Hybrid/Remote Metadata Job Trends

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Metadata skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 328 401
Rank change year-on-year +92 +73 -98
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 251 96 79
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 0.58% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.85% 3.55% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 147 60 57
10th Percentile £34,050 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £48,171 £50,848 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +26.13% -10.12%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £88,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £63,425 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.37% +1.48% -3.85%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,198 2,706 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.91% 16.38% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,483 1,874 3,161
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Metadata and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Metadata job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Metadata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Metadata

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Metadata over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Metadata salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 11 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.39%) Apache
5 3 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (13.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 28 (11.16%) Workfront
2 6 (2.39%) Shopify
3 2 (0.80%) HFM
4 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 88 (35.06%) Azure
2 46 (18.33%) Power Platform
3 36 (14.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 35 (13.94%) AWS
4 35 (13.94%) iPaaS
4 35 (13.94%) Microsoft Purview
5 33 (13.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 26 (10.36%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (9.96%) Google Analytics
7 25 (9.96%) Snowflake
8 19 (7.57%) Azure Databricks
8 19 (7.57%) GCP
9 15 (5.98%) Google Ads
10 12 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.78%) Power Automate
11 11 (4.38%) GitHub
12 10 (3.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (3.98%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.59%) Serverless
14 8 (3.19%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 49 (19.52%) Broadband
2 6 (2.39%) SMS
3 1 (0.40%) 4G
3 1 (0.40%) 5G
3 1 (0.40%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.55%) Power BI
2 32 (12.75%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.16%) Delta Lake
4 19 (7.57%) NoSQL
5 17 (6.77%) MongoDB
6 16 (6.37%) Data Lake
6 16 (6.37%) Data Vault
7 14 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (5.58%) SQL Server
8 12 (4.78%) Star Schema
8 12 (4.78%) Tableau
9 9 (3.59%) Amazon QuickSight
9 9 (3.59%) DynamoDB
9 9 (3.59%) Metadata Repository
9 9 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.59%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (2.79%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.39%) MySQL
11 6 (2.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (6.37%) Git
2 4 (1.59%) MLflow
3 2 (0.80%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.80%) ERwin
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 69 (27.49%) Marketing
2 50 (19.92%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.53%) Finance
4 43 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (15.54%) Public Sector
6 30 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (8.76%) Law
8 20 (7.97%) Retail
9 19 (7.57%) Legal
10 10 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.79%) Banking
12 5 (1.99%) Police
13 4 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.80%) Billing
14 2 (0.80%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.80%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.40%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 92 (36.65%) Architect
2 82 (32.67%) Data Architect
3 70 (27.89%) Senior
4 31 (12.35%) Lead
5 29 (11.55%) Senior Architect
5 29 (11.55%) Senior Data Architect
6 28 (11.16%) Product Owner
7 23 (9.16%) Data Engineer
8 15 (5.98%) Analyst
9 13 (5.18%) SEO Executive
9 13 (5.18%) SEO Specialist
10 12 (4.78%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (3.19%) Consultant
13 6 (2.39%) E-Commerce Executive
13 6 (2.39%) Information Architect
13 6 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.39%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (2.39%) Senior SEO Executive
13 6 (2.39%) Senior SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.35%) Terraform
2 22 (8.76%) PySpark
3 13 (5.18%) CSS
3 13 (5.18%) HTML
4 11 (4.38%) React
5 9 (3.59%) PyTorch
6 8 (3.19%) .NET
6 8 (3.19%) TensorFlow
7 6 (2.39%) Kafka
8 5 (1.99%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.99%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.99%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (1.99%) JSON
8 5 (1.99%) SPFx
8 5 (1.99%) XML
9 4 (1.59%) REST
9 4 (1.59%) XBRL
10 2 (0.80%) Node.js
10 2 (0.80%) Pandas
11 1 (0.40%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 61 (24.30%) Product Ownership
2 37 (14.74%) Cloud Native
2 37 (14.74%) Social Media
3 36 (14.34%) Marketing Technology
3 36 (14.34%) Over-the-Top Content
4 17 (6.77%) Taxonomies
5 16 (6.37%) Algorithms
6 13 (5.18%) Management Information System
7 12 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (3.59%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.59%) Blog
12 4 (1.59%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.59%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (46.22%) Data Modelling
2 113 (45.02%) Analytics
3 102 (40.64%) AI
4 101 (40.24%) Agile
5 100 (39.84%) Data Architecture
6 93 (37.05%) Roadmaps
7 85 (33.86%) Data Governance
8 76 (30.28%) CI/CD
8 76 (30.28%) Decision-Making
9 64 (25.50%) Data Strategy
10 61 (24.30%) Digital Marketing
11 54 (21.51%) Metadata Management
12 53 (21.12%) Business Intelligence
13 51 (20.32%) Workflow
14 48 (19.12%) Machine Learning
15 47 (18.73%) Technical Leadership
16 45 (17.93%) DevOps
17 44 (17.53%) Personalization
18 43 (17.13%) Infrastructure as Code
19 41 (16.33%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.30%) Python
1 61 (24.30%) SQL
2 20 (7.97%) Bicep
2 20 (7.97%) C#
2 20 (7.97%) Scala
3 9 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.19%) Java
5 7 (2.79%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.39%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.80%) PHP
8 2 (0.80%) R
8 2 (0.80%) SPARQL
9 1 (0.40%) C++
9 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (16.73%) Degree
2 21 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.97%) Azure Certification
4 18 (7.17%) SC Cleared
5 17 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.37%) SnowPro
7 9 (3.59%) CIPD
8 4 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.40%) ICAEW
11 1 (0.40%) OCP
11 1 (0.40%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) PMP
11 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (36.25%) Data Quality
2 43 (17.13%) GDPR
3 17 (6.77%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (3.98%) QA
5 4 (1.59%) COPPA
6 3 (1.20%) IFRS
6 3 (1.20%) IFRS 17
6 3 (1.20%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.80%) NIST
8 1 (0.40%) Dublin Core
8 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.40%) PERC
8 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (2.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.80%) Ansible
2 2 (0.80%) Grafana
Vendors
1 59 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.54%) Databricks
3 36 (14.34%) Adobe
4 35 (13.94%) Google
5 17 (6.77%) Informatica
6 10 (3.98%) Oracle
7 9 (3.59%) Talend
8 6 (2.39%) Screaming Frog
9 5 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.99%) SAP
10 4 (1.59%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.59%) OneTrust
10 4 (1.59%) YouTube
11 3 (1.20%) Ahrefs
11 3 (1.20%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.40%) Automation Anywhere
12 1 (0.40%) Foundry
12 1 (0.40%) Sparx
12 1 (0.40%) UiPath
12 1 (0.40%) Workday
331 hybrid/remote Metadata jobs