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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 323 413
Rank change year-on-year +99 +90 -106
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 241 88 96
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 0.53% 0.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.68% 3.01% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 130 54 78
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,962 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £66,250 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% +17.26% -13.08%
75th Percentile £86,000 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £69,986 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.67% - -

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 3,139 2,928 5,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.49% 17.71% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,509 2,044 3,807
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,104 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £114,625 £130,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 28 August 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 (5.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 10 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.32%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.90%) Apache
5 4 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 52 (21.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 38 (15.77%) Workfront
2 6 (2.49%) Shopify
3 2 (0.83%) HFM
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (29.05%) Azure
2 52 (21.58%) iPaaS
3 37 (15.35%) Power Platform
4 34 (14.11%) AWS
5 32 (13.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 31 (12.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (11.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 24 (9.96%) Google Analytics
9 22 (9.13%) Snowflake
10 17 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (6.22%) GCP
12 13 (5.39%) Google Ads
13 10 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (3.73%) Power Automate
15 8 (3.32%) Collibra
15 8 (3.32%) GitHub
15 8 (3.32%) Serverless
16 7 (2.90%) Amazon S3
16 7 (2.90%) PowerApps
17 6 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 66 (27.39%) Broadband
2 6 (2.49%) SMS
3 1 (0.41%) 4G
3 1 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.41%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.79%) Power BI
2 24 (9.96%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (9.13%) Delta Lake
4 16 (6.64%) Data Lake
4 16 (6.64%) Data Vault
5 15 (6.22%) NoSQL
6 14 (5.81%) Tableau
7 13 (5.39%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (3.32%) SQL Server
10 7 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.90%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.49%) DynamoDB
11 6 (2.49%) MySQL
11 6 (2.49%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (2.49%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (2.49%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.07%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (4.56%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.83%) ERwin
2 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.83%) MLflow
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 84 (34.85%) Marketing
2 45 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 39 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (15.77%) Finance
5 36 (14.94%) Public Sector
6 27 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (7.88%) Law
8 17 (7.05%) Retail
9 10 (4.15%) Legal
10 8 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.49%) Banking
12 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Billing
14 2 (0.83%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.41%) Advertising
15 1 (0.41%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 78 (32.37%) Architect
2 72 (29.88%) Data Architect
3 59 (24.48%) Senior
4 41 (17.01%) Product Owner
5 32 (13.28%) Lead
6 24 (9.96%) Senior Architect
6 24 (9.96%) Senior Data Architect
7 19 (7.88%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.22%) Analyst
9 13 (5.39%) SEO Executive
10 11 (4.56%) SEO Specialist
11 10 (4.15%) Senior Data Engineer
12 7 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (2.49%) Consultant
13 6 (2.49%) E-Commerce Executive
13 6 (2.49%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.49%) Technology Owner
14 5 (2.07%) Lead Architect
14 5 (2.07%) Operations Analyst
14 5 (2.07%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.03%) Terraform
2 20 (8.30%) PySpark
3 11 (4.56%) CSS
3 11 (4.56%) HTML
3 11 (4.56%) React
4 9 (3.73%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.32%) .NET
5 8 (3.32%) TensorFlow
6 7 (2.90%) Kafka
7 5 (2.07%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.07%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.07%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (2.07%) JSON
7 5 (2.07%) SPFx
7 5 (2.07%) XML
8 4 (1.66%) XBRL
9 2 (0.83%) Node.js
10 1 (0.41%) FFmpeg
10 1 (0.41%) RESTful
10 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (29.88%) Product Ownership
2 54 (22.41%) Social Media
3 53 (21.99%) Marketing Technology
3 53 (21.99%) Over-the-Top Content
4 34 (14.11%) Cloud Native
5 16 (6.64%) Algorithms
5 16 (6.64%) Taxonomies
6 9 (3.73%) Video\Live Streaming
7 8 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.07%) Blog
9 5 (2.07%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.66%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.66%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (44.40%) Agile
1 107 (44.40%) Roadmaps
2 97 (40.25%) Analytics
3 96 (39.83%) Data Modelling
4 89 (36.93%) Decision-Making
5 84 (34.85%) AI
6 80 (33.20%) Data Architecture
7 78 (32.37%) Digital Marketing
8 66 (27.39%) CI/CD
8 66 (27.39%) Workflow
9 65 (26.97%) Data Governance
10 61 (25.31%) Personalization
11 58 (24.07%) Customer Experience
12 56 (23.24%) Data Strategy
12 56 (23.24%) Matrix Organization
13 54 (22.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 53 (21.99%) User Stories
15 52 (21.58%) Product Management
15 52 (21.58%) Product Vision
15 52 (21.58%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.16%) Python
2 48 (19.92%) SQL
3 19 (7.88%) Scala
4 17 (7.05%) Bicep
5 16 (6.64%) C#
6 8 (3.32%) Java
6 8 (3.32%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.83%) PHP
9 2 (0.83%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.41%) C++
10 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.41%) R
10 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (13.69%) Degree
2 18 (7.47%) Azure Certification
3 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (6.64%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.22%) SnowPro
5 12 (4.98%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.73%) CIPD
7 4 (1.66%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.41%) ICAEW
10 1 (0.41%) OCP
10 1 (0.41%) PhD
10 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (31.54%) Data Quality
2 25 (10.37%) GDPR
3 11 (4.56%) QA
4 9 (3.73%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.66%) IFRS
6 4 (1.66%) IFRS 17
6 4 (1.66%) 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 6 (2.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.83%) Ansible
Vendors
1 52 (21.58%) Adobe
2 47 (19.50%) Microsoft
3 38 (15.77%) Databricks
4 34 (14.11%) Google
5 13 (5.39%) Informatica
6 10 (4.15%) Oracle
7 9 (3.73%) Screaming Frog
8 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.07%) SAP
8 5 (2.07%) Talend
9 4 (1.66%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.83%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.83%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.83%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.83%) YouTube
11 1 (0.41%) Foundry
11 1 (0.41%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.41%) Sparx
11 1 (0.41%) Workday
162 hybrid/remote Metadata jobs