -
25th Percentile £56,750 £62,500 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% +20.45% -22.81%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £58,850
90th Percentile £72,750 - £60,370
West Midlands median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +13.64% -22.81%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Birmingham

Metadata falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 201 273 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.65% 15.15% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 161 140 258
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,477
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,250 £80,375
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Metadata
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Metadata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Metadata

Metadata
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Metadata in Birmingham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Data Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Data Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Governance Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Governance
1 6 (85.71%) Metadata Management
2 4 (57.14%) Data Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Data Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Information Management
2 4 (57.14%) Master Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Building Information Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) DAMA
4 2 (28.57%) DAMA DMBOK
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (14.29%) Data Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR