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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 534 510
Rank change year-on-year +20 -24 +76
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 422 504 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.51% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.31% 2.37% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 236 314 522
10th Percentile £39,125 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £53,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,250 £102,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +4.17% +7.62% +6.19%

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 18,256 21,304 44,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.29% 21.47% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,530 13,291 21,022
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 £83,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £103,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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 17 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 17 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 -15 314 £69,469 +6.87% 105
UK excluding London +11 237 £62,500 +4.17% 57
London +33 146 £75,000 +8.05% 53
Work from Home -42 115 £70,000 +5.11% 58
Scotland 0 70 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Midlands +21 61 £55,000 +4.76% 14
West Midlands +41 57 £56,250 +7.14% 12
North of England +57 51 £75,000 +15.38% 16
South East -29 38 £85,000 +15.25% 10
North West +14 31 £100,000 +92.31% 9
Yorkshire +64 13 £60,000 -19.46% 4
South West -40 13 £68,937 +14.42% 6
North East -1 7 £42,500 +7.66% 3
East Midlands -9 4 £50,000 +11.45% 2
East of England +1 3 £31,000 -43.64% 4
Wales +9 1 £47,500 -15.75% 4

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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.08%) Confluence
3 12 (2.84%) SAS
4 9 (2.13%) Apache
5 7 (1.66%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.47%) 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
Applications
1 12 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.90%) 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 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 135 (31.99%) Azure
2 69 (16.35%) AWS
3 55 (13.03%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.66%) GCP
5 27 (6.40%) Collibra
5 27 (6.40%) Snowflake
6 26 (6.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (5.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 23 (5.45%) Matillion
8 23 (5.45%) Serverless
9 22 (5.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (4.03%) GitHub
12 11 (2.61%) PaaS
13 10 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (2.13%) SaaS
15 8 (1.90%) dbt
16 7 (1.66%) Amazon EventBridge
16 7 (1.66%) Dagster
16 7 (1.66%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.40%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.47%) WebEx
3 1 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (18.72%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (15.40%) Data Lake
3 50 (11.85%) Power BI
4 32 (7.58%) SQL Server
5 25 (5.92%) Relational Database
6 24 (5.69%) Big Data
7 19 (4.50%) NoSQL
7 19 (4.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (3.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 13 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (2.84%) Metadata Repository
11 11 (2.61%) Delta Lake
12 10 (2.37%) Ataccama
13 8 (1.90%) Data Hub
13 8 (1.90%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.66%) Data Vault
14 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 7 (1.66%) Tableau
15 6 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 84 (19.91%) Git
2 75 (17.77%) Jenkins
3 65 (15.40%) Artifactory
3 65 (15.40%) Bitbucket
4 14 (3.32%) JIRA
5 9 (2.13%) GitLab
6 7 (1.66%) Spinnaker
7 3 (0.71%) ERwin
8 2 (0.47%) Ant
8 2 (0.47%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.47%) Subversion
9 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.24%) JMeter
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
9 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 182 (43.13%) Finance
2 118 (27.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 94 (22.27%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (22.04%) Social Skills
5 86 (20.38%) Marketing
6 75 (17.77%) Law
7 52 (12.32%) Banking
8 19 (4.50%) Retail Banking
9 18 (4.27%) Legal
10 15 (3.55%) Financial Institution
10 15 (3.55%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.13%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.66%) Billing
14 7 (1.66%) Retail
15 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.95%) Wearables
17 3 (0.71%) Publishing
18 2 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (41.47%) Architect
2 151 (35.78%) Data Architect
3 122 (28.91%) Senior
4 85 (20.14%) Lead
5 72 (17.06%) Software Engineer
6 67 (15.88%) Lead Software Engineer
7 52 (12.32%) Senior Architect
7 52 (12.32%) Senior Data Architect
8 46 (10.90%) Data Engineer
9 45 (10.66%) Senior Software Engineer
10 31 (7.35%) Analyst
11 25 (5.92%) Data Analyst
12 22 (5.21%) Data Manager
13 17 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (4.03%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (4.03%) Salesforce Architect
14 16 (3.79%) Azure Data Engineer
15 15 (3.55%) DevOps Architect
15 15 (3.55%) Enterprise Data Architect
16 12 (2.84%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (17.77%) XML
2 70 (16.59%) Web Services
3 67 (15.88%) JSON
4 65 (15.40%) JSON-LD
4 65 (15.40%) LDAP
4 65 (15.40%) OpenID
4 65 (15.40%) RESTful
4 65 (15.40%) SAML
5 8 (1.90%) .NET
6 6 (1.42%) Lambda Expressions
7 5 (1.18%) Anaconda
7 5 (1.18%) Flask
7 5 (1.18%) HTML
7 5 (1.18%) Itk
7 5 (1.18%) J2EE
7 5 (1.18%) Kafka
7 5 (1.18%) Pandas
7 5 (1.18%) Plotly
7 5 (1.18%) SQLAlchemy
8 4 (0.95%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 128 (30.33%) Management Information System
2 83 (19.67%) Reference Data
3 65 (15.40%) Enterprise Cloud
4 27 (6.40%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.55%) PlayStation
7 13 (3.08%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.84%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.84%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.90%) Blog
11 7 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.66%) NHS
12 6 (1.42%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.42%) Taxonomies
13 5 (1.18%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.61%) 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
1 259 (61.37%) Data Modelling
2 193 (45.73%) Agile
3 187 (44.31%) Metadata Management
4 152 (36.02%) Data Management
5 147 (34.83%) Data Architecture
6 144 (34.12%) Analytics
7 126 (29.86%) Data Pipeline
8 115 (27.25%) Data Governance
9 107 (25.36%) CI/CD
10 105 (24.88%) Roadmaps
11 104 (24.64%) Data Strategy
12 97 (22.99%) SDLC
13 95 (22.51%) Software Engineering
14 94 (22.27%) DevOps
15 92 (21.80%) Business Intelligence
16 88 (20.85%) Use Case
17 79 (18.72%) Data Transformation
18 78 (18.48%) Architectural Design
18 78 (18.48%) ETL
19 77 (18.25%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 126 (29.86%) SQL
2 65 (15.40%) Go
2 65 (15.40%) Prolog
2 65 (15.40%) SPARQL
3 58 (13.74%) Python
4 40 (9.48%) T-SQL
5 24 (5.69%) Java
6 9 (2.13%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.90%) R
7 8 (1.90%) 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 3 (0.71%) VBA
11 2 (0.47%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.24%) VB
12 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (8.53%) Degree
2 22 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.50%) Azure Certification
4 15 (3.55%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.37%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.37%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.18%) MCAD
8 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.24%) MCSE
11 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (34.83%) Data Quality
2 47 (11.14%) 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 (15.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.32%) Terraform
2 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.47%) WebSphere Cast Iron
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
Vendors
1 80 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 59 (13.98%) Databricks
3 33 (7.82%) Oracle
4 20 (4.74%) Informatica
4 20 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.27%) IBM
6 16 (3.79%) Facebook
6 16 (3.79%) Google
7 15 (3.55%) Sony
8 10 (2.37%) SAP
9 4 (0.95%) Adobe
9 4 (0.95%) ESRI
9 4 (0.95%) Talend
10 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.71%) Sparx
11 2 (0.47%) Ab Initio
11 2 (0.47%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.47%) iManage
11 2 (0.47%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.47%) SnapLogic