Metadata Jobs in London

Metadata
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 363 377
Rank change year-on-year +94 +14 +43
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 124 145 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.98% 0.60% 0.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.60% 2.75% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 50 83 164
10th Percentile £40,903 £39,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £49,875 £60,000 £57,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +14.29% -3.78%
75th Percentile £96,875 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £114,250 £117,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £68,937 £65,689
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.95% -12.42%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,693 5,268 8,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.22% 21.97% 24.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,767 3,872 5,677
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £136,750 £128,750 £117,236
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in London

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Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Metadata in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Metadata in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Central London +31 30 £55,000 -31.25% 17
Metadata
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 8 (6.45%) Apache Spark
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) nginx
4 2 (1.61%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.45%) Adobe After Effects
2 8 (6.45%) Adobe Premiere
2 8 (6.45%) CapCut
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (6.45%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 56 (45.16%) Azure
2 41 (33.06%) Power Platform
3 39 (31.45%) AWS
4 30 (24.19%) GCP
5 22 (17.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 19 (15.32%) Collibra
7 8 (6.45%) Canva
7 8 (6.45%) Dropbox
7 8 (6.45%) Google Drive
7 8 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (5.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (5.65%) SaaS
9 6 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 6 (4.84%) PowerApps
10 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (3.23%) Serverless
11 4 (3.23%) Snowflake
12 3 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.42%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (28.23%) Power BI
2 26 (20.97%) Data Lake
3 16 (12.90%) Tableau
4 12 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (8.06%) SQL Server
6 9 (7.26%) IBM InfoSphere
7 8 (6.45%) Big Data
7 8 (6.45%) NoSQL
8 7 (5.65%) Data Hub
8 7 (5.65%) Hadoop
8 7 (5.65%) Relational Database
8 7 (5.65%) SQL CLR
8 7 (5.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (5.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (4.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (4.84%) BigQuery
10 3 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.42%) Data Mining
11 2 (1.61%) Power Query
11 2 (1.61%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Git
2 3 (2.42%) Babel
2 3 (2.42%) gulp
2 3 (2.42%) webpack
3 1 (0.81%) Ant
3 1 (0.81%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.81%) ERwin
3 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (42.74%) Finance
2 37 (29.84%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 25 (20.16%) Banking
4 25 (20.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (20.16%) Marketing
5 23 (18.55%) Law
6 21 (16.94%) Financial Institution
6 21 (16.94%) Retail Banking
7 12 (9.68%) Legal
8 7 (5.65%) Back Office
9 5 (4.03%) Publishing
10 4 (3.23%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.42%) Electronics
11 3 (2.42%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.81%) Front Office
12 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (29.03%) Architect
2 34 (27.42%) Data Architect
3 29 (23.39%) Lead
4 17 (13.71%) Senior
5 13 (10.48%) Data Engineer
6 11 (8.87%) Developer
7 9 (7.26%) Data Steward
7 9 (7.26%) Senior Data Engineer
8 8 (6.45%) Analyst
9 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Developer
9 7 (5.65%) SaaS Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Senior Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Senior Microsoft Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Senior SQL Developer
9 7 (5.65%) SQL Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (4.03%) Principal Architect
10 5 (4.03%) Principal Data Architect
10 5 (4.03%) Strategy Architect
10 5 (4.03%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.45%) Kafka
2 4 (3.23%) HTML
2 4 (3.23%) PySpark
3 3 (2.42%) CSS
3 3 (2.42%) Node.js
3 3 (2.42%) OAuth
3 3 (2.42%) React
3 3 (2.42%) REST
3 3 (2.42%) Sass
3 3 (2.42%) Svelte
3 3 (2.42%) Vue
4 2 (1.61%) GraphQL
4 2 (1.61%) Regular Expression
4 2 (1.61%) XML
4 2 (1.61%) XSD
4 2 (1.61%) XSLT
5 1 (0.81%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.81%) JSON
5 1 (0.81%) XML Schema
5 1 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.87%) FMCG
1 11 (8.87%) Management Information System
1 11 (8.87%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.06%) Social Media
3 9 (7.26%) Taxonomies
4 8 (6.45%) Graphic Design
4 8 (6.45%) Reference Data
4 8 (6.45%) Video Editing
5 7 (5.65%) Data Structures
5 7 (5.65%) Private Cloud
6 6 (4.84%) Smart City
7 3 (2.42%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.42%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.42%) iPhone
7 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.81%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.23%) Windows
2 3 (2.42%) Android
2 3 (2.42%) Linux
2 3 (2.42%) Ubuntu
2 3 (2.42%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (48.39%) Metadata Management
2 58 (46.77%) Data Modelling
3 54 (43.55%) Data Management
4 52 (41.94%) Data Governance
5 43 (34.68%) Data Privacy
6 39 (31.45%) Data Architecture
7 36 (29.03%) Agile
8 34 (27.42%) Analytics
8 34 (27.42%) Data Strategy
9 33 (26.61%) Business Intelligence
9 33 (26.61%) Migration
10 32 (25.81%) Asset Management
11 31 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
12 30 (24.19%) Decision-Making
12 30 (24.19%) Physical Data Model
13 29 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (22.58%) Data Lineage
15 27 (21.77%) Business Development
16 25 (20.16%) Data Engineering
17 24 (19.35%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.81%) SQL
2 19 (15.32%) Python
3 7 (5.65%) R
3 7 (5.65%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.23%) Scala
5 2 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.61%) Java
5 2 (1.61%) XQuery
6 1 (0.81%) Bicep
6 1 (0.81%) C#
6 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) Azure Certification
2 21 (16.94%) AWS Certification
3 11 (8.87%) Degree
4 7 (5.65%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.65%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (35.48%) Data Quality
2 12 (9.68%) GDPR
3 10 (8.06%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.84%) QA
5 1 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.81%) EMIR
5 1 (0.81%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.65%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (1.61%) Terraform
3 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 70 (56.45%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.13%) Informatica
3 17 (13.71%) Google
4 15 (12.10%) Databricks
5 9 (7.26%) IBM
6 8 (6.45%) Adobe
7 7 (5.65%) VMware
8 5 (4.03%) YouTube
9 4 (3.23%) Salesforce
9 4 (3.23%) SAP
10 3 (2.42%) Alteryx
10 3 (2.42%) Cisco
10 3 (2.42%) iManage
10 3 (2.42%) Pega
11 2 (1.61%) Pinterest
11 2 (1.61%) Snapchat
11 2 (1.61%) TikTok
12 1 (0.81%) Nintex
12 1 (0.81%) Sparx