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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 323 410
Rank change year-on-year +90 +87 -93
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 246 89 90
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 0.55% 0.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.80% 3.23% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 134 55 70
10th Percentile £34,250 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £46,063 £48,924 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +17.39% -11.54%
75th Percentile £86,188 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £86,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -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 3,154 2,752 4,905
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.49% 17.15% 20.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,508 1,928 3,521
10th Percentile £37,425 £35,425 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +5.60%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 4 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 14 (5.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 10 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.25%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.44%) Apache
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 52 (21.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 38 (15.45%) Workfront
2 6 (2.44%) Shopify
3 2 (0.81%) HFM
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 76 (30.89%) Azure
2 52 (21.14%) iPaaS
3 40 (16.26%) Power Platform
4 34 (13.82%) AWS
4 34 (13.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 33 (13.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 30 (12.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (9.76%) Google Analytics
8 22 (8.94%) Snowflake
9 19 (7.72%) Azure Databricks
9 19 (7.72%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (6.50%) GCP
11 13 (5.28%) Google Ads
12 10 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (3.66%) Power Automate
13 9 (3.66%) PowerApps
14 8 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 8 (3.25%) Collibra
14 8 (3.25%) GitHub
15 6 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (26.83%) Broadband
2 6 (2.44%) SMS
3 1 (0.41%) 4G
3 1 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.41%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.79%) Power BI
2 26 (10.57%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.35%) Delta Lake
4 17 (6.91%) NoSQL
5 16 (6.50%) Data Lake
5 16 (6.50%) Data Vault
6 15 (6.10%) MongoDB
7 13 (5.28%) Tableau
8 10 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (4.07%) SQL Server
9 9 (3.66%) Metadata Repository
10 8 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (3.25%) Star Schema
11 7 (2.85%) Amazon QuickSight
11 7 (2.85%) DynamoDB
11 7 (2.85%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (2.44%) MySQL
12 6 (2.44%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (2.03%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (5.28%) Git
2 2 (0.81%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.81%) ERwin
2 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.81%) MLflow
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 83 (33.74%) Marketing
2 45 (18.29%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.85%) Finance
5 37 (15.04%) Public Sector
6 27 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (8.13%) Law
8 17 (6.91%) Retail
9 12 (4.88%) Legal
10 8 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.44%) Banking
12 5 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Billing
14 2 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.41%) Advertising
15 1 (0.41%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 84 (34.15%) Architect
2 76 (30.89%) Data Architect
3 63 (25.61%) Senior
4 41 (16.67%) Product Owner
5 32 (13.01%) Lead
6 27 (10.98%) Senior Architect
6 27 (10.98%) Senior Data Architect
7 18 (7.32%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Analyst
9 12 (4.88%) SEO Executive
10 11 (4.47%) SEO Specialist
11 10 (4.07%) Senior Data Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (2.44%) Consultant
13 6 (2.44%) E-Commerce Executive
13 6 (2.44%) Information Architect
13 6 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.44%) Technology Owner
14 5 (2.03%) Lead Architect
14 5 (2.03%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.79%) Terraform
2 20 (8.13%) PySpark
3 11 (4.47%) CSS
3 11 (4.47%) HTML
3 11 (4.47%) React
4 9 (3.66%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.25%) .NET
5 8 (3.25%) TensorFlow
6 6 (2.44%) Kafka
7 5 (2.03%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.03%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.03%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (2.03%) JSON
7 5 (2.03%) SPFx
7 5 (2.03%) XML
8 4 (1.63%) XBRL
9 2 (0.81%) Node.js
10 1 (0.41%) FFmpeg
10 1 (0.41%) RESTful
10 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (30.08%) Product Ownership
2 54 (21.95%) Social Media
3 53 (21.54%) Marketing Technology
3 53 (21.54%) Over-the-Top Content
4 36 (14.63%) Cloud Native
5 18 (7.32%) Taxonomies
6 15 (6.10%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.66%) Video\Live Streaming
8 8 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.03%) Blog
10 5 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.63%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.63%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (44.72%) Agile
2 108 (43.90%) Roadmaps
3 100 (40.65%) Analytics
3 100 (40.65%) Data Modelling
4 91 (36.99%) Decision-Making
5 88 (35.77%) AI
6 85 (34.55%) Data Architecture
7 77 (31.30%) Digital Marketing
8 70 (28.46%) CI/CD
9 68 (27.64%) Data Governance
10 66 (26.83%) Workflow
11 61 (24.80%) Personalization
12 58 (23.58%) Customer Experience
12 58 (23.58%) Data Strategy
13 56 (22.76%) Matrix Organization
14 54 (21.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 53 (21.54%) User Stories
16 52 (21.14%) Product Management
16 52 (21.14%) Product Requirements
16 52 (21.14%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.14%) Python
2 49 (19.92%) SQL
3 20 (8.13%) Scala
4 18 (7.32%) Bicep
4 18 (7.32%) C#
5 8 (3.25%) Java
5 8 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.81%) PHP
8 2 (0.81%) SPARQL
9 1 (0.41%) C++
9 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.41%) R
9 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (13.82%) Degree
2 19 (7.72%) Azure Certification
3 17 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (6.50%) SnowPro
5 15 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (6.10%) Security Cleared
6 11 (4.47%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.66%) CIPD
8 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.41%) ICAEW
11 1 (0.41%) OCP
11 1 (0.41%) PhD
11 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (32.52%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.98%) GDPR
3 13 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.47%) QA
5 8 (3.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.63%) IFRS
6 4 (1.63%) IFRS 17
6 4 (1.63%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.41%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) PERC
7 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.81%) Ansible
Vendors
1 52 (21.14%) Adobe
2 50 (20.33%) Microsoft
3 38 (15.45%) Databricks
4 33 (13.41%) Google
5 15 (6.10%) Informatica
6 10 (4.07%) Oracle
7 8 (3.25%) Screaming Frog
8 7 (2.85%) Talend
9 5 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.03%) SAP
10 4 (1.63%) Ahrefs
10 4 (1.63%) OneTrust
10 4 (1.63%) YouTube
11 2 (0.81%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.81%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.41%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.41%) IBM
12 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.41%) Sparx
12 1 (0.41%) Workday