Metadata
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 180 | 198 | 237 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +39 | +6 |
| Permanent jobs citing Metadata | 20 | 52 | 35 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.45% | 0.72% | 0.53% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 4.44% | 4.44% | 2.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 38 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,750 | £25,725 | £46,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,965 | £52,325 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £54,825 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.12% | -4.65% | +1.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £59,300 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,125 | £63,750 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £67,500 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +7.69% | -10.34% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 450 | 1,171 | 1,345 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 10.07% | 16.17% | 20.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 311 | 975 | 826 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,500 | £41,250 | £39,951 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £63,750 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £74,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,779 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.18% | -11.54% | +8.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the West Midlands.
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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | +8 | 7 | £67,500 | +23.51% | 8 |
| Solihull | - | 6 | £58,750 | - | |
| Dudley | - | 4 | £75,000 | - | 3 |
| Shropshire | - | 1 | £50,000 | - | |
| Brierley Hill | - | 1 | £82,500 | - | |
| Coventry | - | 1 | £62,500 | - | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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: