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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 274 226
Rank change year-on-year +69 -48 +86
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 71 12 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.64% 0.14% 0.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.34% 0.79% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 43
10th Percentile £42,875 £40,625 £53,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,891 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £49,479 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -38.15% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,750 £74,661 £95,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £70,932 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +13.49% -13.79% +10.37%

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 967 1,527 2,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.75% 17.89% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 534 784 1,705
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,063 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +45 37 £60,250 +50.63% 20
Berkshire - 24 £45,500 - 13
Kent - 24 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 12 £63,000 - 5
Surrey - 4 - - 1
East Sussex +3 3 £62,500 +26.32%
Hampshire +20 2 £67,500 -15.63% 2
Oxfordshire +13 1 - - 2
Middlesex +5 1 - -
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 4 (5.63%) SAS
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.41%) CMS
2 1 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.68%) Azure
1 9 (12.68%) Veeva
2 8 (11.27%) AWS
2 8 (11.27%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.63%) Collibra
4 3 (4.23%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.41%) dbt
6 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.41%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) GitHub
6 1 (1.41%) H2O.ai
6 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Broadband
1 1 (1.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (19.72%) Data Lake
2 10 (14.08%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (9.86%) Power BI
4 5 (7.04%) Tableau
5 4 (5.63%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (4.23%) Data Mining
6 3 (4.23%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (4.23%) Relational Database
6 3 (4.23%) SAP BW
6 3 (4.23%) SAP HANA
7 2 (2.82%) Oracle Database
7 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
8 1 (1.41%) Airbyte
8 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.41%) Big Data
8 1 (1.41%) BigQuery
8 1 (1.41%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) ERwin
1 3 (4.23%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (2.82%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.41%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (61.97%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.58%) Finance
3 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Automotive
6 3 (4.23%) Publishing
6 3 (4.23%) Retail
7 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (36.62%) Data Manager
2 22 (30.99%) Lead
3 16 (22.54%) Senior
4 13 (18.31%) Data Steward
4 13 (18.31%) Senior Manager
5 11 (15.49%) Coordinator
5 11 (15.49%) Data Coordinator
6 7 (9.86%) Team Leader
7 6 (8.45%) Analyst
7 6 (8.45%) Data Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 4 (5.63%) Business Manager
9 4 (5.63%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Senior Business Manager
10 3 (4.23%) Data Model Manager
10 3 (4.23%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Manager
10 3 (4.23%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.08%) FHIR
2 2 (2.82%) PySpark
2 2 (2.82%) PyTorch
2 2 (2.82%) REST
2 2 (2.82%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.41%) HTML
3 1 (1.41%) Keras
3 1 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.41%) Middleware
3 1 (1.41%) Snowpark
3 1 (1.41%) SOAP
3 1 (1.41%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 33 (46.48%) Life Science
2 22 (30.99%) Management Information System
3 14 (19.72%) Algorithms
4 10 (14.08%) Omics
5 9 (12.68%) Biopharmaceutical
6 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.41%) Blog
8 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.41%) Replication
8 1 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (63.38%) Data Governance
2 37 (52.11%) Analytics
3 30 (42.25%) Data Management
4 25 (35.21%) Master Data Management
5 21 (29.58%) Data Modelling
5 21 (29.58%) Data Science
5 21 (29.58%) Metadata Management
6 18 (25.35%) AI
7 17 (23.94%) Data Architecture
7 17 (23.94%) Decision-Making
7 17 (23.94%) Digital Transformation Strategy
7 17 (23.94%) Matrix Organization
8 16 (22.54%) Computer Science
8 16 (22.54%) Hematology
8 16 (22.54%) Immunology
9 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (19.72%) ETL
10 14 (19.72%) Machine Learning
11 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (18.31%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.35%) SQL
2 11 (15.49%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.41%) Java
3 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (57.75%) Degree
2 21 (29.58%) Master's Degree
3 10 (14.08%) PhD
4 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.23%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.23%) PMP
5 3 (4.23%) SAP Certification
6 2 (2.82%) CISSP
6 2 (2.82%) MCSE
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.82%) OCP
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (53.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (18.31%) Accessibility
3 10 (14.08%) CDISC
3 10 (14.08%) GxP
3 10 (14.08%) HL7
4 5 (7.04%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Control-M
1 1 (1.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 6 (8.45%) Google
2 4 (5.63%) Cloudera
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.23%) SAP
4 2 (2.82%) Databricks
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) Ahrefs
5 1 (1.41%) Dell
5 1 (1.41%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.41%) Informatica
5 1 (1.41%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.41%) Screaming Frog
5 1 (1.41%) Talend