Metadata Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Metadata
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Metadata skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 179 122
Rank change year-on-year +42 -57 +57
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 37 4 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.93% 0.12% 1.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.49% 0.57% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 8
10th Percentile £43,750 - -
25th Percentile £45,438 £37,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £38,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.96% -42.96% -3.57%
75th Percentile £67,750 £39,813 £69,688
90th Percentile - £39,925 £76,250
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
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 494 703 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.38% 20.24% 21.35%
Number of salaries quoted 220 403 504
10th Percentile £35,450 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% +13.64% -6.78%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metadata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metadata

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Metadata in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +25 26 £47,000 +22.08% 8
Buckinghamshire - 10 £58,000 - 7
Oxfordshire +22 1 - - 2
Metadata
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) Power Platform
2 7 (18.92%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) Collibra
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.70%) dbt
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) Data Lake
2 10 (27.03%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (18.92%) Power BI
4 6 (16.22%) Tableau
5 5 (13.51%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (8.11%) Data Mining
6 3 (8.11%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (8.11%) SAP BW
6 3 (8.11%) SAP HANA
7 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database
7 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
7 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
8 1 (2.70%) Airbyte
8 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (2.70%) BigQuery
8 1 (2.70%) Data Hub
8 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (2.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) ERwin
1 3 (8.11%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (5.41%) Git
3 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.70%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (81.08%) Social Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Finance
3 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Law
5 3 (8.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Lead
2 8 (21.62%) Senior
3 7 (18.92%) Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Data Manager
3 7 (18.92%) Senior Manager
4 6 (16.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 4 (10.81%) Business Manager
6 4 (10.81%) Data Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Business Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Data Model Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Data Manager
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Delivery Manager
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Applications Support Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Data Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) FHIR
2 2 (5.41%) REST
3 1 (2.70%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.70%) Middleware
3 1 (2.70%) PySpark
3 1 (2.70%) Snowpark
3 1 (2.70%) SOAP
3 1 (2.70%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Life Science
2 10 (27.03%) Algorithms
2 10 (27.03%) Omics
3 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.11%) FMCG
4 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (83.78%) Analytics
2 28 (75.68%) Data Governance
3 21 (56.76%) Metadata Management
4 19 (51.35%) Data Science
5 17 (45.95%) Decision-Making
6 16 (43.24%) Data Architecture
6 16 (43.24%) Hematology
6 16 (43.24%) Immunology
7 15 (40.54%) Data Modelling
8 14 (37.84%) Computer Science
8 14 (37.84%) Data Management
9 13 (35.14%) ETL
9 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (32.43%) AI
10 12 (32.43%) Data Strategy
10 12 (32.43%) Machine Learning
11 10 (27.03%) Bioinformatics
11 10 (27.03%) Master Data Management
11 10 (27.03%) Ontologies
11 10 (27.03%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) SQL
2 10 (27.03%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.70%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (67.57%) Degree
2 10 (27.03%) PhD
3 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
4 3 (8.11%) PMI Certification
4 3 (8.11%) PMP
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Certification
5 2 (5.41%) CISSP
5 2 (5.41%) MCSE
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.41%) OCP
5 2 (5.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (59.46%) Data Quality
2 13 (35.14%) Accessibility
3 10 (27.03%) CDISC
3 10 (27.03%) GxP
3 10 (27.03%) HL7
4 2 (5.41%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Control-M
1 1 (2.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) SAP
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce