Metadata Job Trends in Kent

Metadata
South East > Kent

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 25 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 2.45% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 39.06% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary £49,000 £38,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -46.90% +20.83%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 64 108 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 6.28% 14.81% 14.48%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 74
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,150 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,563 £37,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £116,875 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £79,500 £72,925
South East median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in Kent

Metadata
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Metadata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Metadata

Metadata
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Kent region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Sandwich - 24 - -
Metadata
South East

Metadata
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Tableau
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Data Manager
2 13 (52.00%) Data Steward
3 11 (44.00%) Coordinator
3 11 (44.00%) Data Coordinator
4 7 (28.00%) Lead
4 7 (28.00%) Team Leader
5 6 (24.00%) Senior
5 6 (24.00%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Incident Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (68.00%) Life Science
1 17 (68.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (36.00%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (4.00%) Over-the-Top Content
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Data Governance
1 17 (68.00%) Data Management
1 17 (68.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 17 (68.00%) Master Data Management
1 17 (68.00%) Matrix Organization
2 9 (36.00%) Business Strategy
2 9 (36.00%) Data Modelling
3 8 (32.00%) Change Management
3 8 (32.00%) Document Management
3 8 (32.00%) Impact Assessments
3 8 (32.00%) Process Management
3 8 (32.00%) Product Strategy
3 8 (32.00%) Regulatory Change
3 8 (32.00%) Workflow
4 1 (4.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (4.00%) AI
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Operations
4 1 (4.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (4.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Degree
1 17 (68.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (68.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow