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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 392 257
Rank change year-on-year +92 -135 +225
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 76 77 250
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.39% 1.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.29% 1.67% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 51 55 111
10th Percentile £46,250 - £43,750
25th Percentile £60,875 £37,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £91,250 £74,225 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £85,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% -17.86% +6.06%

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 2,312 4,602 5,183
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.16% 23.16% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,775 2,831 4,143
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -0.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 26 November 2025.

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 5 (6.58%) CMS
2 4 (5.26%) Confluence
3 3 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.63%) Drupal
4 2 (2.63%) EPiServer
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.63%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 34 (44.74%) Azure
2 21 (27.63%) AWS
2 21 (27.63%) Power Platform
3 16 (21.05%) Snowflake
4 13 (17.11%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (17.11%) GCP
5 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (11.84%) GitHub
7 6 (7.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (7.89%) dbt
8 5 (6.58%) Alation
8 5 (6.58%) SaaS
9 4 (5.26%) Amazon S3
9 4 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (5.26%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (5.26%) Serverless
10 3 (3.95%) Collibra
10 3 (3.95%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (3.95%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (31.58%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (26.32%) Power BI
3 19 (25.00%) Data Lake
4 11 (14.47%) Tableau
5 10 (13.16%) Data Vault
6 6 (7.89%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (6.58%) BigQuery
7 5 (6.58%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (5.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (5.26%) DataStage
8 4 (5.26%) QlikView
8 4 (5.26%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
10 2 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (2.63%) SQL CLR
10 2 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (11.84%) JIRA
2 6 (7.89%) ER Studio
3 5 (6.58%) ERwin
4 4 (5.26%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (2.63%) Git
5 2 (2.63%) Grunt
5 2 (2.63%) gulp
5 2 (2.63%) webpack
General
1 31 (40.79%) Finance
2 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 20 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (14.47%) Public Sector
5 9 (11.84%) Banking
6 7 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (9.21%) Marketing
7 5 (6.58%) Legal
8 4 (5.26%) Back Office
8 4 (5.26%) Law
8 4 (5.26%) Retail
8 4 (5.26%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.63%) Electronics
9 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.63%) Music Industry
9 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Architect
1 20 (26.32%) Data Architect
2 13 (17.11%) Data Engineer
3 10 (13.16%) Lead
4 9 (11.84%) Senior
5 7 (9.21%) Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Data Manager
6 6 (7.89%) Developer
7 5 (6.58%) Data Governance Analyst
7 5 (6.58%) Data Governance Manager
7 5 (6.58%) Governance Manager
7 5 (6.58%) Senior Data Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) GCP Architect
8 4 (5.26%) GCP Data Architect
8 4 (5.26%) Lead Data Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.26%) Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
8 4 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) CSS
1 4 (5.26%) HTML
2 2 (2.63%) CSS3
2 2 (2.63%) HTML5
2 2 (2.63%) JSON
2 2 (2.63%) Node.js
2 2 (2.63%) Pandas
2 2 (2.63%) PySpark
2 2 (2.63%) Redux
2 2 (2.63%) RESTful
2 2 (2.63%) Sass
2 2 (2.63%) XML
3 1 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (1.32%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.32%) EDI
3 1 (1.32%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.74%) Reference Data
2 10 (13.16%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.84%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (10.53%) Cloud Native
5 6 (7.89%) Algorithms
5 6 (7.89%) Data Structures
5 6 (7.89%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.26%) Reinsurance
7 3 (3.95%) Blog
7 3 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.95%) Social Media
8 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (2.63%) Graphic Design
8 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.63%) Private Cloud
8 2 (2.63%) Semantic Web
9 1 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.32%) Over-the-Top Content
9 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (51.32%) Data Governance
2 38 (50.00%) Analytics
3 36 (47.37%) Data Modelling
4 35 (46.05%) Metadata Management
5 32 (42.11%) Data Architecture
6 28 (36.84%) Data Management
7 26 (34.21%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (25.00%) DevOps
9 18 (23.68%) Data Pipeline
9 18 (23.68%) ETL
9 18 (23.68%) Master Data Management
9 18 (23.68%) Migration
10 17 (22.37%) Agile
10 17 (22.37%) Roadmaps
11 16 (21.05%) Data Strategy
12 15 (19.74%) AI
13 14 (18.42%) CI/CD
13 14 (18.42%) Decision-Making
13 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) SQL
2 18 (23.68%) Python
3 7 (9.21%) Scala
4 6 (7.89%) Java
4 6 (7.89%) T-SQL
5 4 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.32%) Bicep
6 1 (1.32%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (11.84%) Degree
2 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared
2 7 (9.21%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.58%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.26%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.26%) ISTQB
4 4 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.63%) SnowPro
6 1 (1.32%) CITP
6 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) ISACA
6 1 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (40.79%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.63%) GDPR
3 2 (2.63%) QA
4 1 (1.32%) FATCA
4 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.21%) Terraform
2 2 (2.63%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Google
2 14 (18.42%) Databricks
3 12 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.89%) Informatica
5 4 (5.26%) IBM
5 4 (5.26%) SAP
5 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.95%) Oracle
7 2 (2.63%) Ahrefs
7 2 (2.63%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.63%) Hotjar
7 2 (2.63%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (2.63%) VMware
8 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.32%) Sparx