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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 287 184
Rank change year-on-year +53 -103 +167
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 41 20 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.45% 0.18% 1.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.08% 1.09% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 17
10th Percentile £31,250 - £49,450
25th Percentile £42,875 £37,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £38,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -45.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,000 £40,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £67,750 £63,686 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -14.29% +3.70%

All Database and 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 1,005 1,828 1,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.93% 16.20% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 604 996 1,203
10th Percentile £30,725 £36,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,025 £83,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% -0.08%

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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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025. 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 +39 32 £49,000 +27.27% 12
Berkshire +24 22 £45,500 +18.18% 7
Buckinghamshire +23 10 £58,000 - 1
Hampshire +34 3 £82,500 +114.29% 2
West Sussex - 3 £32,500 - 2
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Kent - 1 - - 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 3 (7.32%) CMS
2 2 (4.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.44%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Maximo
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Power Platform
2 5 (12.20%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) Collibra
4 3 (7.32%) Google Analytics
5 2 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (4.88%) Amazon ELB
5 2 (4.88%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.44%) GCP
6 1 (2.44%) H2O.ai
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.44%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Broadband
1 1 (2.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) Data Lake
2 10 (24.39%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (19.51%) Tableau
4 7 (17.07%) Power BI
5 5 (12.20%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (7.32%) Data Mining
6 3 (7.32%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (7.32%) SAP BW
6 3 (7.32%) SAP HANA
7 2 (4.88%) Delta Lake
7 2 (4.88%) DynamoDB
7 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
7 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
7 2 (4.88%) Spark SQL
7 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
8 1 (2.44%) BigQuery
8 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
8 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) ERwin
1 3 (7.32%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (4.88%) MLflow
3 1 (2.44%) Browser DevTools
General
1 30 (73.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (26.83%) Finance
4 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Law
5 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 3 (7.32%) Publishing
6 1 (2.44%) Games
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Lead
2 7 (17.07%) Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Data Manager
2 7 (17.07%) Senior
3 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Senior Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Business Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Business Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Data Model Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.32%) SAP Data Manager
6 3 (7.32%) SAP Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.32%) SAP Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Data Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (24.39%) FHIR
2 3 (7.32%) Keras
2 3 (7.32%) PyTorch
2 3 (7.32%) TensorFlow
3 2 (4.88%) Lambda Expressions
3 2 (4.88%) Metaflow
3 2 (4.88%) NumPy
3 2 (4.88%) Pandas
3 2 (4.88%) PySpark
3 2 (4.88%) scikit-learn
3 2 (4.88%) YAML
4 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Life Science
2 10 (24.39%) Algorithms
2 10 (24.39%) Omics
3 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.32%) Blog
4 3 (7.32%) FMCG
4 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.44%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Unix
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (78.05%) Analytics
2 28 (68.29%) Data Governance
3 23 (56.10%) Metadata Management
4 20 (48.78%) Data Science
5 17 (41.46%) Decision-Making
6 16 (39.02%) Data Architecture
7 15 (36.59%) Computer Science
7 15 (36.59%) Data Modelling
8 14 (34.15%) AI
8 14 (34.15%) Hematology
8 14 (34.15%) Immunology
8 14 (34.15%) Machine Learning
9 13 (31.71%) Data Management
9 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (29.27%) Data Strategy
10 12 (29.27%) ETL
11 11 (26.83%) Master Data Management
12 10 (24.39%) Bioinformatics
12 10 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (24.39%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 12 (29.27%) SQL
2 9 (21.95%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (58.54%) Degree
2 10 (24.39%) PhD
3 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (9.76%) Master's Degree
5 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
5 3 (7.32%) PMP
5 3 (7.32%) SAP Certification
6 2 (4.88%) CISSP
6 2 (4.88%) MCSE
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.88%) OCP
6 2 (4.88%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (48.78%) Data Quality
2 13 (31.71%) Accessibility
3 10 (24.39%) CDISC
3 10 (24.39%) GxP
3 10 (24.39%) HL7
4 2 (4.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubeflow
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.88%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Control-M
2 1 (2.44%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Google
2 3 (7.32%) Databricks
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) SAP
3 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.44%) Dell
4 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.44%) ESRI
4 1 (2.44%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.44%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) Talend