Metadata Job Trends in the South East

Metadata
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Metadata skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 230 327
Rank change year-on-year -45 +97 -64
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 58 63 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.33% 0.70% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.31% 5.23% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 47 10 20
10th Percentile £34,250 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £51,875 £34,375 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £52,283 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +35.80% -53.33%
75th Percentile £74,375 £65,696 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,875 £72,375
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,345 1,205 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.70% 13.43% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 645 1,383
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,625 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £71,125 £69,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,128 £83,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Metadata job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Metadata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Metadata

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the South East over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Metadata in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Thames Valley -22 19 £62,500 +19.54% 22
Hampshire -28 16 £55,000 -33.33% 6
Buckinghamshire +2 10 £77,500 +60.62% 8
West Sussex -8 7 £73,750 +126.92% 1
Oxfordshire - 7 £47,500 - 10
Surrey -21 6 £65,000 -43.48% 4
Kent -13 5 £68,500 +5.38% 4
East Sussex - 4 £35,500 - 1
Berkshire -30 2 £82,500 +48.47% 9
Sussex - 2 £35,500 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (17.24%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Shopify
2 1 (1.72%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 18 (31.03%) Azure
2 12 (20.69%) Power Platform
3 11 (18.97%) Collibra
4 10 (17.24%) Google Analytics
5 9 (15.52%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (10.34%) Power Automate
7 6 (10.34%) PowerApps
8 5 (8.62%) Alation
8 5 (8.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (6.90%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (5.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (3.45%) AWS
11 2 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
12 1 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
12 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (10.34%) Power BI
1 6 (10.34%) Star Schema
2 4 (6.90%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.17%) Amazon QuickSight
3 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (5.17%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.17%) DynamoDB
3 3 (5.17%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.17%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (3.45%) Power Query
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Marketing
3 10 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 9 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (15.52%) Law
4 9 (15.52%) Retail
5 4 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.72%) Banking
6 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.72%) Japanese Language
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Lead
2 14 (24.14%) Analyst
3 13 (22.41%) Architect
4 12 (20.69%) Senior
5 11 (18.97%) Data Architect
6 8 (13.79%) Data Analyst
7 7 (12.07%) Developer
8 6 (10.34%) E-Commerce Executive
8 6 (10.34%) Governance Analyst
9 5 (8.62%) Lead Developer
9 5 (8.62%) SharePoint Developer
10 4 (6.90%) SEO Executive
11 3 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
11 3 (5.17%) Business Process Analyst
11 3 (5.17%) Process Analyst
12 2 (3.45%) Analyst Developer
12 2 (3.45%) Business Developer
12 2 (3.45%) Developer Analyst
12 2 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
12 2 (3.45%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) .NET
1 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET
1 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET Core
1 5 (8.62%) React
1 5 (8.62%) SPFx
2 3 (5.17%) PySpark
3 1 (1.72%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.34%) Taxonomies
3 4 (6.90%) Blog
4 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.72%) Clustering
6 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.72%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Data Modelling
2 20 (34.48%) Agile
2 20 (34.48%) Data Governance
3 17 (29.31%) Analytics
4 16 (27.59%) Data Architecture
4 16 (27.59%) Scrum
5 15 (25.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (24.14%) Roadmaps
7 12 (20.69%) Computer Science
7 12 (20.69%) Logical Data Model
8 11 (18.97%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (18.97%) AI
8 11 (18.97%) DevOps
8 11 (18.97%) ETL
8 11 (18.97%) Metadata Management
8 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (17.24%) Decision-Making
9 10 (17.24%) Physical Data Model
9 10 (17.24%) SEO
9 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) SQL
2 9 (15.52%) Python
3 8 (13.79%) C#
4 5 (8.62%) JavaScript
4 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
4 5 (8.62%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.45%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) Degree
2 8 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) CBAP
5 1 (1.72%) CCA
5 1 (1.72%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (29.31%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.90%) GDPR
3 3 (5.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.72%) NIST
5 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (24.14%) Databricks
3 10 (17.24%) Google
4 9 (15.52%) Informatica
5 4 (6.90%) Ahrefs
5 4 (6.90%) Screaming Frog
6 3 (5.17%) Talend
7 2 (3.45%) Oracle