Taxonomy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Taxonomies in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Taxonomies over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 599 756
Rank change year-on-year -75 +157 +105
Permanent jobs citing Taxonomies 53 55 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.30% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 58
10th Percentile £66,750 - £41,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £45,000 £52,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £74,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% +6.43% +16.18%
75th Percentile £102,500 £109,375 £86,875
90th Percentile £132,500 £117,500 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +77.78% -25.00% -29.41%

All Generic Skills
UK

Taxonomies falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,751 18,088 34,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.30% 41.57% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,411 9,290 23,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Taxonomies
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Taxonomies job vacancy trend in the UK

Taxonomies
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Taxonomies.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Taxonomies

Taxonomies
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Taxonomies over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Taxonomies in the UK

Taxonomies
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Taxonomies within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England -30 50 £80,000 +7.38% 60
London -12 25 £100,000 - 21
UK excluding London -62 25 £80,000 +77.78% 53
Work from Home +22 15 £125,000 +66.67% 14
North of England -54 11 £80,000 +22.61% 11
East of England - 7 - - 7
Yorkshire -49 6 £76,997 +37.49% 7
North West -14 5 £80,000 +7.38% 2
South East -29 4 £68,500 - 13
South West - 2 £95,000 - 9
West Midlands -39 1 £44,000 -2.22% 1
Midlands -43 1 £44,000 -2.22% 6

Taxonomies
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (3.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.89%) SAP EHS
2 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) Azure
2 5 (9.43%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) Collibra
4 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.77%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (3.77%) Contentsquare
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.77%) OCI
5 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.77%) SaaS
5 2 (3.77%) Snowflake
5 2 (3.77%) Vertex AI
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.89%) Datadog
6 1 (1.89%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.89%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (1.89%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Broadband
1 1 (1.89%) CTI
1 1 (1.89%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.53%) Metadata
2 5 (9.43%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.55%) Data Lake
4 3 (5.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.77%) Looker
5 2 (3.77%) Power BI
5 2 (3.77%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.89%) Mixpanel
6 1 (1.89%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.89%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) TestDirector
General
1 14 (26.42%) Finance
1 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Banking
4 4 (7.55%) Marketing
5 3 (5.66%) Law
5 3 (5.66%) Retail
6 2 (3.77%) Advertising
6 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.77%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.77%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Billing
7 1 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Games
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Lead
2 11 (20.75%) Architect
3 9 (16.98%) Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Lead Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
5 3 (5.66%) Data Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Senior
5 3 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Data Modeller
6 2 (3.77%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Specialist
6 2 (3.77%) Ontologist
6 2 (3.77%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Software Engineering Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Software Manager
7 1 (1.89%) Business Project Manager
7 1 (1.89%) Financial Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) JSON
2 3 (5.66%) XBRL
2 3 (5.66%) XML
3 1 (1.89%) JMS
3 1 (1.89%) Kafka
3 1 (1.89%) Middleware
3 1 (1.89%) Node.js
3 1 (1.89%) OAuth
3 1 (1.89%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.89%) REST
3 1 (1.89%) SAML
3 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Data Structures
1 5 (9.43%) Reference Data
2 4 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.77%) Semantic Web
5 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.89%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) Data Governance
2 17 (32.08%) AI
3 16 (30.19%) Analytics
4 14 (26.42%) Data Modelling
5 13 (24.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (22.64%) Decision-Making
6 12 (22.64%) Ontologies
7 10 (18.87%) Roadmaps
8 9 (16.98%) Validation
9 8 (15.09%) Data Strategy
10 7 (13.21%) Data Management
10 7 (13.21%) Matrix Organization
10 7 (13.21%) Workflow
11 6 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (9.43%) Data Transformation
12 5 (9.43%) Information Governance
12 5 (9.43%) User Experience
13 4 (7.55%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) Python
3 1 (1.89%) ABAP
3 1 (1.89%) SHACL
3 1 (1.89%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Degree
2 7 (13.21%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) CISA
4 1 (1.89%) CISM
4 1 (1.89%) CISSP
4 1 (1.89%) CSSLP
4 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.96%) Data Quality
2 7 (13.21%) GDPR
3 5 (9.43%) IFRS
4 4 (7.55%) IFRS 17
5 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
5 3 (5.66%) GRC
5 3 (5.66%) Solvency II
6 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.77%) QA
7 1 (1.89%) COBIT
7 1 (1.89%) GAAP
7 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.89%) ITGC
7 1 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.89%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) Databricks
3 4 (7.55%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) SAP
4 3 (5.66%) Informatica
4 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) Adobe
5 2 (3.77%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (3.77%) Hotjar
5 2 (3.77%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.77%) Sparx
6 1 (1.89%) Amplitude
6 1 (1.89%) Ariba
6 1 (1.89%) Genesys
6 1 (1.89%) New Relic
6 1 (1.89%) Pega
6 1 (1.89%) Splunk
6 1 (1.89%) TIBCO