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

 6 months to
21 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 338 420
Rank change year-on-year +94 +82 -92
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 236 85 92
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 0.51% 0.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.52% 2.83% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 124 51 78
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,903 -
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,716 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.33% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £86,063 £72,500 £79,375
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £69,986 £65,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +7.67% +1.96% -1.92%

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 3,004 5,080
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.67% 18.13% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,522 2,054 3,862
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,750 £38,125
25th Percentile £45,813 £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 £115,000 £127,250
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 21 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 (5.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 10 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.39%) Apache
3 8 (3.39%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (22.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 39 (16.53%) Workfront
2 4 (1.69%) Shopify
3 2 (0.85%) HFM
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (27.12%) Azure
2 53 (22.46%) iPaaS
3 34 (14.41%) Power Platform
4 31 (13.14%) Microsoft Purview
5 30 (12.71%) AWS
6 28 (11.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (10.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 22 (9.32%) Google Analytics
9 21 (8.90%) Snowflake
10 15 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (5.51%) Google Ads
12 10 (4.24%) GCP
12 10 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (3.81%) Power Automate
13 9 (3.81%) Serverless
14 8 (3.39%) Amazon S3
14 8 (3.39%) Collibra
14 8 (3.39%) GitHub
15 7 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (2.54%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 67 (28.39%) Broadband
2 4 (1.69%) SMS
3 1 (0.42%) 4G
3 1 (0.42%) 5G
3 1 (0.42%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.75%) Data Warehouse
1 23 (9.75%) Power BI
2 21 (8.90%) Delta Lake
3 17 (7.20%) Data Lake
4 15 (6.36%) Data Vault
5 14 (5.93%) Tableau
6 13 (5.51%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.66%) MongoDB
8 10 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (3.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.97%) SQL Server
11 6 (2.54%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.54%) MySQL
11 6 (2.54%) Semantic Layer
12 5 (2.12%) Big Data
12 5 (2.12%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.69%) Star Schema
14 3 (1.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.81%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.85%) ERwin
2 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.85%) MLflow
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 83 (35.17%) Marketing
2 44 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.10%) Finance
5 32 (13.56%) Public Sector
6 27 (11.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (8.05%) Law
8 15 (6.36%) Retail
9 9 (3.81%) Legal
10 8 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.54%) Banking
12 5 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Billing
14 2 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
15 1 (0.42%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 72 (30.51%) Architect
2 66 (27.97%) Data Architect
3 52 (22.03%) Senior
4 42 (17.80%) Product Owner
5 32 (13.56%) Lead
6 20 (8.47%) Data Engineer
7 19 (8.05%) Senior Architect
7 19 (8.05%) Senior Data Architect
8 16 (6.78%) Analyst
9 13 (5.51%) SEO Executive
10 11 (4.66%) SEO Specialist
11 10 (4.24%) Senior Data Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.54%) Consultant
13 6 (2.54%) Technology Owner
14 5 (2.12%) Azure Engineer
14 5 (2.12%) Data Analyst
14 5 (2.12%) Lead Architect
14 5 (2.12%) Operations Analyst
14 5 (2.12%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.29%) Terraform
2 19 (8.05%) PySpark
3 11 (4.66%) CSS
3 11 (4.66%) HTML
3 11 (4.66%) React
4 9 (3.81%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.39%) .NET
5 8 (3.39%) TensorFlow
6 7 (2.97%) Kafka
7 5 (2.12%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.12%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.12%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (2.12%) JSON
7 5 (2.12%) SPFx
7 5 (2.12%) XML
8 4 (1.69%) XBRL
9 2 (0.85%) Node.js
10 1 (0.42%) FFmpeg
10 1 (0.42%) RESTful
10 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (30.08%) Product Ownership
2 55 (23.31%) Social Media
3 54 (22.88%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (22.88%) Over-the-Top Content
4 33 (13.98%) Cloud Native
5 16 (6.78%) Algorithms
6 15 (6.36%) Taxonomies
7 9 (3.81%) Video\Live Streaming
8 8 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.12%) Blog
9 5 (2.12%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.12%) Reference Data
9 5 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (45.34%) Roadmaps
2 103 (43.64%) Agile
3 93 (39.41%) Analytics
4 91 (38.56%) Data Modelling
5 85 (36.02%) Decision-Making
6 82 (34.75%) AI
7 77 (32.63%) Digital Marketing
8 75 (31.78%) Data Architecture
9 67 (28.39%) Workflow
10 64 (27.12%) Data Governance
11 62 (26.27%) Personalization
12 59 (25.00%) Customer Experience
13 58 (24.58%) CI/CD
14 57 (24.15%) Data Strategy
14 57 (24.15%) Matrix Organization
15 55 (23.31%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 55 (23.31%) User Stories
16 53 (22.46%) Product Backlog
16 53 (22.46%) Product Management
16 53 (22.46%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.76%) Python
2 46 (19.49%) SQL
3 18 (7.63%) Scala
4 16 (6.78%) Bicep
5 14 (5.93%) C#
6 8 (3.39%) Java
6 8 (3.39%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.97%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.85%) PHP
9 2 (0.85%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.42%) C++
10 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.42%) R
10 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (13.98%) Degree
2 17 (7.20%) Azure Certification
2 17 (7.20%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (5.93%) SnowPro
5 13 (5.51%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.81%) CIPD
7 4 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.42%) ICAEW
10 1 (0.42%) OCP
10 1 (0.42%) PhD
10 1 (0.42%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (30.93%) Data Quality
2 24 (10.17%) GDPR
3 11 (4.66%) QA
4 4 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.69%) IFRS
4 4 (1.69%) IFRS 17
4 4 (1.69%) Solvency II
5 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.42%) PERC
6 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (2.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 53 (22.46%) Adobe
2 45 (19.07%) Microsoft
3 39 (16.53%) Databricks
4 32 (13.56%) Google
5 12 (5.08%) Informatica
6 11 (4.66%) Oracle
7 9 (3.81%) Screaming Frog
8 6 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.54%) SAP
9 4 (1.69%) Ahrefs
10 3 (1.27%) Talend
11 2 (0.85%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.85%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.42%) Foundry
12 1 (0.42%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.42%) OneTrust
12 1 (0.42%) Sparx
12 1 (0.42%) Workday
12 1 (0.42%) YouTube
83 hybrid/remote Metadata jobs