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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 384 258
Rank change year-on-year +89 -126 +211
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 78 79 239
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.40% 1.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.43% 1.72% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 51 56 112
10th Percentile £46,250 - £43,750
25th Percentile £60,875 £37,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £78,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £88,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% -17.86% +6.56%

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 2,273 4,588 5,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.88% 23.34% 24.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 2,827 4,147
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,549
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -0.83%
75th Percentile £81,250 £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 29 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 (6.41%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (6.41%) CMS
2 4 (5.13%) Confluence
3 2 (2.56%) Drupal
3 2 (2.56%) EPiServer
3 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.28%) Apache
4 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (46.15%) Azure
2 23 (29.49%) AWS
3 21 (26.92%) Power Platform
4 18 (23.08%) Snowflake
5 15 (19.23%) GCP
6 14 (17.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (12.82%) GitHub
9 9 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (10.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (8.97%) dbt
12 5 (6.41%) Alation
12 5 (6.41%) Amazon S3
13 4 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (5.13%) Cloud Composer
13 4 (5.13%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (5.13%) SaaS
13 4 (5.13%) Serverless
14 3 (3.85%) Amazon Kinesis
14 3 (3.85%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (32.05%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (25.64%) Data Lake
2 20 (25.64%) Power BI
3 13 (16.67%) Tableau
4 11 (14.10%) Data Vault
5 6 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (7.69%) BigQuery
5 6 (7.69%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (6.41%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (5.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (5.13%) DataStage
7 4 (5.13%) QlikView
7 4 (5.13%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (3.85%) Relational Database
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
10 1 (1.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (10.26%) JIRA
2 6 (7.69%) ER Studio
3 4 (5.13%) ERwin
3 4 (5.13%) Git
3 4 (5.13%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (2.56%) Grunt
4 2 (2.56%) gulp
4 2 (2.56%) webpack
General
1 32 (41.03%) Finance
2 23 (29.49%) Social Skills
3 21 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (14.10%) Public Sector
5 9 (11.54%) Banking
6 7 (8.97%) Marketing
7 6 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.41%) Legal
9 4 (5.13%) Law
9 4 (5.13%) Retail
9 4 (5.13%) Retail Banking
10 3 (3.85%) Back Office
11 2 (2.56%) Electronics
11 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.56%) Music Industry
11 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 21 (26.92%) Architect
1 21 (26.92%) Data Architect
2 14 (17.95%) Data Engineer
3 10 (12.82%) Lead
3 10 (12.82%) Senior
4 7 (8.97%) Analyst
4 7 (8.97%) Data Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Data Governance Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Data Governance Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Developer
5 5 (6.41%) Governance Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Lead Data Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) GCP Architect
6 4 (5.13%) GCP Data Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
6 4 (5.13%) Technical Business Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) CSS
1 4 (5.13%) HTML
2 2 (2.56%) CSS3
2 2 (2.56%) HTML5
2 2 (2.56%) JSON
2 2 (2.56%) Node.js
2 2 (2.56%) Pandas
2 2 (2.56%) PySpark
2 2 (2.56%) Redux
2 2 (2.56%) RESTful
2 2 (2.56%) Sass
2 2 (2.56%) XML
3 1 (1.28%) .NET
3 1 (1.28%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.28%) Kafka
3 1 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Reference Data
2 11 (14.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.54%) Cloud Native
3 9 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 6 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 6 (7.69%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.13%) Reinsurance
6 3 (3.85%) Blog
6 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.85%) Social Media
7 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (2.56%) Graphic Design
7 2 (2.56%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.56%) Semantic Web
8 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.28%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (55.13%) Data Governance
2 41 (52.56%) Analytics
3 39 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 37 (47.44%) Metadata Management
5 34 (43.59%) Data Architecture
6 28 (35.90%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (34.62%) Data Management
8 21 (26.92%) DevOps
9 20 (25.64%) Data Pipeline
9 20 (25.64%) ETL
10 18 (23.08%) Agile
10 18 (23.08%) Master Data Management
10 18 (23.08%) Roadmaps
11 17 (21.79%) AI
11 17 (21.79%) CI/CD
11 17 (21.79%) Data Strategy
11 17 (21.79%) Migration
12 16 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (19.23%) Decision-Making
13 15 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.33%) SQL
2 21 (26.92%) Python
3 7 (8.97%) Scala
4 6 (7.69%) Java
4 6 (7.69%) T-SQL
5 4 (5.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.28%) Bash
6 1 (1.28%) Bicep
6 1 (1.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) Degree
2 7 (8.97%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.13%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.13%) ISTQB
4 4 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.56%) SnowPro
6 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) ISACA
6 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (43.59%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.85%) GDPR
4 2 (2.56%) QA
5 1 (1.28%) FATCA
5 1 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (8.97%) Terraform
2 1 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Google
2 15 (19.23%) Databricks
3 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.69%) Informatica
5 4 (5.13%) IBM
5 4 (5.13%) Oracle
5 4 (5.13%) SAP
5 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.56%) Ahrefs
6 2 (2.56%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.56%) Hotjar
6 2 (2.56%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.28%) VMware