Metadata Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Metadata skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Metadata over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 455 432
Rank change year-on-year +103 -23 +34
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 54 122 256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.36% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.63% 1.58% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 41 109 204
10th Percentile £40,903 £35,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £68,102
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +2.79% +0.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £96,539 £102,500
UK median annual salary £66,934 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.38% +7.69% -5.80%

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 3,308 7,730 10,708
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.86% 22.87% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,415 6,232 7,342
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,004 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £122,500 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Metadata trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Metadata.

Metadata salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Metadata over the 6 months to 25 April 2025.

Metadata salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.26%) Apache Spark
3 3 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 24 (44.44%) Azure
3 8 (14.81%) AWS
4 7 (12.96%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (12.96%) Collibra
4 7 (12.96%) SaaS
5 6 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (9.26%) GCP
6 5 (9.26%) Snowflake
7 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
7 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.85%) Alation
9 1 (1.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) 5G
2 1 (1.85%) HTTP
2 1 (1.85%) Multicast
2 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (44.44%) Power BI
2 18 (33.33%) Metadata Repository
3 17 (31.48%) SQL Server
4 16 (29.63%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (20.37%) Data Hub
5 11 (20.37%) Tableau
6 8 (14.81%) Data Lake
6 8 (14.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (14.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (12.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (12.96%) SQL CLR
8 6 (11.11%) Ataccama
9 5 (9.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (9.26%) Apache Hive
9 5 (9.26%) Big Data
9 5 (9.26%) BigQuery
9 5 (9.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 5 (9.26%) Hadoop
10 4 (7.41%) SAP BW
11 3 (5.56%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.89%) Finance
2 10 (18.52%) Banking
2 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Back Office
4 7 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.41%) Law
5 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.41%) Retail
6 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Senior
2 10 (18.52%) Data Manager
3 9 (16.67%) Developer
3 9 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 8 (14.81%) Data Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Architect
5 7 (12.96%) Data Architect
5 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Developer
5 7 (12.96%) SaaS Developer
5 7 (12.96%) Senior Microsoft Developer
5 7 (12.96%) Senior SQL Developer
5 7 (12.96%) SQL Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Lead
7 4 (7.41%) Cloud Architect
7 4 (7.41%) Data Quality Manager
7 4 (7.41%) Quality Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Data Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) NumPy
1 3 (5.56%) Pandas
1 3 (5.56%) SQLAlchemy
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Jena
2 2 (3.70%) GraphQL
2 2 (3.70%) Regular Expression
2 2 (3.70%) XML
3 1 (1.85%) EDI
3 1 (1.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Private Cloud
2 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.56%) NHS
4 2 (3.70%) Acoustics
4 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.70%) IoT
4 2 (3.70%) Self-Driving Car
4 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.85%) Photography
5 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (5.56%) Ubuntu
2 3 (5.56%) Windows
3 2 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (53.70%) Data Management
3 27 (50.00%) Metadata Management
4 20 (37.04%) ETL
5 19 (35.19%) Data Governance
5 19 (35.19%) Migration
6 18 (33.33%) Data Modelling
7 17 (31.48%) Analytics
8 16 (29.63%) Data Science
9 15 (27.78%) Data Lineage
10 14 (25.93%) Data Engineering
11 12 (22.22%) Data Architecture
11 12 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
12 10 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (16.67%) Agile
13 9 (16.67%) Computer Science
13 9 (16.67%) Data Migration
13 9 (16.67%) Data Strategy
14 8 (14.81%) Data Integration
14 8 (14.81%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 31 (57.41%) SQL
2 10 (18.52%) Python
2 10 (18.52%) T-SQL
3 5 (9.26%) PL/SQL
4 3 (5.56%) C
4 3 (5.56%) C++
4 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.70%) Bash
5 2 (3.70%) Fortran
5 2 (3.70%) R
5 2 (3.70%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.70%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Degree
2 7 (12.96%) Master's Degree
3 5 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (46.30%) Data Quality
2 9 (16.67%) QA
3 5 (9.26%) GDPR
4 3 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (3.70%) Dublin Core
6 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (9.26%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 29 (53.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.37%) Oracle
3 9 (16.67%) Databricks
4 7 (12.96%) Informatica
4 7 (12.96%) VMware
5 5 (9.26%) Google
5 5 (9.26%) Teradata
6 4 (7.41%) SAP
7 3 (5.56%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.70%) Talend