Metadata
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Metadata skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Metadata over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 523 500
Rank change year-on-year -3 -23 +97
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 423 552 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.33% 2.50% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 241 340 516
10th Percentile £39,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,136 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.95% +9.32% +8.91%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Metadata is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,174 22,077 43,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.40% 21.35% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,615 13,788 21,399
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Metadata.

Salary trend for Metadata in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Metadata in the UK

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Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
England -13 315 £70,000 +7.12% 103
UK excluding London -13 242 £62,500 +3.95% 52
London +26 143 £75,000 +9.17% 53
Work from Home -35 121 £72,500 +7.41% 55
Scotland -8 70 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Midlands +37 59 £55,000 - 11
West Midlands +47 55 £55,000 -6.38% 10
North of England +58 53 £70,000 +3.70% 12
South East -23 42 £85,000 +41.67% 9
North West +29 32 £92,778 +78.42% 7
South West -53 14 £68,937 +14.42% 8
Yorkshire +87 13 £60,000 -19.46% 5
North East -6 8 £42,625 -7.34%
East Midlands -12 4 £50,000 +11.45% 1
East of England +4 3 £31,000 -43.64% 7
Wales +7 1 £47,500 -18.10% 3

Metadata
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.84%) Confluence
3 11 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.60%) SAS
4 6 (1.42%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.95%) Apache
5 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.71%) CMS
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.24%) Documentum
8 1 (0.24%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.95%) Trello
4 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.18%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 132 (31.21%) Azure
2 67 (15.84%) AWS
3 54 (12.77%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.64%) GCP
5 30 (7.09%) Snowflake
6 25 (5.91%) Matillion
6 25 (5.91%) Serverless
7 24 (5.67%) Collibra
8 23 (5.44%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (4.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 19 (4.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (3.78%) GitHub
12 11 (2.60%) PaaS
13 10 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (2.13%) SaaS
15 6 (1.42%) Google Sheets
15 6 (1.42%) PowerApps
16 5 (1.18%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.18%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.37%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.47%) WebEx
3 1 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (18.20%) Data Warehouse
2 63 (14.89%) Data Lake
3 49 (11.58%) Power BI
4 27 (6.38%) SQL Server
5 21 (4.96%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.73%) Big Data
7 19 (4.49%) NoSQL
8 17 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (3.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 11 (2.60%) Delta Lake
10 11 (2.60%) Metadata Repository
11 10 (2.36%) Ataccama
12 9 (2.13%) Data Vault
12 9 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.65%) Data Hub
14 6 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (1.42%) Tableau
15 5 (1.18%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 84 (19.86%) Git
2 74 (17.49%) Jenkins
3 66 (15.60%) Bitbucket
4 65 (15.37%) Artifactory
5 15 (3.55%) JIRA
6 10 (2.36%) GitLab
7 6 (1.42%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.71%) ERwin
9 2 (0.47%) Ant
9 2 (0.47%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.47%) Subversion
10 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.24%) JMeter
10 1 (0.24%) Postman
10 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 180 (42.55%) Finance
2 113 (26.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 93 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (21.04%) Marketing
4 89 (21.04%) Social Skills
5 73 (17.26%) Law
6 51 (12.06%) Banking
7 18 (4.26%) Legal
8 17 (4.02%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.02%) Retail Banking
9 15 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.07%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (2.13%) Retail
13 7 (1.65%) Billing
14 6 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.95%) Wearables
17 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 179 (42.32%) Architect
2 154 (36.41%) Data Architect
3 118 (27.90%) Senior
4 84 (19.86%) Lead
5 70 (16.55%) Software Engineer
6 65 (15.37%) Lead Software Engineer
7 51 (12.06%) Senior Architect
7 51 (12.06%) Senior Data Architect
8 45 (10.64%) Senior Software Engineer
9 42 (9.93%) Data Engineer
10 34 (8.04%) Analyst
11 29 (6.86%) Data Analyst
12 21 (4.96%) Data Manager
13 17 (4.02%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (4.02%) Salesforce Architect
14 15 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.55%) DevOps Architect
14 15 (3.55%) Enterprise Data Architect
15 14 (3.31%) Azure Data Engineer
16 12 (2.84%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (17.73%) XML
2 70 (16.55%) Web Services
3 67 (15.84%) JSON
4 65 (15.37%) JSON-LD
4 65 (15.37%) LDAP
4 65 (15.37%) OpenID
4 65 (15.37%) RESTful
4 65 (15.37%) SAML
5 8 (1.89%) .NET
6 6 (1.42%) Anaconda
6 6 (1.42%) Flask
6 6 (1.42%) Pandas
6 6 (1.42%) Plotly
6 6 (1.42%) SQLAlchemy
7 5 (1.18%) HTML
7 5 (1.18%) Itk
7 5 (1.18%) J2EE
7 5 (1.18%) Kafka
8 4 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (30.02%) Management Information System
2 83 (19.62%) Reference Data
3 65 (15.37%) Enterprise Cloud
4 26 (6.15%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.55%) PlayStation
7 12 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.60%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.60%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.89%) Blog
10 8 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.42%) NHS
11 6 (1.42%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.42%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.60%) Windows
2 3 (0.71%) Linux
2 3 (0.71%) Unix
3 2 (0.47%) Android
3 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (62.41%) Data Modelling
2 192 (45.39%) Agile
3 179 (42.32%) Metadata Management
4 153 (36.17%) Data Management
5 151 (35.70%) Data Architecture
6 139 (32.86%) Analytics
7 128 (30.26%) Data Pipeline
8 113 (26.71%) Data Governance
9 105 (24.82%) Data Strategy
10 102 (24.11%) Roadmaps
11 101 (23.88%) CI/CD
12 96 (22.70%) SDLC
13 93 (21.99%) Software Engineering
14 92 (21.75%) Use Case
15 90 (21.28%) DevOps
16 89 (21.04%) Business Intelligence
17 81 (19.15%) Data Transformation
18 80 (18.91%) ETL
19 78 (18.44%) Test Automation
20 74 (17.49%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 128 (30.26%) SQL
2 65 (15.37%) Go
2 65 (15.37%) Prolog
2 65 (15.37%) SPARQL
3 52 (12.29%) Python
4 41 (9.69%) T-SQL
5 19 (4.49%) Java
6 10 (2.36%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.89%) R
7 8 (1.89%) Scala
8 5 (1.18%) C
8 5 (1.18%) C++
8 5 (1.18%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.95%) C#
9 4 (0.95%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.47%) Ladder Logic
10 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.47%) VBA
11 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (8.51%) Degree
2 22 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.78%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (3.31%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.31%) Security Cleared
5 13 (3.07%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.18%) MCAD
7 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.47%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.24%) HND
10 1 (0.24%) MCSE
10 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (33.10%) Data Quality
2 51 (12.06%) GDPR
3 6 (1.42%) GRC
4 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.95%) QA
6 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.71%) SNOMED CT
7 2 (0.47%) HL7
7 2 (0.47%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.47%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (15.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (2.84%) Terraform
2 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.47%) WebSphere Cast Iron
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
Vendors
1 75 (17.73%) Microsoft
2 59 (13.95%) Databricks
3 32 (7.57%) Oracle
4 19 (4.49%) Informatica
4 19 (4.49%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.26%) Google
5 18 (4.26%) IBM
6 16 (3.78%) Facebook
7 15 (3.55%) Sony
8 10 (2.36%) SAP
9 4 (0.95%) Adobe
9 4 (0.95%) ESRI
9 4 (0.95%) Talend
10 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.47%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.47%) iManage
11 2 (0.47%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.47%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.47%) Siemens