Metadata Jobs in England

Metadata
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Metadata skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Metadata over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 560 478
Rank change year-on-year +113 -82 +32
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 261 279 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.32% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.66% 1.98% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 99 207 264
10th Percentile £40,903 £37,250 £45,300
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -8.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £101,000 £100,000 £107,087
UK median annual salary £66,367 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.68% +3.85% -7.14%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,124 14,097 15,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.57% 16.23% 21.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,543 10,083 11,067
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% -5.60% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Metadata in England.

Salary trend for Metadata in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Metadata in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the England region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
London +109 131 £77,500 +3.33% 195
South East +73 59 £65,000 -3.70% 54
Midlands +57 30 £65,000 +9.61% 23
West Midlands +46 25 £65,000 +9.61% 18
North of England +1 22 £47,500 -32.14% 33
North West -19 12 £70,000 -30.00% 22
South West +85 9 £66,367 +72.38% 18
North East +35 6 £47,500 +11.76% 5
East of England +28 6 - - 8
East Midlands +38 5 £42,500 -44.26% 5
Yorkshire +31 4 £60,000 +23.72% 6
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (14.18%) Apache Spark
2 13 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.21%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.53%) SAS
5 3 (1.15%) nginx
6 2 (0.77%) Apache
6 2 (0.77%) CMS
6 2 (0.77%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.38%) Confluence
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.38%) Maximo
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 124 (47.51%) Azure
2 106 (40.61%) AWS
3 71 (27.20%) Power Platform
4 70 (26.82%) GCP
5 31 (11.88%) Snowflake
6 24 (9.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 23 (8.81%) Collibra
8 21 (8.05%) Amazon S3
9 18 (6.90%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (6.90%) Amazon ELB
9 18 (6.90%) SaaS
10 17 (6.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (5.36%) Salsify
12 11 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (3.07%) Power Automate
15 8 (3.07%) PowerApps
16 7 (2.68%) GitHub
17 6 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.15%) Intranet
1 3 (1.15%) PuTTY
2 2 (0.77%) ADSL2
2 2 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (24.14%) Power BI
2 61 (23.37%) Data Lake
3 58 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (11.11%) Tableau
5 26 (9.96%) SQL Server
6 25 (9.58%) Spark SQL
7 21 (8.05%) Big Data
7 21 (8.05%) Metadata Repository
8 20 (7.66%) Delta Lake
8 20 (7.66%) Hadoop
8 20 (7.66%) NoSQL
9 18 (6.90%) Data Hub
9 18 (6.90%) DynamoDB
10 13 (4.98%) SQL CLR
10 13 (4.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 13 (4.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (4.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (4.60%) BigQuery
12 11 (4.21%) Relational Database
13 9 (3.45%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 18 (6.90%) MLflow
2 9 (3.45%) Git
3 7 (2.68%) ERwin
4 5 (1.92%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.53%) JIRA
6 3 (1.15%) Babel
6 3 (1.15%) gulp
6 3 (1.15%) webpack
7 2 (0.77%) Ant
7 2 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 92 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 79 (30.27%) Analytical Skills
2 79 (30.27%) Finance
3 72 (27.59%) Law
4 35 (13.41%) Banking
4 35 (13.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 35 (13.41%) Marketing
5 34 (13.03%) Legal
6 22 (8.43%) Financial Institution
6 22 (8.43%) Retail Banking
7 18 (6.90%) Retail
8 16 (6.13%) Back Office
9 9 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.07%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.30%) Publishing
12 4 (1.53%) Advertising
12 4 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (27.59%) Lead
2 68 (26.05%) Senior
3 50 (19.16%) Architect
4 47 (18.01%) Data Architect
5 22 (8.43%) Data Engineer
6 19 (7.28%) Developer
7 18 (6.90%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 18 (6.90%) Operations Engineer
8 15 (5.75%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.36%) Senior Manager
10 13 (4.98%) Analyst
10 13 (4.98%) Microsoft Developer
10 13 (4.98%) SaaS Developer
10 13 (4.98%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 13 (4.98%) Senior SQL Developer
10 13 (4.98%) SQL Developer
11 11 (4.21%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (3.83%) Product Lead
13 9 (3.45%) Data Modeller
13 9 (3.45%) Data Steward
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.34%) PySpark
2 21 (8.05%) Kafka
2 21 (8.05%) Keras
2 21 (8.05%) PyTorch
2 21 (8.05%) TensorFlow
3 19 (7.28%) YAML
4 18 (6.90%) Lambda Expressions
4 18 (6.90%) Metaflow
4 18 (6.90%) NumPy
4 18 (6.90%) Pandas
4 18 (6.90%) scikit-learn
5 5 (1.92%) HTML
5 5 (1.92%) Regular Expression
6 4 (1.53%) EDI
6 4 (1.53%) XML
7 3 (1.15%) CSS
7 3 (1.15%) Node.js
7 3 (1.15%) OAuth
7 3 (1.15%) REST
7 3 (1.15%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 25 (9.58%) Taxonomies
3 22 (8.43%) FMCG
4 19 (7.28%) Product Ownership
5 18 (6.90%) Linux Command Line
6 14 (5.36%) Data Structures
7 13 (4.98%) Private Cloud
8 9 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.30%) Smart City
11 5 (1.92%) Blog
11 5 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.92%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.53%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (1.15%) Freedom of Information
13 3 (1.15%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.81%) Unix
2 5 (1.92%) Linux
3 3 (1.15%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.15%) Windows
4 2 (0.77%) Android
4 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (62.07%) Metadata Management
2 134 (51.34%) Data Modelling
3 124 (47.51%) Data Management
4 113 (43.30%) Data Governance
5 111 (42.53%) Analytics
6 84 (32.18%) Data Architecture
7 72 (27.59%) Business Intelligence
7 72 (27.59%) Data Engineering
8 70 (26.82%) Agile
9 67 (25.67%) Data Privacy
10 62 (23.75%) Artificial Intelligence
10 62 (23.75%) Data Pipeline
10 62 (23.75%) ETL
11 61 (23.37%) Data Strategy
12 57 (21.84%) Asset Management
13 55 (21.07%) Machine Learning
14 54 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
15 51 (19.54%) Data Lineage
16 48 (18.39%) Data Science
16 48 (18.39%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 114 (43.68%) SQL
2 76 (29.12%) Python
3 14 (5.36%) T-SQL
4 11 (4.21%) Java
4 11 (4.21%) R
5 7 (2.68%) Scala
6 5 (1.92%) Bash
7 4 (1.53%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.15%) PROC SQL
9 2 (0.77%) Bicep
9 2 (0.77%) C
9 2 (0.77%) C#
9 2 (0.77%) C++
9 2 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.77%) Fortran
9 2 (0.77%) Go
9 2 (0.77%) Ruby
9 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.77%) SPARQL
9 2 (0.77%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 52 (19.92%) Degree
2 29 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 25 (9.58%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.21%) Security Cleared
5 9 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.07%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.15%) CITP
9 2 (0.77%) PhD
9 2 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.38%) CFA
10 1 (0.38%) MBA
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (44.83%) Data Quality
2 49 (18.77%) QA
3 38 (14.56%) Accessibility
4 25 (9.58%) GDPR
5 4 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.77%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.38%) EMIR
7 1 (0.38%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (7.28%) Docker
2 13 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.92%) HDFS
4 4 (1.53%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.15%) Apache Flume
6 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (8.05%) Kubernetes
1 21 (8.05%) Terraform
2 18 (6.90%) Kubeflow
3 13 (4.98%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (1.15%) Kibana
4 3 (1.15%) logstash
4 3 (1.15%) Oozie
5 2 (0.77%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 91 (34.87%) Microsoft
2 59 (22.61%) Databricks
3 28 (10.73%) Informatica
4 23 (8.81%) Google
5 14 (5.36%) Oracle
6 13 (4.98%) VMware
7 12 (4.60%) SAP
8 10 (3.83%) IBM
9 9 (3.45%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.92%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.92%) Pega
10 5 (1.92%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.92%) YouTube
11 4 (1.53%) Ahrefs
11 4 (1.53%) Screaming Frog
11 4 (1.53%) Sparx
12 3 (1.15%) Dell
12 3 (1.15%) MicroStrategy
12 3 (1.15%) NVIDIA
12 3 (1.15%) Talend