Metadata Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Metadata
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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 465 367
Rank change year-on-year +54 -98 +116
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 78 105 248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.32% 0.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.18% 1.48% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 93 179
10th Percentile £40,903 £36,250 £46,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% -9.40%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,000 £98,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,490 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.10% +5.37% -7.14%

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 3,574 7,080 8,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.99% 21.50% 23.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,205 5,537 6,372
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,759 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

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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 13 July 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 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.13%) Apache Spark
4 3 (3.85%) nginx
5 1 (1.28%) CMS
5 1 (1.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 35 (44.87%) Power Platform
2 32 (41.03%) Azure
3 16 (20.51%) SaaS
4 13 (16.67%) AWS
5 9 (11.54%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (11.54%) Collibra
6 8 (10.26%) GCP
7 7 (8.97%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (6.41%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.41%) PowerApps
10 4 (5.13%) Snowflake
11 3 (3.85%) Alation
11 3 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (3.85%) GitHub
11 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (3.85%) npm
12 2 (2.56%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (37.18%) Power BI
2 19 (24.36%) SQL Server
3 17 (21.79%) Data Hub
4 16 (20.51%) Metadata Repository
5 13 (16.67%) SQL CLR
5 13 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (14.10%) Data Lake
7 11 (14.10%) Tableau
8 7 (8.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (5.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (5.13%) Apache Hive
9 4 (5.13%) Ataccama
9 4 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (5.13%) Big Data
9 4 (5.13%) BigQuery
9 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (5.13%) Hadoop
9 4 (5.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
2 3 (3.85%) Babel
2 3 (3.85%) ERwin
2 3 (3.85%) Git
2 3 (3.85%) gulp
2 3 (3.85%) webpack
General
1 34 (43.59%) Finance
2 17 (21.79%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.51%) Back Office
4 13 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (11.54%) Banking
6 8 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.13%) Law
7 4 (5.13%) Legal
7 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.13%) Retail
8 3 (3.85%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (3.85%) Publishing
9 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Senior
2 18 (23.08%) Developer
3 15 (19.23%) Senior Developer
4 13 (16.67%) Architect
4 13 (16.67%) Data Architect
4 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
4 13 (16.67%) SaaS Developer
4 13 (16.67%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 13 (16.67%) Senior SQL Developer
4 13 (16.67%) SQL Developer
5 12 (15.38%) Lead
6 8 (10.26%) Data Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Data Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Senior Data Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Support Officer
7 5 (6.41%) Systems Support
8 4 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Data Quality Manager
8 4 (5.13%) Quality Manager
9 3 (3.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) EDI
2 3 (3.85%) CSS
2 3 (3.85%) HTML
2 3 (3.85%) Node.js
2 3 (3.85%) OAuth
2 3 (3.85%) React
2 3 (3.85%) REST
2 3 (3.85%) Sass
2 3 (3.85%) Svelte
2 3 (3.85%) Vue
3 2 (2.56%) Apache Jena
3 2 (2.56%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.56%) PySpark
3 2 (2.56%) Regular Expression
3 2 (2.56%) XML
4 1 (1.28%) .NET
4 1 (1.28%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 9 (11.54%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.69%) Smart City
4 4 (5.13%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.56%) Acoustics
6 2 (2.56%) Blog
6 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.28%) NHS
7 1 (1.28%) Social Media
7 1 (1.28%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Linux
2 3 (3.85%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.31%) Data Management
2 32 (41.03%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (38.46%) Metadata Management
4 29 (37.18%) Data Modelling
5 25 (32.05%) Data Privacy
6 24 (30.77%) Data Governance
7 23 (29.49%) Migration
8 22 (28.21%) Analytics
8 22 (28.21%) Data Science
9 17 (21.79%) Data Architecture
9 17 (21.79%) ETL
9 17 (21.79%) Performance Tuning
10 16 (20.51%) Agile
11 15 (19.23%) Statistics
12 14 (17.95%) Computer Science
13 13 (16.67%) Data Engineering
13 13 (16.67%) Fintech
13 13 (16.67%) High Availability
13 13 (16.67%) Refactoring
13 13 (16.67%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (47.44%) SQL
2 14 (17.95%) T-SQL
3 12 (15.38%) Python
4 4 (5.13%) PL/SQL
4 4 (5.13%) R
4 4 (5.13%) Scala
5 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.56%) Bash
6 2 (2.56%) C
6 2 (2.56%) C++
6 2 (2.56%) Fortran
6 2 (2.56%) Java
6 2 (2.56%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.56%) SPARQL
7 1 (1.28%) Bicep
7 1 (1.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (17.95%) Degree
2 6 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.85%) CITP
4 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) PhD
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (32.05%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.97%) GDPR
3 6 (7.69%) QA
4 5 (6.41%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (2.56%) Dublin Core
7 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 13 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (44.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.95%) Oracle
3 13 (16.67%) VMware
4 10 (12.82%) Databricks
4 10 (12.82%) Informatica
5 9 (11.54%) Google
6 5 (6.41%) SAP
7 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.13%) Teradata
8 3 (3.85%) Sparx
9 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
9 2 (2.56%) Talend
10 1 (1.28%) Alteryx