Hybrid/Remote Metadata Job Trends

Metadata
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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 320 407
Rank change year-on-year +78 +87 -124
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 245 94 77
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.99% 0.56% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.86% 3.60% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 156 59 55
10th Percentile £34,250 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £54,375 £59,125 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +26.13% -9.02%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.11% +1.60% -7.41%

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 3,119 2,610 4,756
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.55% 15.65% 21.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,391 1,785 2,952
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,854 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £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 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £137,500
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 10 October 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 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.45%) Apache
4 5 (2.04%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.82%) CMS
6 2 (0.82%) Confluence
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (7.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (7.76%) Workfront
2 6 (2.45%) Shopify
3 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.41%) HFM
3 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 91 (37.14%) Azure
2 48 (19.59%) Power Platform
3 39 (15.92%) AWS
4 36 (14.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 34 (13.88%) Microsoft Purview
6 33 (13.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 29 (11.84%) Snowflake
8 26 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (9.80%) Google Analytics
10 23 (9.39%) GCP
11 20 (8.16%) iPaaS
12 19 (7.76%) Azure Databricks
13 15 (6.12%) Google Ads
14 14 (5.71%) GitHub
15 12 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (4.90%) Power Automate
16 10 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (4.08%) PowerApps
17 9 (3.67%) Serverless
18 8 (3.27%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.06%) Broadband
2 6 (2.45%) SMS
3 1 (0.41%) 4G
3 1 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.41%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (14.69%) Power BI
2 32 (13.06%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (9.80%) Delta Lake
4 19 (7.76%) NoSQL
5 17 (6.94%) MongoDB
6 16 (6.53%) Data Lake
6 16 (6.53%) Data Vault
7 14 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (5.71%) SQL Server
8 12 (4.90%) Star Schema
8 12 (4.90%) Tableau
9 11 (4.49%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (3.67%) Amazon QuickSight
10 9 (3.67%) DynamoDB
10 9 (3.67%) Metadata Repository
10 9 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (3.27%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (2.86%) MySQL
13 6 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (2.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.16%) Git
2 4 (1.63%) MLflow
3 3 (1.22%) JIRA
4 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.82%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.82%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.82%) ERwin
4 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
General
1 53 (21.63%) Marketing
1 53 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (17.96%) Finance
4 38 (15.51%) Public Sector
5 29 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (10.20%) Retail
7 21 (8.57%) Law
8 20 (8.16%) Legal
9 14 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.86%) Banking
11 5 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.04%) Police
12 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.82%) Advertising
13 2 (0.82%) Billing
13 2 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.82%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 91 (37.14%) Architect
2 83 (33.88%) Data Architect
3 72 (29.39%) Senior
4 29 (11.84%) Data Engineer
4 29 (11.84%) Senior Architect
4 29 (11.84%) Senior Data Architect
5 28 (11.43%) Lead
6 16 (6.53%) Analyst
6 16 (6.53%) Product Owner
7 12 (4.90%) Senior Data Engineer
7 12 (4.90%) SEO Executive
7 12 (4.90%) SEO Specialist
8 11 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (3.27%) Consultant
9 8 (3.27%) Developer
10 7 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (2.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 7 (2.86%) Senior SEO Executive
10 7 (2.86%) Senior SEO Specialist
11 6 (2.45%) E-Commerce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.65%) Terraform
2 25 (10.20%) PySpark
3 12 (4.90%) CSS
3 12 (4.90%) HTML
3 12 (4.90%) React
4 9 (3.67%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.27%) .NET
5 8 (3.27%) TensorFlow
6 6 (2.45%) Kafka
7 5 (2.04%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.04%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (2.04%) SPFx
8 4 (1.63%) JSON
8 4 (1.63%) REST
9 3 (1.22%) XML
10 2 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.82%) Node.js
10 2 (0.82%) Pandas
10 2 (0.82%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 45 (18.37%) Product Ownership
2 35 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 20 (8.16%) Marketing Technology
3 20 (8.16%) Over-the-Top Content
3 20 (8.16%) Social Media
4 15 (6.12%) Taxonomies
5 14 (5.71%) Algorithms
5 14 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (5.31%) Management Information System
7 12 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (3.67%) Video\Live Streaming
9 8 (3.27%) Educational Technology
10 5 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.63%) Freedom of Information
11 4 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.63%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (50.20%) Data Modelling
2 118 (48.16%) Analytics
3 110 (44.90%) AI
4 105 (42.86%) Data Architecture
5 94 (38.37%) Data Governance
6 89 (36.33%) Agile
7 81 (33.06%) CI/CD
8 78 (31.84%) Roadmaps
9 64 (26.12%) Data Strategy
9 64 (26.12%) Decision-Making
10 58 (23.67%) Metadata Management
11 57 (23.27%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (22.86%) Machine Learning
13 48 (19.59%) Technical Leadership
14 45 (18.37%) DevOps
15 43 (17.55%) Data Science
15 43 (17.55%) Digital Marketing
15 43 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
16 41 (16.73%) ETL
16 41 (16.73%) Logical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.16%) Python
2 68 (27.76%) SQL
3 20 (8.16%) Bicep
3 20 (8.16%) C#
3 20 (8.16%) Scala
4 12 (4.90%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.27%) Java
5 8 (3.27%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.22%) PHP
9 2 (0.82%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.82%) R
9 2 (0.82%) SOQL
9 2 (0.82%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.41%) C++
Qualifications
1 42 (17.14%) Degree
2 23 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.57%) Azure Certification
4 18 (7.35%) SC Cleared
5 17 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (6.53%) SnowPro
7 9 (3.67%) CIPD
8 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.41%) ICAEW
11 1 (0.41%) OCP
11 1 (0.41%) PhD
11 1 (0.41%) PMP
11 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (41.22%) Data Quality
2 47 (19.18%) GDPR
3 19 (7.76%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.49%) QA
5 10 (4.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (3.27%) COPPA
7 3 (1.22%) IFRS
7 3 (1.22%) IFRS 17
7 3 (1.22%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.82%) NIST
9 1 (0.41%) Dublin Core
9 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.41%) PERC
9 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.82%) Ansible
2 2 (0.82%) Grafana
Vendors
1 60 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 40 (16.33%) Databricks
3 33 (13.47%) Google
4 20 (8.16%) Adobe
5 17 (6.94%) Informatica
6 9 (3.67%) Oracle
6 9 (3.67%) Talend
7 7 (2.86%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.45%) Foundry
9 5 (2.04%) Palantir
9 5 (2.04%) SAP
10 4 (1.63%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.63%) OneTrust
10 4 (1.63%) Screaming Frog
10 4 (1.63%) YouTube
11 3 (1.22%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.82%) Ahrefs
12 2 (0.82%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.41%) ABBYY
13 1 (0.41%) Blue Prism
335 hybrid/remote Metadata jobs