Metadata Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Metadata
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 490 401
Rank change year-on-year +100 -89 +66
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 74 114 248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.32% 0.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.08% 1.44% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 48 99 178
10th Percentile £40,903 £31,800 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,125 £48,170 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £68,102
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -9.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £89,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,731 £98,250
UK median annual salary £65,684 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.17% +7.69% -10.34%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,557 7,941 9,170
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.45% 22.41% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,192 6,283 6,591
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,101 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,750 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.65% -11.54% +8.33%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Metadata trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Metadata.

Metadata salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Metadata over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Metadata salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.41%) Apache Spark
4 3 (4.05%) nginx
5 1 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (44.59%) Power Platform
2 29 (39.19%) Azure
3 15 (20.27%) SaaS
4 11 (14.86%) AWS
5 9 (12.16%) Collibra
6 8 (10.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (9.46%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (9.46%) GCP
8 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (6.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (6.76%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.76%) PowerApps
10 4 (5.41%) Snowflake
11 3 (4.05%) Alation
11 3 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (4.05%) GitHub
11 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (4.05%) npm
12 1 (1.35%) ShareGate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (37.84%) Power BI
2 19 (25.68%) SQL Server
3 17 (22.97%) Data Hub
3 17 (22.97%) Metadata Repository
4 13 (17.57%) SQL CLR
4 13 (17.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 13 (17.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (16.22%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (14.86%) Tableau
7 9 (12.16%) Data Lake
8 7 (9.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (5.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (5.41%) Apache Hive
9 4 (5.41%) Ataccama
9 4 (5.41%) Big Data
9 4 (5.41%) BigQuery
9 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (5.41%) Hadoop
9 4 (5.41%) SAP BW
10 3 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) JIRA
2 3 (4.05%) Babel
2 3 (4.05%) ERwin
2 3 (4.05%) Git
2 3 (4.05%) gulp
2 3 (4.05%) webpack
General
1 33 (44.59%) Finance
2 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.27%) Back Office
4 14 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (12.16%) Banking
6 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.41%) Law
7 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.41%) Retail
8 3 (4.05%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (4.05%) Legal
8 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.05%) Publishing
9 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Developer
1 18 (24.32%) Senior
2 15 (20.27%) Senior Developer
3 13 (17.57%) Architect
3 13 (17.57%) Data Architect
3 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Developer
3 13 (17.57%) SaaS Developer
3 13 (17.57%) Senior Microsoft Developer
3 13 (17.57%) Senior SQL Developer
3 13 (17.57%) SQL Developer
4 12 (16.22%) Lead
5 8 (10.81%) Data Manager
6 6 (8.11%) Data Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Support Officer
7 5 (6.76%) Systems Support
8 4 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Data Quality Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Quality Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) EDI
2 3 (4.05%) CSS
2 3 (4.05%) HTML
2 3 (4.05%) Node.js
2 3 (4.05%) OAuth
2 3 (4.05%) React
2 3 (4.05%) REST
2 3 (4.05%) Sass
2 3 (4.05%) Svelte
2 3 (4.05%) Vue
3 2 (2.70%) Apache Jena
3 2 (2.70%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.70%) PySpark
3 2 (2.70%) Regular Expression
3 2 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Private Cloud
2 8 (10.81%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.11%) Smart City
4 3 (4.05%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.70%) Acoustics
5 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.35%) Blog
6 1 (1.35%) Photography
6 1 (1.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.76%) Linux
2 3 (4.05%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.70%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (45.95%) Data Management
2 31 (41.89%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (36.49%) Metadata Management
4 26 (35.14%) Data Modelling
5 24 (32.43%) Data Governance
5 24 (32.43%) Data Privacy
6 23 (31.08%) Migration
7 21 (28.38%) Data Science
8 19 (25.68%) Analytics
9 17 (22.97%) Data Architecture
9 17 (22.97%) Performance Tuning
10 16 (21.62%) Agile
11 15 (20.27%) ETL
12 14 (18.92%) Computer Science
12 14 (18.92%) Statistics
12 14 (18.92%) Workflow
13 13 (17.57%) Fintech
13 13 (17.57%) High Availability
13 13 (17.57%) Refactoring
13 13 (17.57%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (47.30%) SQL
2 13 (17.57%) T-SQL
3 10 (13.51%) Python
4 4 (5.41%) PL/SQL
4 4 (5.41%) R
5 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.70%) Bash
6 2 (2.70%) C
6 2 (2.70%) C++
6 2 (2.70%) Fortran
6 2 (2.70%) Scala
6 2 (2.70%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.70%) SPARQL
7 1 (1.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (20.27%) Degree
2 6 (8.11%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) CITP
4 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) PhD
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (35.14%) Data Quality
2 7 (9.46%) GDPR
2 7 (9.46%) QA
3 4 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.70%) Dublin Core
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.41%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 13 (17.57%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 34 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) Oracle
2 13 (17.57%) VMware
3 10 (13.51%) Informatica
4 9 (12.16%) Databricks
5 7 (9.46%) Google
6 5 (6.76%) SAP
7 4 (5.41%) Teradata
8 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.05%) Sparx
9 2 (2.70%) Talend
10 1 (1.35%) Alteryx
10 1 (1.35%) Salesforce