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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 236 312
Rank change year-on-year -31 +76 -60
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 71 58 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 0.65% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.47% 5.25% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 59 11 15
10th Percentile £34,250 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +23.38% -33.04%
75th Percentile £73,125 £60,283 £39,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £65,500
England median annual salary £70,932 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.13% +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 1,299 1,105 1,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.94% 12.41% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 594 1,167
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,977 £83,375 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.93%

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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 22 September 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 22 September 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
Hampshire -31 25 £67,000 -18.79% 8
Thames Valley -26 24 £62,500 +29.53% 32
Oxfordshire - 12 £62,500 - 8
Buckinghamshire +7 10 £77,500 +63.16% 10
Surrey -22 8 £64,500 - 7
West Sussex -15 7 £73,750 +126.92% 9
Kent -16 4 £68,500 +5.38% 1
East Sussex - 3 £35,500 - 2
Berkshire -34 2 £82,500 +48.47% 14
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 9 (12.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Shopify
2 1 (1.41%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 24 (33.80%) Azure
2 19 (26.76%) Power Platform
3 16 (22.54%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (21.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 14 (19.72%) Collibra
6 12 (16.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (12.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 9 (12.68%) Google Analytics
8 6 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (8.45%) Power Automate
8 6 (8.45%) PowerApps
9 5 (7.04%) Alation
10 3 (4.23%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (2.82%) AWS
11 2 (2.82%) Azure Databricks
12 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
12 1 (1.41%) dbt
12 1 (1.41%) Google Sheets
12 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.45%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.31%) Data Warehouse
1 13 (18.31%) Power BI
1 13 (18.31%) Star Schema
2 10 (14.08%) NoSQL
2 10 (14.08%) SQL Server
3 9 (12.68%) Amazon QuickSight
3 9 (12.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (12.68%) DynamoDB
3 9 (12.68%) MongoDB
3 9 (12.68%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (4.23%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.23%) Power Query
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (15.49%) Git
2 2 (2.82%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Finance
3 12 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.08%) Marketing
4 10 (14.08%) Public Sector
4 10 (14.08%) Retail
5 9 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (12.68%) Law
6 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.41%) Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.41%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.41%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 21 (29.58%) Senior
2 18 (25.35%) Lead
3 16 (22.54%) Analyst
4 13 (18.31%) Architect
5 11 (15.49%) Data Architect
6 9 (12.68%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (11.27%) Data Analyst
7 8 (11.27%) Developer
8 7 (9.86%) Data Engineer
8 7 (9.86%) Governance Analyst
9 6 (8.45%) E-Commerce Executive
9 6 (8.45%) Senior Data Engineer
10 5 (7.04%) Lead Developer
10 5 (7.04%) SharePoint Developer
11 4 (5.63%) SEO Executive
12 3 (4.23%) Analyst Developer
12 3 (4.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 3 (4.23%) Business Process Analyst
12 3 (4.23%) Developer Analyst
12 3 (4.23%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) .NET
1 5 (7.04%) ASP.NET
1 5 (7.04%) ASP.NET Core
1 5 (7.04%) React
1 5 (7.04%) SPFx
2 4 (5.63%) PySpark
3 1 (1.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.94%) Product Ownership
2 9 (12.68%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (12.68%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (7.04%) Taxonomies
4 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.23%) Blog
5 3 (4.23%) Data Fabric
6 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.41%) Clustering
7 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.41%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.41%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Data Modelling
2 26 (36.62%) Agile
3 24 (33.80%) Data Governance
4 23 (32.39%) Analytics
5 22 (30.99%) Data Architecture
5 22 (30.99%) Scrum
6 19 (26.76%) Computer Science
7 18 (25.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (25.35%) DevOps
8 17 (23.94%) ETL
8 17 (23.94%) Roadmaps
9 16 (22.54%) Data Management
10 15 (21.13%) CI/CD
11 14 (19.72%) AI
11 14 (19.72%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (18.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (15.49%) Logical Data Model
13 11 (15.49%) Metadata Management
13 11 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (14.08%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 19 (26.76%) SQL
2 15 (21.13%) Python
3 14 (19.72%) C#
4 5 (7.04%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.04%) PowerShell
4 5 (7.04%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (4.23%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Degree
2 8 (11.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) CBAP
6 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.41%) CCA
6 1 (1.41%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (36.62%) Data Quality
2 10 (14.08%) GDPR
3 9 (12.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.41%) NIST
5 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (25.35%) Databricks
3 16 (22.54%) Informatica
4 10 (14.08%) Google
5 9 (12.68%) Talend
6 3 (4.23%) Ahrefs
6 3 (4.23%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (2.82%) Oracle