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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 385 258
Rank change year-on-year +86 -127 +209
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 81 77 261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.39% 1.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.46% 1.73% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 55 55 117
10th Percentile £46,350 - £43,750
25th Percentile £61,063 £37,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -12.00% -9.42%
75th Percentile £89,375 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,250 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.17% -14.29% +4.48%

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 2,339 4,455 5,329
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.31% 22.74% 24.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,800 2,715 4,258
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
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 19 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 (6.17%) CMS
2 4 (4.94%) Confluence
3 3 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.47%) Drupal
4 2 (2.47%) EPiServer
4 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.47%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.47%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (45.68%) Azure
2 22 (27.16%) AWS
2 22 (27.16%) Power Platform
3 16 (19.75%) Snowflake
4 13 (16.05%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (16.05%) GCP
5 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (11.11%) GitHub
7 7 (8.64%) SaaS
8 6 (7.41%) Alation
8 6 (7.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (7.41%) dbt
9 5 (6.17%) Collibra
10 4 (4.94%) Amazon S3
10 4 (4.94%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (4.94%) Cloud Composer
10 4 (4.94%) Serverless
11 3 (3.70%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (3.70%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (29.63%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (25.93%) Power BI
3 20 (24.69%) Data Lake
4 11 (13.58%) Tableau
5 10 (12.35%) Data Vault
6 6 (7.41%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (7.41%) Metadata Repository
7 5 (6.17%) BigQuery
8 4 (4.94%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (4.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (4.94%) DataStage
8 4 (4.94%) QlikView
8 4 (4.94%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (3.70%) Data Hub
9 3 (3.70%) SQL CLR
9 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
9 3 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) JIRA
2 6 (7.41%) ER Studio
2 6 (7.41%) ERwin
3 4 (4.94%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (2.47%) Git
4 2 (2.47%) Grunt
4 2 (2.47%) gulp
4 2 (2.47%) webpack
General
1 31 (38.27%) Finance
2 23 (28.40%) Social Skills
3 20 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.58%) Public Sector
5 10 (12.35%) Banking
6 9 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.41%) Back Office
7 6 (7.41%) Legal
7 6 (7.41%) Marketing
8 4 (4.94%) Law
8 4 (4.94%) Retail
8 4 (4.94%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.47%) Music Industry
10 1 (1.23%) Electronics
10 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.23%) Games
10 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (27.16%) Architect
1 22 (27.16%) Data Architect
2 14 (17.28%) Data Engineer
3 13 (16.05%) Lead
4 9 (11.11%) Senior
5 7 (8.64%) Analyst
5 7 (8.64%) Data Manager
6 6 (7.41%) Developer
7 5 (6.17%) Data Governance Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Data Governance Manager
7 5 (6.17%) Governance Manager
7 5 (6.17%) Senior Data Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) GCP Architect
8 4 (4.94%) GCP Data Architect
8 4 (4.94%) Lead Data Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.94%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Technical Business Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) CSS
1 4 (4.94%) HTML
2 3 (3.70%) PySpark
3 2 (2.47%) CSS3
3 2 (2.47%) EDI
3 2 (2.47%) HTML5
3 2 (2.47%) Node.js
3 2 (2.47%) Redux
3 2 (2.47%) RESTful
3 2 (2.47%) Sass
4 1 (1.23%) .NET
4 1 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.23%) JSON
4 1 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.23%) Pandas
4 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.28%) Reference Data
2 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (9.88%) Cloud Native
5 6 (7.41%) Algorithms
5 6 (7.41%) Data Structures
5 6 (7.41%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.94%) Reinsurance
7 3 (3.70%) Blog
7 3 (3.70%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.70%) Private Cloud
7 3 (3.70%) Social Media
8 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (2.47%) Graphic Design
9 1 (1.23%) NHS
9 1 (1.23%) Over-the-Top Content
9 1 (1.23%) Semantic Web
9 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (51.85%) Data Governance
2 40 (49.38%) Data Modelling
3 39 (48.15%) Analytics
4 37 (45.68%) Metadata Management
5 36 (44.44%) Data Architecture
6 29 (35.80%) Data Management
7 26 (32.10%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (24.69%) Master Data Management
9 19 (23.46%) DevOps
9 19 (23.46%) ETL
9 19 (23.46%) Migration
10 18 (22.22%) Agile
10 18 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
10 18 (22.22%) Roadmaps
11 17 (20.99%) Data Strategy
12 15 (18.52%) AI
12 15 (18.52%) Decision-Making
13 14 (17.28%) CI/CD
13 14 (17.28%) Data Engineering
13 14 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.63%) SQL
2 18 (22.22%) Python
3 8 (9.88%) Scala
4 7 (8.64%) T-SQL
5 6 (7.41%) Java
6 4 (4.94%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.23%) Bicep
7 1 (1.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (11.11%) Degree
2 7 (8.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.17%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.94%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.94%) ISTQB
5 4 (4.94%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.47%) CITP
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.47%) SnowPro
6 2 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (39.51%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.64%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.70%) GDPR
4 1 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.23%) FATCA
4 1 (1.23%) QA
4 1 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) Terraform
2 3 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 15 (18.52%) Databricks
1 15 (18.52%) Google
2 13 (16.05%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.88%) Informatica
4 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.94%) IBM
5 4 (4.94%) Oracle
6 3 (3.70%) SAP
6 3 (3.70%) VMware
7 2 (2.47%) Ahrefs
7 2 (2.47%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.47%) Hotjar
7 2 (2.47%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (2.47%) Sparx
8 1 (1.23%) Salesforce