Metadata
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Metadata skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Metadata over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 525 490
Rank change year-on-year +7 -35 +96
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 420 575 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.55% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.32% 2.52% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 238 353 496
10th Percentile £39,275 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,125 £53,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.42% +9.09% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Metadata is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,123 22,799 42,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.46% 21.68% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12,600 14,080 21,369
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +6.12%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Metadata in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Metadata in the UK

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Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England -26 312 £69,469 +6.87% 78
UK excluding London -3 243 £66,250 +10.42% 34
London +19 140 £75,000 +9.17% 43
Work from Home -24 122 £70,000 +1.89% 36
Scotland -5 70 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Midlands +26 57 £54,650 +4.10% 2
West Midlands +35 52 £54,825 -4.65% 2
North of England +38 51 £70,000 +3.70% 12
South East -20 47 £80,000 +33.33% 8
North West +19 30 £92,778 +78.42% 5
South West -39 14 £68,937 +14.42% 3
Yorkshire +75 13 £60,000 -25.00% 5
North East +2 8 £42,625 -7.34% 2
East Midlands -13 5 £50,000 +11.45%
East of England +14 3 £31,000 -43.64% 7
Wales -4 1 £47,500 -18.10% 2

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (2.62%) Confluence
3 10 (2.38%) SAS
4 6 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.95%) Apache
5 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.71%) CMS
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.24%) Documentum
8 1 (0.24%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.95%) Trello
3 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.19%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 130 (30.95%) Azure
2 66 (15.71%) AWS
3 54 (12.86%) Power Platform
4 42 (10.00%) GCP
5 31 (7.38%) Snowflake
6 30 (7.14%) Serverless
7 26 (6.19%) Matillion
8 23 (5.48%) Collibra
9 21 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
10 19 (4.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 16 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (3.57%) GitHub
13 11 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (2.62%) PaaS
14 9 (2.14%) SaaS
15 6 (1.43%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.43%) Google Sheets
15 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
16 5 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.48%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.48%) WebEx
3 1 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (17.38%) Data Warehouse
2 63 (15.00%) Data Lake
3 49 (11.67%) Power BI
4 25 (5.95%) SQL Server
5 20 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 19 (4.52%) NoSQL
7 18 (4.29%) Big Data
8 14 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (3.10%) Delta Lake
10 12 (2.86%) Data Vault
10 12 (2.86%) Metadata Repository
11 11 (2.62%) Ataccama
12 10 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.67%) Data Hub
14 7 (1.67%) Parquet
15 6 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.43%) Oracle Database
16 5 (1.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 85 (20.24%) Git
2 73 (17.38%) Jenkins
3 66 (15.71%) Bitbucket
4 65 (15.48%) Artifactory
5 15 (3.57%) JIRA
6 10 (2.38%) GitLab
7 5 (1.19%) Spinnaker
8 4 (0.95%) ERwin
9 2 (0.48%) Ant
9 2 (0.48%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.48%) Subversion
10 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.24%) JMeter
10 1 (0.24%) Postman
10 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 175 (41.67%) Finance
2 113 (26.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 95 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (21.43%) Marketing
5 88 (20.95%) Social Skills
6 74 (17.62%) Law
7 49 (11.67%) Banking
8 20 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 18 (4.29%) Legal
10 16 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (3.81%) Retail Banking
11 12 (2.86%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (2.14%) Retail
13 7 (1.67%) Billing
14 6 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.43%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.95%) Wearables
16 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 175 (41.67%) Architect
2 150 (35.71%) Data Architect
3 112 (26.67%) Senior
4 85 (20.24%) Lead
5 69 (16.43%) Software Engineer
6 65 (15.48%) Lead Software Engineer
7 47 (11.19%) Senior Architect
7 47 (11.19%) Senior Data Architect
8 44 (10.48%) Senior Software Engineer
9 41 (9.76%) Data Engineer
10 34 (8.10%) Analyst
11 29 (6.90%) Data Analyst
12 22 (5.24%) Data Manager
13 17 (4.05%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (4.05%) Salesforce Architect
14 15 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.57%) DevOps Architect
14 15 (3.57%) Enterprise Data Architect
15 13 (3.10%) Consultant
16 12 (2.86%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (18.33%) XML
2 70 (16.67%) Web Services
3 69 (16.43%) JSON
4 65 (15.48%) JSON-LD
4 65 (15.48%) LDAP
4 65 (15.48%) OpenID
4 65 (15.48%) RESTful
4 65 (15.48%) SAML
5 8 (1.90%) .NET
6 6 (1.43%) Anaconda
6 6 (1.43%) Flask
6 6 (1.43%) Pandas
6 6 (1.43%) Plotly
6 6 (1.43%) SQLAlchemy
7 5 (1.19%) HTML
7 5 (1.19%) Itk
7 5 (1.19%) J2EE
7 5 (1.19%) Kafka
8 4 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 124 (29.52%) Management Information System
2 82 (19.52%) Reference Data
3 65 (15.48%) Enterprise Cloud
4 25 (5.95%) Product Ownership
5 21 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.57%) PlayStation
7 12 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.38%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.14%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.90%) Blog
10 8 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.43%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.19%) NHS
12 5 (1.19%) Photography
12 5 (1.19%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.86%) Windows
2 4 (0.95%) Linux
2 4 (0.95%) Unix
3 2 (0.48%) Android
3 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (62.38%) Data Modelling
2 188 (44.76%) Agile
3 170 (40.48%) Metadata Management
4 152 (36.19%) Data Management
5 146 (34.76%) Data Architecture
6 136 (32.38%) Analytics
7 131 (31.19%) Data Pipeline
8 108 (25.71%) Data Governance
9 100 (23.81%) CI/CD
10 99 (23.57%) Data Strategy
11 97 (23.10%) Roadmaps
12 93 (22.14%) Use Case
13 92 (21.90%) Software Engineering
14 91 (21.67%) SDLC
15 85 (20.24%) Business Intelligence
15 85 (20.24%) DevOps
16 82 (19.52%) Data Transformation
17 79 (18.81%) ETL
18 78 (18.57%) Test Automation
19 74 (17.62%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 128 (30.48%) SQL
2 65 (15.48%) Go
2 65 (15.48%) Prolog
2 65 (15.48%) SPARQL
3 52 (12.38%) Python
4 39 (9.29%) T-SQL
5 17 (4.05%) Java
6 10 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.14%) R
8 7 (1.67%) Scala
9 6 (1.43%) C#
10 5 (1.19%) C
10 5 (1.19%) C++
10 5 (1.19%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.95%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.24%) VB
13 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (8.81%) Degree
2 23 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (3.57%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.86%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.19%) MCAD
8 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.24%) HND
10 1 (0.24%) MCSE
10 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (31.43%) Data Quality
2 51 (12.14%) GDPR
3 5 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.19%) GRC
4 4 (0.95%) QA
5 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.71%) SNOMED CT
6 2 (0.48%) HL7
6 2 (0.48%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (15.48%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.14%) Terraform
2 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Cast Iron
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
Vendors
1 71 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 60 (14.29%) Databricks
3 33 (7.86%) Oracle
4 21 (5.00%) Informatica
5 19 (4.52%) Salesforce
6 18 (4.29%) IBM
7 17 (4.05%) Google
8 16 (3.81%) Facebook
9 15 (3.57%) Sony
10 10 (2.38%) SAP
11 5 (1.19%) ESRI
12 4 (0.95%) Adobe
12 4 (0.95%) Talend
13 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
14 2 (0.48%) Allen-Bradley
14 2 (0.48%) Bloomberg
14 2 (0.48%) iManage
14 2 (0.48%) MuleSoft
14 2 (0.48%) Screaming Frog
14 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow