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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 331 420
Rank change year-on-year +92 +89 -109
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 248 93 84
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 0.57% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.73% 3.39% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 145 58 63
10th Percentile £34,250 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £47,092 £50,848 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,250 £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 3,207 2,746 4,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.09% 16.83% 20.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,506 1,915 3,284
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,500 £38,825
25th Percentile £46,225 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -5.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £79,277 £82,751 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year - -5.51% +1.60%

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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 19 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 11 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.23%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.42%) Apache
5 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 36 (14.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (11.69%) Workfront
2 6 (2.42%) Shopify
3 2 (0.81%) HFM
4 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 84 (33.87%) Azure
2 45 (18.15%) Power Platform
3 36 (14.52%) Azure Data Factory
3 36 (14.52%) iPaaS
4 35 (14.11%) AWS
5 34 (13.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 33 (13.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 25 (10.08%) Google Analytics
7 25 (10.08%) Snowflake
8 24 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (7.66%) Azure Databricks
10 18 (7.26%) GCP
11 14 (5.65%) Google Ads
12 12 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (4.44%) Power Automate
14 10 (4.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 10 (4.03%) PowerApps
15 9 (3.63%) Collibra
15 9 (3.63%) GitHub
16 7 (2.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 50 (20.16%) Broadband
2 6 (2.42%) SMS
3 1 (0.40%) 4G
3 1 (0.40%) 5G
3 1 (0.40%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.71%) Power BI
2 31 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.27%) Delta Lake
4 19 (7.66%) NoSQL
5 17 (6.85%) MongoDB
6 16 (6.45%) Data Lake
6 16 (6.45%) Data Vault
7 13 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (5.24%) SQL Server
7 13 (5.24%) Tableau
8 12 (4.84%) Star Schema
9 9 (3.63%) Amazon QuickSight
9 9 (3.63%) DynamoDB
9 9 (3.63%) Metadata Repository
9 9 (3.63%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (2.82%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (2.42%) MySQL
12 6 (2.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (6.45%) Git
2 3 (1.21%) MLflow
3 2 (0.81%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.81%) ERwin
3 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 69 (27.82%) Marketing
2 48 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (17.34%) Finance
5 37 (14.92%) Public Sector
6 29 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (8.47%) Law
8 19 (7.66%) Retail
9 15 (6.05%) Legal
10 9 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.82%) Banking
12 5 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Billing
14 2 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Police
14 2 (0.81%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.40%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.40%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 87 (35.08%) Architect
2 79 (31.85%) Data Architect
3 70 (28.23%) Senior
4 31 (12.50%) Lead
5 29 (11.69%) Product Owner
6 28 (11.29%) Senior Architect
6 28 (11.29%) Senior Data Architect
7 23 (9.27%) Data Engineer
8 16 (6.45%) Analyst
9 13 (5.24%) SEO Executive
10 12 (4.84%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (4.84%) SEO Specialist
11 11 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (3.23%) Consultant
13 6 (2.42%) E-Commerce Executive
13 6 (2.42%) Information Architect
13 6 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
14 5 (2.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 5 (2.02%) Azure Data Engineer
14 5 (2.02%) Senior SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.69%) Terraform
2 22 (8.87%) PySpark
3 12 (4.84%) CSS
3 12 (4.84%) HTML
4 11 (4.44%) React
5 9 (3.63%) PyTorch
6 8 (3.23%) .NET
6 8 (3.23%) TensorFlow
7 6 (2.42%) Kafka
8 5 (2.02%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.02%) ASP.NET
8 5 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (2.02%) JSON
8 5 (2.02%) SPFx
8 5 (2.02%) XML
9 4 (1.61%) XBRL
10 2 (0.81%) Node.js
10 2 (0.81%) Pandas
10 2 (0.81%) REST
11 1 (0.40%) FFmpeg
Miscellaneous
1 62 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 38 (15.32%) Cloud Native
2 38 (15.32%) Social Media
3 37 (14.92%) Marketing Technology
3 37 (14.92%) Over-the-Top Content
4 18 (7.26%) Taxonomies
5 15 (6.05%) Algorithms
6 10 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.63%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.63%) Video\Live Streaming
8 8 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (2.02%) Blog
10 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.61%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.61%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (45.16%) Data Modelling
2 109 (43.95%) Analytics
3 101 (40.73%) Agile
4 99 (39.92%) AI
5 95 (38.31%) Data Architecture
6 92 (37.10%) Roadmaps
7 81 (32.66%) Data Governance
8 77 (31.05%) Decision-Making
9 74 (29.84%) CI/CD
10 62 (25.00%) Data Strategy
10 62 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
11 53 (21.37%) Business Intelligence
11 53 (21.37%) Metadata Management
12 51 (20.56%) Workflow
13 47 (18.95%) Machine Learning
14 46 (18.55%) Technical Leadership
15 45 (18.15%) Personalization
16 43 (17.34%) DevOps
17 42 (16.94%) Customer Experience
18 41 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 60 (24.19%) Python
2 59 (23.79%) SQL
3 20 (8.06%) C#
3 20 (8.06%) Scala
4 18 (7.26%) Bicep
5 9 (3.63%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.23%) Java
7 7 (2.82%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.42%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.81%) PHP
10 2 (0.81%) R
10 2 (0.81%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.40%) C++
11 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (16.53%) Degree
2 19 (7.66%) Azure Certification
3 18 (7.26%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.45%) SnowPro
6 15 (6.05%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.63%) CIPD
8 4 (1.61%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.21%) 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 (0.40%) ICAEW
11 1 (0.40%) OCP
11 1 (0.40%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) PMP
11 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (35.89%) Data Quality
2 39 (15.73%) GDPR
3 15 (6.05%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (4.03%) QA
5 4 (1.61%) COPPA
5 4 (1.61%) IFRS
5 4 (1.61%) IFRS 17
5 4 (1.61%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.40%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
6 1 (0.40%) PERC
6 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (2.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.81%) Ansible
Vendors
1 56 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.73%) Databricks
3 36 (14.52%) Adobe
4 35 (14.11%) Google
5 18 (7.26%) Informatica
6 10 (4.03%) Oracle
7 9 (3.63%) Talend
8 7 (2.82%) Screaming Frog
9 5 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.02%) SAP
10 4 (1.61%) Ahrefs
10 4 (1.61%) OneTrust
10 4 (1.61%) YouTube
11 3 (1.21%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.81%) Dynatrace
13 1 (0.40%) Hyperion
13 1 (0.40%) IBM
13 1 (0.40%) Sparx
13 1 (0.40%) Temenos
13 1 (0.40%) Workday