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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 352 421
Rank change year-on-year +109 +69 -90
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 227 81 96
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 0.49% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.35% 2.56% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 114 50 82
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,937 -
25th Percentile £49,750 £46,313 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,188 £79,375
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 3,088 3,160 5,500
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.94% 19.17% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,488 2,117 4,395
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.40% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,875 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.44% +1.46% -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 31 July 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 14 (6.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 13 (5.73%) Apache Spark
3 12 (5.29%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (3.52%) Apache
4 8 (3.52%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 53 (23.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 39 (17.18%) Workfront
2 2 (0.88%) HFM
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 60 (26.43%) Azure
2 53 (23.35%) iPaaS
3 35 (15.42%) AWS
4 27 (11.89%) Power Platform
5 24 (10.57%) Google Analytics
6 23 (10.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 22 (9.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (9.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 19 (8.37%) GCP
10 18 (7.93%) Snowflake
11 12 (5.29%) Google Ads
12 11 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (3.52%) dbt
13 8 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (3.08%) GitHub
14 7 (3.08%) Power Automate
14 7 (3.08%) Serverless
15 6 (2.64%) Amazon S3
15 6 (2.64%) Cloud Composer
15 6 (2.64%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 77 (33.92%) Broadband
2 1 (0.44%) 4G
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.93%) Data Warehouse
1 18 (7.93%) Delta Lake
1 18 (7.93%) Power BI
2 17 (7.49%) Data Lake
3 14 (6.17%) Tableau
4 12 (5.29%) BigQuery
4 12 (5.29%) Data Vault
5 11 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (3.96%) NoSQL
8 8 (3.52%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.64%) MySQL
10 4 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.76%) Big Data
11 3 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.32%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (1.32%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.20%) Git
2 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.88%) MLflow
3 1 (0.44%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.44%) ERwin
3 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 83 (36.56%) Marketing
2 52 (22.91%) Social Skills
3 44 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (15.42%) Public Sector
5 27 (11.89%) Finance
6 25 (11.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (11.01%) Law
7 15 (6.61%) Retail
8 7 (3.08%) Automotive
8 7 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.64%) Legal
10 5 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Advertising
12 2 (0.88%) Billing
12 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Games
13 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Publishing
13 1 (0.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (29.96%) Architect
2 60 (26.43%) Data Architect
3 49 (21.59%) Senior
4 42 (18.50%) Product Owner
5 30 (13.22%) Lead
6 26 (11.45%) Data Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) Senior Architect
8 18 (7.93%) Senior Data Architect
9 16 (7.05%) Senior Data Engineer
10 14 (6.17%) SEO Specialist
11 13 (5.73%) SEO Executive
12 10 (4.41%) Analyst
13 6 (2.64%) Lead Architect
13 6 (2.64%) Technology Owner
14 5 (2.20%) AWS Data Engineer
14 5 (2.20%) AWS Engineer
14 5 (2.20%) Data Analyst
15 4 (1.76%) Senior Analyst
15 4 (1.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
15 4 (1.76%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.05%) PySpark
2 13 (5.73%) PyTorch
3 12 (5.29%) Kafka
3 12 (5.29%) TensorFlow
4 11 (4.85%) CSS
4 11 (4.85%) HTML
4 11 (4.85%) React
5 8 (3.52%) .NET
6 5 (2.20%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.20%) ASP.NET
6 5 (2.20%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (2.20%) SPFx
7 4 (1.76%) JSON
7 4 (1.76%) XBRL
7 4 (1.76%) XML
8 2 (0.88%) Node.js
9 1 (0.44%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.44%) FFmpeg
9 1 (0.44%) Ray
9 1 (0.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (30.40%) Product Ownership
2 62 (27.31%) Social Media
3 54 (23.79%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (23.79%) Over-the-Top Content
4 27 (11.89%) Cloud Native
5 24 (10.57%) Algorithms
6 13 (5.73%) Video\Live Streaming
7 10 (4.41%) Taxonomies
8 8 (3.52%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.64%) Anti-Piracy
10 5 (2.20%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.76%) Blog
12 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.32%) Reference Data
13 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (44.93%) Roadmaps
2 95 (41.85%) Agile
3 89 (39.21%) Data Modelling
4 88 (38.77%) Analytics
5 82 (36.12%) Decision-Making
6 81 (35.68%) AI
7 73 (32.16%) Digital Marketing
8 72 (31.72%) Workflow
9 68 (29.96%) Data Architecture
10 66 (29.07%) Personalization
11 64 (28.19%) Customer Experience
12 61 (26.87%) Data Governance
13 56 (24.67%) Matrix Organization
14 55 (24.23%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 55 (24.23%) User Stories
15 53 (23.35%) CI/CD
15 53 (23.35%) Ideation Sessions
15 53 (23.35%) Product Management
15 53 (23.35%) Product Requirements
15 53 (23.35%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.35%) Python
2 42 (18.50%) SQL
3 21 (9.25%) Scala
4 14 (6.17%) Java
5 13 (5.73%) Bicep
6 11 (4.85%) C#
7 8 (3.52%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.08%) C++
8 7 (3.08%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.20%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.88%) PHP
11 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.44%) R
11 1 (0.44%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (11.89%) Degree
2 16 (7.05%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (5.73%) Azure Certification
4 13 (5.73%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.85%) SnowPro
7 9 (3.96%) CIPD
8 3 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.44%) ICAEW
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PhD
10 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (29.96%) Data Quality
2 20 (8.81%) GDPR
3 11 (4.85%) QA
4 3 (1.32%) IFRS
4 3 (1.32%) IFRS 17
4 3 (1.32%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.44%) PERC
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (10.57%) Terraform
2 4 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 54 (23.79%) Adobe
2 35 (15.42%) Google
3 34 (14.98%) Databricks
4 33 (14.54%) Microsoft
5 11 (4.85%) Oracle
6 9 (3.96%) Screaming Frog
7 7 (3.08%) SAP
8 6 (2.64%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.20%) Informatica
10 4 (1.76%) Ahrefs
11 2 (0.88%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.88%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.44%) Foundry
12 1 (0.44%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.44%) IBM
12 1 (0.44%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.44%) Workday
12 1 (0.44%) YouTube