Metadata Jobs in the South West

Metadata
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 169 273 222
Rank change year-on-year +104 -51 +57
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 12 13 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.34% 0.13% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.55% 0.95% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 37
10th Percentile - £65,906 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,290 £67,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,367 £68,937 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +14.42% +12.21%
75th Percentile £68,114 £75,000 £80,627
90th Percentile £98,968 - £123,937
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
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 470 1,363 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.35% 13.96% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 303 956 816
10th Percentile £33,035 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,244
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.38% +5.40%
75th Percentile £68,638 £65,000 £71,246
90th Percentile £82,700 £76,250 £86,250
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 the South West

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the South West.

Salary trend for Metadata in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Metadata in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the South West 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
Bristol +55 12 £66,367 -3.73% 14
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Collibra
2 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) Metadata Repository
2 7 (58.33%) Ataccama
3 5 (41.67%) Power BI
4 4 (33.33%) Tableau
5 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) Banking
3 7 (58.33%) Retail
3 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Data Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Data Quality Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) Quality Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Data Fabric
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Analytics
1 12 (100.00%) Metadata Management
2 11 (91.67%) Data Lineage
2 11 (91.67%) Data Management
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (58.33%) Risk Management
4 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Data Governance
4 5 (41.67%) Data Science
5 4 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (33.33%) Data Engineering
5 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
5 4 (33.33%) People Management
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
7 1 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (8.33%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (8.33%) MBA
1 1 (8.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (33.33%) GDPR
2 4 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Informatica