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

 6 months to
11 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 335 412
Rank change year-on-year +100 +77 -118
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 251 91 87
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 0.56% 0.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.86% 3.30% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 138 56 66
10th Percentile £34,100 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £46,063 £49,886 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £68,750 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% +17.02% -6.00%
75th Percentile £86,731 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,125 £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 3,193 2,758 4,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.32% 16.98% 20.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 1,929 3,365
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £142,500
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 11 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 (5.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 11 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.19%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.39%) Apache
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 51 (20.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 37 (14.74%) Workfront
2 6 (2.39%) Shopify
3 2 (0.80%) HFM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 78 (31.08%) Azure
2 51 (20.32%) iPaaS
3 41 (16.33%) Power Platform
4 34 (13.55%) AWS
4 34 (13.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 33 (13.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 30 (11.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (9.56%) Google Analytics
8 23 (9.16%) Snowflake
9 20 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (7.57%) Azure Databricks
11 16 (6.37%) GCP
12 13 (5.18%) Google Ads
13 11 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (3.98%) Power Automate
14 10 (3.98%) PowerApps
15 8 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (3.19%) Collibra
15 8 (3.19%) GitHub
16 7 (2.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (25.90%) 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 30 (11.95%) Power BI
2 26 (10.36%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.16%) Delta Lake
4 17 (6.77%) NoSQL
5 16 (6.37%) Data Lake
5 16 (6.37%) Data Vault
6 15 (5.98%) MongoDB
7 13 (5.18%) Tableau
8 11 (4.38%) SQL Server
9 10 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (3.59%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (3.19%) Star Schema
12 7 (2.79%) Amazon QuickSight
12 7 (2.79%) DynamoDB
12 7 (2.79%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (2.39%) MySQL
13 6 (2.39%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (5.18%) Git
2 2 (0.80%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.80%) ERwin
2 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.80%) MLflow
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 83 (33.07%) Marketing
2 47 (18.73%) Social Skills
3 42 (16.73%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (15.94%) Finance
5 37 (14.74%) Public Sector
6 28 (11.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (8.37%) Law
8 18 (7.17%) Retail
9 13 (5.18%) Legal
10 8 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.39%) Banking
12 5 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.59%) Organisational 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%) Games
15 1 (0.40%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 85 (33.86%) Architect
2 77 (30.68%) Data Architect
3 65 (25.90%) Senior
4 40 (15.94%) Product Owner
5 32 (12.75%) Lead
6 28 (11.16%) Senior Architect
6 28 (11.16%) Senior Data Architect
7 19 (7.57%) Data Engineer
8 15 (5.98%) Analyst
9 13 (5.18%) SEO Executive
10 11 (4.38%) SEO Specialist
11 10 (3.98%) Senior Data Engineer
12 9 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (2.39%) Consultant
13 6 (2.39%) E-Commerce Executive
13 6 (2.39%) Information Architect
13 6 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.39%) Technology Owner
14 5 (1.99%) Developer
14 5 (1.99%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.55%) Terraform
2 20 (7.97%) PySpark
3 11 (4.38%) CSS
3 11 (4.38%) HTML
3 11 (4.38%) React
4 9 (3.59%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.19%) .NET
5 8 (3.19%) TensorFlow
6 6 (2.39%) Kafka
7 5 (1.99%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.99%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.99%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (1.99%) JSON
7 5 (1.99%) SPFx
7 5 (1.99%) XML
8 4 (1.59%) XBRL
9 2 (0.80%) Node.js
10 1 (0.40%) FFmpeg
10 1 (0.40%) NumPy
10 1 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 73 (29.08%) Product Ownership
2 53 (21.12%) Social Media
3 52 (20.72%) Marketing Technology
3 52 (20.72%) Over-the-Top Content
4 37 (14.74%) Cloud Native
5 18 (7.17%) Taxonomies
6 15 (5.98%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.59%) Video\Live Streaming
8 8 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.79%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.99%) Blog
11 5 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.59%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.59%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (43.82%) Agile
2 107 (42.63%) Roadmaps
3 103 (41.04%) Analytics
3 103 (41.04%) Data Modelling
4 92 (36.65%) AI
5 91 (36.25%) Decision-Making
6 88 (35.06%) Data Architecture
7 77 (30.68%) Digital Marketing
8 72 (28.69%) Data Governance
9 70 (27.89%) CI/CD
10 65 (25.90%) Workflow
11 60 (23.90%) Data Strategy
11 60 (23.90%) Personalization
12 57 (22.71%) Customer Experience
13 55 (21.91%) Matrix Organization
14 53 (21.12%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 52 (20.72%) User Stories
16 51 (20.32%) Metadata Management
16 51 (20.32%) Product Backlog
16 51 (20.32%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (21.51%) Python
2 50 (19.92%) SQL
3 20 (7.97%) Scala
4 18 (7.17%) Bicep
4 18 (7.17%) C#
5 8 (3.19%) Java
5 8 (3.19%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.79%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.80%) PHP
8 2 (0.80%) SPARQL
9 1 (0.40%) C++
9 1 (0.40%) R
9 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (13.94%) Degree
2 19 (7.57%) Azure Certification
3 17 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (6.37%) Security Cleared
4 16 (6.37%) SnowPro
5 15 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.78%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.59%) CIPD
8 4 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.40%) ICAEW
11 1 (0.40%) OCP
11 1 (0.40%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (32.27%) Data Quality
2 30 (11.95%) GDPR
3 14 (5.58%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.38%) QA
5 8 (3.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.59%) IFRS
6 4 (1.59%) IFRS 17
6 4 (1.59%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.80%) COPPA
8 1 (0.40%) Dublin Core
8 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.40%) PERC
8 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (1.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.80%) Ansible
Vendors
1 52 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 51 (20.32%) Adobe
3 38 (15.14%) Databricks
4 34 (13.55%) Google
5 15 (5.98%) Informatica
6 10 (3.98%) Oracle
7 8 (3.19%) Screaming Frog
8 7 (2.79%) Talend
9 5 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.99%) SAP
10 4 (1.59%) Ahrefs
10 4 (1.59%) OneTrust
10 4 (1.59%) YouTube
11 3 (1.20%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.80%) Dynatrace
13 1 (0.40%) Hyperion
13 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.40%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.40%) Sparx
13 1 (0.40%) Workday
361 hybrid/remote Metadata jobs