Ontologies Job Trends in England

Ontology
UK > England

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 642 808
Rank change year-on-year -40 +166 -17
Permanent jobs citing Ontologies 29 9 20
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.033% 0.021% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.023% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 12
10th Percentile £56,250 £62,000 £52,325
25th Percentile £63,563 £75,000 £65,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.89% +20.00% -1.81%
75th Percentile £81,250 £111,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,250 £127,100 £104,250
UK median annual salary £68,500 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -23.89% +20.00% -1.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Ontologies falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,786 39,214 72,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.00% 90.35% 82.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45,806 22,355 52,169
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Ontologies
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Ontologies job vacancy trend in England

Ontologies
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ontologies.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ontologies

Ontologies
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ontologies in England over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Ontologies in England

Ontologies
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ontologies within the England region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +7 23 £66,750 -21.47% 23
South East - 5 £71,750 - 4
South West -58 1 - - 1
Ontologies
UK

Ontologies
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) CMS
2 1 (3.45%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
2 5 (17.24%) GCP
3 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (10.34%) Vertex AI
4 2 (6.90%) Amazon Neptune
4 2 (6.90%) Collibra
4 2 (6.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) Metadata
2 8 (27.59%) Relational Database
3 7 (24.14%) RDBMS
4 4 (13.79%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (6.90%) Stardog
6 2 (6.90%) Triplestore
7 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
7 1 (3.45%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) ERwin
2 2 (6.90%) Git
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Consultant
2 7 (24.14%) Data Consultant
2 7 (24.14%) Data Model Consultant
3 6 (20.69%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Data Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Data Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Data Modeller
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Data Scientist
6 1 (3.45%) Junior
6 1 (3.45%) Junior Data Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Knowledge Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Knowledge Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Ontologist
6 1 (3.45%) Research Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) FIX Protocol
1 7 (24.14%) FpML
1 7 (24.14%) JSON
1 7 (24.14%) XML
1 7 (24.14%) XML Schema
2 2 (6.90%) R2RML
3 1 (3.45%) OpenID
3 1 (3.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Taxonomies
2 9 (31.03%) Data Structures
3 8 (27.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (24.14%) e-Learning
5 2 (6.90%) Linked Data
5 2 (6.90%) Reference Data
6 1 (3.45%) AI Agents
6 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (3.45%) Life Science
6 1 (3.45%) LIMS
6 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Data Modelling
2 14 (48.28%) AI
3 13 (44.83%) Agile
3 13 (44.83%) Analytics
3 13 (44.83%) RDF
4 12 (41.38%) Data Governance
5 10 (34.48%) Data Transformation
5 10 (34.48%) Logical Data Model
6 9 (31.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (24.14%) Analytical Modelling
7 7 (24.14%) Business Analysis
7 7 (24.14%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (24.14%) Data Migration
7 7 (24.14%) Metadata Management
7 7 (24.14%) Migration
7 7 (24.14%) Physical Data Model
7 7 (24.14%) UML
8 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
8 5 (17.24%) Technical Discovery
8 5 (17.24%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) Python
2 7 (24.14%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) Java
3 3 (10.34%) SPARQL
4 2 (6.90%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.34%) GRC
3 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) IFRS
3 2 (6.90%) IFRS 17
3 2 (6.90%) Solvency II
4 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Sparx
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) OpenAI
4 2 (6.90%) Bloomberg
4 2 (6.90%) Databricks
4 2 (6.90%) Informatica
5 1 (3.45%) Foundry
5 1 (3.45%) Palantir