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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 345 416
Rank change year-on-year +113 +71 -94
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 235 83 93
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 0.50% 0.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.49% 2.64% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 121 50 79
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,937 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,625 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £86,000 £72,188 £76,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 3,144 5,119
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.89% 19.07% 20.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,528 2,107 3,997
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,050
25th Percentile £45,122 £46,250 £47,482
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -2.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
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 7 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 (5.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 12 (5.11%) Apache Spark
3 10 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.83%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.98%) Apache
6 3 (1.28%) SAS
7 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 53 (22.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 39 (16.60%) Workfront
2 2 (0.85%) HFM
2 2 (0.85%) Shopify
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.81%) Azure
2 53 (22.55%) iPaaS
3 33 (14.04%) AWS
4 29 (12.34%) Power Platform
5 27 (11.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 25 (10.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (10.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (10.21%) Google Analytics
8 21 (8.94%) Snowflake
9 19 (8.09%) GCP
10 13 (5.53%) Google Ads
11 12 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (3.83%) dbt
12 9 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (3.40%) GitHub
13 8 (3.40%) Power Automate
14 6 (2.55%) Collibra
14 6 (2.55%) Google Tag Manager
14 6 (2.55%) Serverless
15 5 (2.13%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 76 (32.34%) Broadband
2 2 (0.85%) SMS
3 1 (0.43%) 4G
3 1 (0.43%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.51%) Data Warehouse
1 20 (8.51%) Delta Lake
2 19 (8.09%) Power BI
3 18 (7.66%) Data Lake
4 14 (5.96%) Data Vault
4 14 (5.96%) Tableau
5 12 (5.11%) BigQuery
6 11 (4.68%) NoSQL
7 10 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (3.83%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.55%) MySQL
10 5 (2.13%) Big Data
11 4 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.70%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.70%) SQL Server
12 3 (1.28%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (1.28%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.28%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.85%) MLflow
3 1 (0.43%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.43%) ERwin
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 84 (35.74%) Marketing
2 50 (21.28%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (15.32%) Public Sector
5 31 (13.19%) Finance
6 27 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (10.21%) Law
8 16 (6.81%) Retail
9 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.55%) Legal
11 5 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.70%) Automotive
13 3 (1.28%) Banking
14 2 (0.85%) Advertising
14 2 (0.85%) Billing
14 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.43%) Publishing
15 1 (0.43%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 71 (30.21%) Architect
2 63 (26.81%) Data Architect
3 53 (22.55%) Senior
4 42 (17.87%) Product Owner
5 32 (13.62%) Lead
6 26 (11.06%) Data Engineer
7 21 (8.94%) Senior Architect
8 18 (7.66%) Senior Data Architect
9 15 (6.38%) Senior Data Engineer
10 13 (5.53%) SEO Executive
10 13 (5.53%) SEO Specialist
11 12 (5.11%) Analyst
12 6 (2.55%) Lead Architect
12 6 (2.55%) Technology Owner
13 5 (2.13%) Consultant
13 5 (2.13%) Data Analyst
13 5 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
14 4 (1.70%) Lead Developer
14 4 (1.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 4 (1.70%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.66%) PySpark
2 13 (5.53%) PyTorch
3 12 (5.11%) TensorFlow
4 11 (4.68%) CSS
4 11 (4.68%) HTML
4 11 (4.68%) Kafka
4 11 (4.68%) React
5 8 (3.40%) .NET
6 5 (2.13%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.13%) ASP.NET
6 5 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (2.13%) SPFx
7 4 (1.70%) JSON
7 4 (1.70%) XBRL
7 4 (1.70%) XML
8 2 (0.85%) Node.js
9 1 (0.43%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.43%) FFmpeg
9 1 (0.43%) Ray
9 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (30.21%) Product Ownership
2 61 (25.96%) Social Media
3 54 (22.98%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (22.98%) Over-the-Top Content
4 29 (12.34%) Cloud Native
5 21 (8.94%) Algorithms
6 13 (5.53%) Video\Live Streaming
7 11 (4.68%) Taxonomies
8 8 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.98%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.13%) Anti-Piracy
10 5 (2.13%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.13%) Reference Data
10 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.70%) Blog
12 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (45.96%) Roadmaps
2 98 (41.70%) Agile
3 93 (39.57%) Data Modelling
4 92 (39.15%) Analytics
5 84 (35.74%) AI
5 84 (35.74%) Decision-Making
6 75 (31.91%) Digital Marketing
7 72 (30.64%) Data Architecture
8 71 (30.21%) Workflow
9 66 (28.09%) Personalization
10 62 (26.38%) Customer Experience
11 61 (25.96%) Data Governance
12 57 (24.26%) CI/CD
13 56 (23.83%) Matrix Organization
14 55 (23.40%) Data Strategy
14 55 (23.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 55 (23.40%) User Stories
15 53 (22.55%) Product Management
15 53 (22.55%) Product Vision
15 53 (22.55%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 56 (23.83%) Python
2 45 (19.15%) SQL
3 22 (9.36%) Scala
4 15 (6.38%) Bicep
5 13 (5.53%) Java
6 12 (5.11%) C#
7 8 (3.40%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.98%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.55%) C++
10 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.85%) PHP
12 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (12.77%) Degree
2 16 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.38%) Azure Certification
4 14 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (5.53%) SnowPro
6 12 (5.11%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.83%) CIPD
8 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.43%) ICAEW
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.43%) PhD
10 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (30.64%) Data Quality
2 22 (9.36%) GDPR
3 11 (4.68%) QA
4 4 (1.70%) IFRS
4 4 (1.70%) IFRS 17
4 4 (1.70%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.43%) PERC
6 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (11.06%) Terraform
2 4 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 54 (22.98%) Adobe
2 38 (16.17%) Microsoft
3 36 (15.32%) Google
4 35 (14.89%) Databricks
5 11 (4.68%) Oracle
6 9 (3.83%) Screaming Frog
7 8 (3.40%) Informatica
8 7 (2.98%) SAP
9 6 (2.55%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.70%) Ahrefs
11 2 (0.85%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.85%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.43%) Foundry
12 1 (0.43%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.43%) IBM
12 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.43%) Talend
12 1 (0.43%) Workday
12 1 (0.43%) YouTube