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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 215 348
Rank change year-on-year -7 +133 -29
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 77 51 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.53% 0.67% 0.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.75% 4.39% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 28 5 38
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,089 £48,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,848 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £55,565 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.28% -34.63% +41.67%
75th Percentile £76,313 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £105,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £70,932 £67,500 £69,469
% change year-on-year +5.08% -2.83% +6.87%

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 1,141 1,162 2,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.83% 15.19% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 684 710 1,981
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -1.24%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

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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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +7 30 £65,000 +16.98% 10
Kent - 26 £68,500 - 1
Buckinghamshire +8 14 £75,000 - 5
Berkshire -17 11 £52,500 -5.52% 2
Surrey -13 9 £95,000 -17.39% 1
East Sussex -17 5 £62,500 - 1
Oxfordshire - 5 £42,500 - 3
West Sussex -14 4 £75,000 +76.47%
Hampshire - 3 £67,500 - 2
Metadata
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 6 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.19%) SAS
3 1 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.30%) CMS
3 1 (1.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.30%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.18%) Azure
2 11 (14.29%) Google Analytics
3 9 (11.69%) AWS
3 9 (11.69%) Power Platform
3 9 (11.69%) Veeva
4 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.19%) Google Tag Manager
5 4 (5.19%) Power Automate
5 4 (5.19%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.30%) GCP
8 1 (1.30%) GitHub
8 1 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.79%) Data Lake
2 4 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.19%) Power BI
3 3 (3.90%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.60%) Tableau
5 1 (1.30%) Airbyte
5 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.30%) Big Data
5 1 (1.30%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.30%) Data Hub
5 1 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.30%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.30%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.88%) Finance
4 12 (15.58%) Marketing
5 7 (9.09%) Automotive
5 7 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (9.09%) Law
5 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.09%) Retail
6 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Legal
8 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (28.57%) Data Manager
2 17 (22.08%) Lead
3 14 (18.18%) Senior
4 13 (16.88%) Data Steward
5 11 (14.29%) Architect
5 11 (14.29%) Coordinator
5 11 (14.29%) Data Coordinator
6 10 (12.99%) Data Architect
6 10 (12.99%) Senior Manager
7 7 (9.09%) Team Leader
8 5 (6.49%) Data Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) SEO Specialist
9 4 (5.19%) Data Quality Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Quality Manager
9 4 (5.19%) SEO Executive
10 3 (3.90%) Analyst
10 3 (3.90%) Developer
10 3 (3.90%) Lead Developer
10 3 (3.90%) SAS Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) .NET
1 3 (3.90%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.90%) ASP.NET Core
1 3 (3.90%) React
1 3 (3.90%) SPFx
2 2 (2.60%) PySpark
3 1 (1.30%) HTML
3 1 (1.30%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.30%) Middleware
3 1 (1.30%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (1.30%) Snowpark
3 1 (1.30%) SOAP
3 1 (1.30%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.30%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 24 (31.17%) Life Science
2 18 (23.38%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.69%) Biopharmaceutical
4 8 (10.39%) Algorithms
5 5 (6.49%) Blog
6 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.90%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.60%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.30%) LIMS
8 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.30%) Reference Data
8 1 (1.30%) Replication
8 1 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.26%) Data Governance
2 30 (38.96%) Data Management
3 26 (33.77%) Analytics
3 26 (33.77%) Data Modelling
4 18 (23.38%) Agile
4 18 (23.38%) Master Data Management
5 17 (22.08%) AI
5 17 (22.08%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 17 (22.08%) Matrix Organization
6 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (16.88%) Metadata Management
7 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (15.58%) Change Management
8 12 (15.58%) Data Architecture
8 12 (15.58%) SEO
8 12 (15.58%) Workflow
9 11 (14.29%) Data Analysis
9 11 (14.29%) Link Building
10 10 (12.99%) Coaching
10 10 (12.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.18%) SQL
2 9 (11.69%) Python
3 4 (5.19%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.90%) C#
4 3 (3.90%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.30%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (41.56%) Degree
2 18 (23.38%) Master's Degree
3 6 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.30%) CCA
5 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (45.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.49%) GDPR
3 3 (3.90%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (18.18%) Google
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.49%) Ahrefs
3 5 (6.49%) Screaming Frog
4 4 (5.19%) Cloudera
5 3 (3.90%) Oracle
6 2 (2.60%) Databricks
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.30%) Informatica
7 1 (1.30%) Talend