Metadata Job Trends in East Sussex

Metadata
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Metadata skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 53 58
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +35
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 2 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.50% 1.10% 0.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.77% 3.40% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £46,625 - -
25th Percentile £49,063 £47,813 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £49,479 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.63% -31.75% +18.85%
75th Percentile £59,063 £51,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £61,875 - -
South East median annual salary £49,000 £38,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -45.00% +16.67%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 53 147 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 13.35% 32.45% 31.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48 90 134
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £46,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% +7.73% -4.04%
75th Percentile £65,313 £75,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in East Sussex

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Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Metadata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Metadata

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Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in East Sussex over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Metadata in East Sussex

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Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton +6 1 £62,500 +26.32% 2
Crowborough - 1 £45,000 - 1
Metadata
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior SEO Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Content Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Screaming Frog