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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 238 321
Rank change year-on-year -21 +83 -25
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 52 62 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.32% 0.72% 0.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.84% 5.06% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36 9 28
10th Percentile £45,625 - £33,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,565 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% +44.32% -53.33%
75th Percentile £76,313 £83,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,752 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.07% +7.69% -

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 1,354 1,225 2,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.34% 14.14% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 688 1,575
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,806 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,533 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +0.97% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -24 19 £75,000 +34.98% 10
Buckinghamshire -7 12 £75,000 - 5
Surrey -20 11 £65,000 -43.48% 6
Hampshire -34 10 £55,000 -33.33% 10
West Sussex -16 6 £75,000 +130.77%
Kent -26 5 £68,500 +5.38% 1
Oxfordshire - 4 £42,500 - 2
Berkshire -21 3 £82,500 +48.47% 3
East Sussex - 2 £95,000 - 2
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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 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) Azure
2 10 (19.23%) Google Analytics
3 7 (13.46%) Collibra
3 7 (13.46%) Power Platform
4 6 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (11.54%) Power Automate
4 6 (11.54%) PowerApps
5 4 (7.69%) Alation
5 4 (7.69%) Google Tag Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.92%) AWS
8 1 (1.92%) dbt
8 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.92%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.92%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.92%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (23.08%) Finance
4 10 (19.23%) Marketing
4 10 (19.23%) Public Sector
5 9 (17.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (17.31%) Law
5 9 (17.31%) Retail
6 6 (11.54%) Automotive
7 5 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.85%) Legal
10 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.92%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.92%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.92%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Architect
1 13 (25.00%) Lead
2 11 (21.15%) Data Architect
3 10 (19.23%) Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Data Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Developer
5 5 (9.62%) Governance Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Lead Developer
5 5 (9.62%) SharePoint Developer
6 4 (7.69%) SEO Executive
7 3 (5.77%) Business Process Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Process Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) SEO Specialist
8 2 (3.85%) Data Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Data Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Data Quality Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Quality Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Senior
9 1 (1.92%) Azure Architect
9 1 (1.92%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) .NET
1 5 (9.62%) ASP.NET
1 5 (9.62%) ASP.NET Core
1 5 (9.62%) React
1 5 (9.62%) SPFx
2 1 (1.92%) PySpark
2 1 (1.92%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.92%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.92%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.54%) Algorithms
2 6 (11.54%) Taxonomies
3 4 (7.69%) Blog
4 3 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.92%) Clustering
6 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.92%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.92%) Life Science
6 1 (1.92%) LIMS
6 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.92%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) AI
1 18 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
1 18 (34.62%) Data Governance
2 16 (30.77%) Agile
2 16 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 15 (28.85%) Analytics
4 14 (26.92%) Data Architecture
5 13 (25.00%) Coaching
5 13 (25.00%) Scrum
6 12 (23.08%) Logical Data Model
6 12 (23.08%) Metadata Management
6 12 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (21.15%) Roadmaps
7 11 (21.15%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (19.23%) Data Strategy
8 10 (19.23%) Link Building
8 10 (19.23%) Physical Data Model
8 10 (19.23%) SEO
9 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
9 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.46%) SQL
2 6 (11.54%) Python
3 5 (9.62%) C#
3 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
3 5 (9.62%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.62%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.92%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Degree
2 8 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.92%) CBAP
4 1 (1.92%) CCA
4 1 (1.92%) ICAEW
4 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.23%) Databricks
2 10 (19.23%) Google
3 5 (9.62%) Informatica
4 4 (7.69%) Ahrefs
4 4 (7.69%) Screaming Frog
5 3 (5.77%) Oracle