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

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 385 256
Rank change year-on-year +65 -129 +213
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 83 81 266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.41% 1.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.53% 1.78% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 52 56 121
10th Percentile £46,275 - £41,619
25th Percentile £60,875 £37,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -9.84% -12.86%
75th Percentile £87,813 £80,000 £80,627
90th Percentile £116,750 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £64,350 £61,250 £68,750
% change year-on-year +5.06% -10.91% +1.85%

All Database and 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 2,349 4,555 5,470
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.74% 22.93% 25.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 2,753 4,381
10th Percentile £35,325 £39,250 £39,294
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.44%

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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 5 November 2025.

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 5 (6.02%) CMS
2 4 (4.82%) Confluence
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.41%) Drupal
3 2 (2.41%) EPiServer
3 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.41%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.20%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 38 (45.78%) Azure
2 23 (27.71%) Power Platform
3 21 (25.30%) AWS
4 15 (18.07%) Snowflake
5 14 (16.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (14.46%) GCP
7 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (10.84%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (10.84%) GitHub
9 8 (9.64%) SaaS
10 7 (8.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (7.23%) Alation
11 6 (7.23%) dbt
12 4 (4.82%) Amazon S3
12 4 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (4.82%) Cloud Composer
12 4 (4.82%) Collibra
12 4 (4.82%) Google Analytics
12 4 (4.82%) Serverless
13 3 (3.61%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (28.92%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (26.51%) Power BI
3 20 (24.10%) Data Lake
4 10 (12.05%) Data Vault
4 10 (12.05%) Tableau
5 6 (7.23%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (7.23%) Metadata Repository
6 4 (4.82%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (4.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (4.82%) BigQuery
6 4 (4.82%) Data Hub
6 4 (4.82%) DataStage
6 4 (4.82%) QlikView
6 4 (4.82%) Snowflake Schema
6 4 (4.82%) SQL CLR
6 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
6 4 (4.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (4.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 11 (13.25%) JIRA
2 7 (8.43%) ERwin
3 6 (7.23%) ER Studio
4 4 (4.82%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (3.61%) Git
5 3 (3.61%) gulp
5 3 (3.61%) webpack
6 2 (2.41%) Grunt
7 1 (1.20%) Babel
General
1 34 (40.96%) Finance
2 26 (31.33%) Social Skills
3 18 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (13.25%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.84%) Banking
6 7 (8.43%) Back Office
7 6 (7.23%) Legal
7 6 (7.23%) Marketing
8 4 (4.82%) Law
8 4 (4.82%) Retail
8 4 (4.82%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.41%) Music Industry
10 1 (1.20%) Electronics
10 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.20%) Games
10 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.20%) Publishing
10 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (27.71%) Architect
1 23 (27.71%) Data Architect
2 13 (15.66%) Data Engineer
3 12 (14.46%) Lead
4 9 (10.84%) Senior
5 8 (9.64%) Developer
6 6 (7.23%) Analyst
7 5 (6.02%) Data Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Data Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) GCP Architect
8 4 (4.82%) GCP Data Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Developer
8 4 (4.82%) SaaS Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior SQL Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
8 4 (4.82%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) CSS
1 5 (6.02%) HTML
2 3 (3.61%) EDI
2 3 (3.61%) Node.js
2 3 (3.61%) PySpark
2 3 (3.61%) Sass
3 2 (2.41%) CSS3
3 2 (2.41%) HTML5
3 2 (2.41%) Redux
3 2 (2.41%) RESTful
4 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.20%) JSON
4 1 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.20%) OAuth
4 1 (1.20%) Pandas
4 1 (1.20%) React
4 1 (1.20%) REST
4 1 (1.20%) Svelte
4 1 (1.20%) Vue
4 1 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Reference Data
2 11 (13.25%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.64%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (8.43%) Algorithms
4 7 (8.43%) Cloud Native
5 6 (7.23%) Data Structures
5 6 (7.23%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.82%) Blog
6 4 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.82%) Private Cloud
6 4 (4.82%) Reinsurance
7 3 (3.61%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.61%) Social Media
8 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.41%) Graphic Design
8 2 (2.41%) Smart City
9 1 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.20%) NHS
9 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Linux
1 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (49.40%) Data Modelling
2 40 (48.19%) Data Governance
3 37 (44.58%) Analytics
4 36 (43.37%) Data Architecture
4 36 (43.37%) Metadata Management
5 29 (34.94%) Data Management
6 27 (32.53%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (25.30%) Agile
8 19 (22.89%) DevOps
8 19 (22.89%) Roadmaps
9 18 (21.69%) ETL
9 18 (21.69%) Master Data Management
9 18 (21.69%) Migration
10 17 (20.48%) Data Pipeline
11 15 (18.07%) Data Strategy
11 15 (18.07%) Data Transformation
12 14 (16.87%) AI
12 14 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (15.66%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 23 (27.71%) SQL
2 19 (22.89%) Python
3 8 (9.64%) Scala
3 8 (9.64%) T-SQL
4 6 (7.23%) Java
5 5 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.41%) R
7 1 (1.20%) Bicep
7 1 (1.20%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (10.84%) Degree
2 7 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.02%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.82%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.82%) ISTQB
5 4 (4.82%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.61%) CITP
7 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.41%) SnowPro
7 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (37.35%) Data Quality
2 8 (9.64%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.20%) FATCA
4 1 (1.20%) QA
4 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (8.43%) Terraform
2 4 (4.82%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 15 (18.07%) Google
2 14 (16.87%) Databricks
3 12 (14.46%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.43%) Informatica
5 5 (6.02%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.82%) IBM
6 4 (4.82%) Oracle
6 4 (4.82%) VMware
7 3 (3.61%) SAP
7 3 (3.61%) Sparx
8 2 (2.41%) Ahrefs
8 2 (2.41%) Hotjar
8 2 (2.41%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (1.20%) Alteryx
9 1 (1.20%) Salesforce
173 hybrid/remote Metadata jobs