Metadata
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Metadata skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Metadata over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 518 493
Rank change year-on-year +16 -25 +111
Permanent jobs citing Metadata 421 550 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.32% 2.48% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 238 338 511
10th Percentile £39,275 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +8.91%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Metadata is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,126 22,187 43,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.39% 21.37% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12,573 13,827 21,368
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%

Metadata
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Metadata in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Metadata.

Salary trend for Metadata in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metadata over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Metadata in the UK

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Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metadata within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -42 313 £70,000 +7.12% 91
UK excluding London -9 240 £65,000 +8.33% 43
London +32 143 £75,000 +9.17% 52
Work from Home -24 121 £72,500 +7.41% 48
Scotland -3 70 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Midlands +26 57 £54,650 +4.10% 4
West Midlands +42 53 £55,000 -4.35% 3
North of England +44 51 £70,000 +3.70% 12
South East -16 44 £85,000 +41.67% 9
North West +14 31 £92,778 +78.42% 6
South West -45 14 £68,937 +14.42% 7
Yorkshire +82 12 £62,500 -16.11% 6
North East -6 8 £42,625 -7.34%
East Midlands -14 4 £50,000 +11.45% 1
East of England +1 3 £31,000 -43.64% 6
Wales +6 1 £47,500 -18.10% 3

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.85%) Confluence
3 11 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.61%) SAS
4 6 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.95%) Apache
5 4 (0.95%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.71%) CMS
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.24%) Documentum
8 1 (0.24%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.95%) Trello
4 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.19%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 130 (30.88%) Azure
2 68 (16.15%) AWS
3 53 (12.59%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.69%) GCP
5 30 (7.13%) Snowflake
6 27 (6.41%) Serverless
7 25 (5.94%) Matillion
8 24 (5.70%) Collibra
9 22 (5.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 20 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (4.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (3.80%) GitHub
12 16 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (2.61%) PaaS
14 10 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (2.14%) SaaS
16 6 (1.43%) Amazon S3
16 6 (1.43%) Google Sheets
16 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
17 5 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.44%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.48%) WebEx
3 1 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (17.81%) Data Warehouse
2 63 (14.96%) Data Lake
3 48 (11.40%) Power BI
4 25 (5.94%) SQL Server
5 20 (4.75%) Big Data
5 20 (4.75%) Relational Database
6 19 (4.51%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (2.85%) Delta Lake
8 12 (2.85%) Metadata Repository
9 11 (2.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (2.38%) Ataccama
10 10 (2.38%) Data Vault
11 9 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.66%) Data Hub
13 6 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 6 (1.43%) Parquet
13 6 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 84 (19.95%) Git
2 74 (17.58%) Jenkins
3 66 (15.68%) Bitbucket
4 65 (15.44%) Artifactory
5 15 (3.56%) JIRA
6 10 (2.38%) GitLab
7 6 (1.43%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.71%) ERwin
9 2 (0.48%) Ant
9 2 (0.48%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.48%) Subversion
10 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.24%) JMeter
10 1 (0.24%) Postman
10 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 178 (42.28%) Finance
2 113 (26.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 93 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (21.38%) Marketing
5 89 (21.14%) Social Skills
6 73 (17.34%) Law
7 51 (12.11%) Banking
8 19 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 18 (4.28%) Legal
10 17 (4.04%) Retail Banking
11 16 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (3.09%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (2.14%) Retail
15 7 (1.66%) Billing
16 6 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.95%) Wearables
19 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 177 (42.04%) Architect
2 152 (36.10%) Data Architect
3 117 (27.79%) Senior
4 84 (19.95%) Lead
5 70 (16.63%) Software Engineer
6 65 (15.44%) Lead Software Engineer
7 50 (11.88%) Senior Architect
7 50 (11.88%) Senior Data Architect
8 45 (10.69%) Senior Software Engineer
9 42 (9.98%) Data Engineer
10 34 (8.08%) Analyst
11 29 (6.89%) Data Analyst
12 21 (4.99%) Data Manager
13 17 (4.04%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (4.04%) Salesforce Architect
14 15 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.56%) DevOps Architect
14 15 (3.56%) Enterprise Data Architect
15 13 (3.09%) Azure Data Engineer
16 12 (2.85%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (18.05%) XML
2 70 (16.63%) Web Services
3 68 (16.15%) JSON
4 65 (15.44%) JSON-LD
4 65 (15.44%) LDAP
4 65 (15.44%) OpenID
4 65 (15.44%) RESTful
4 65 (15.44%) SAML
5 8 (1.90%) .NET
6 6 (1.43%) Anaconda
6 6 (1.43%) Flask
6 6 (1.43%) Pandas
6 6 (1.43%) Plotly
6 6 (1.43%) SQLAlchemy
7 5 (1.19%) HTML
7 5 (1.19%) Itk
7 5 (1.19%) J2EE
7 5 (1.19%) Kafka
8 4 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (29.93%) Management Information System
2 83 (19.71%) Reference Data
3 65 (15.44%) Enterprise Cloud
4 26 (6.18%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.56%) PlayStation
7 12 (2.85%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.61%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.61%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.14%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.90%) Blog
10 8 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.43%) NHS
11 6 (1.43%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.43%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.61%) Windows
2 3 (0.71%) Linux
2 3 (0.71%) Unix
3 2 (0.48%) Android
3 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (62.71%) Data Modelling
2 191 (45.37%) Agile
3 174 (41.33%) Metadata Management
4 152 (36.10%) Data Management
5 149 (35.39%) Data Architecture
6 137 (32.54%) Analytics
7 130 (30.88%) Data Pipeline
8 110 (26.13%) Data Governance
9 102 (24.23%) Data Strategy
10 101 (23.99%) CI/CD
11 100 (23.75%) Roadmaps
12 94 (22.33%) SDLC
13 93 (22.09%) Software Engineering
14 92 (21.85%) Use Case
15 87 (20.67%) DevOps
16 86 (20.43%) Business Intelligence
17 82 (19.48%) Data Transformation
18 79 (18.76%) ETL
19 78 (18.53%) Test Automation
20 74 (17.58%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 127 (30.17%) SQL
2 65 (15.44%) Go
2 65 (15.44%) Prolog
2 65 (15.44%) SPARQL
3 54 (12.83%) Python
4 39 (9.26%) T-SQL
5 19 (4.51%) Java
6 10 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.14%) R
8 8 (1.90%) Scala
9 5 (1.19%) C
9 5 (1.19%) C#
9 5 (1.19%) C++
9 5 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.95%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.48%) VBA
12 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (9.03%) Degree
2 23 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (3.56%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 13 (3.09%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.19%) MCAD
8 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.24%) HND
11 1 (0.24%) MCSE
11 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (32.30%) Data Quality
2 50 (11.88%) GDPR
3 5 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.19%) GRC
4 4 (0.95%) QA
5 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.71%) SNOMED CT
6 2 (0.48%) HL7
6 2 (0.48%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (15.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.61%) Terraform
2 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Cast Iron
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
Vendors
1 73 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 59 (14.01%) Databricks
3 32 (7.60%) Oracle
4 19 (4.51%) Informatica
4 19 (4.51%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.28%) Google
5 18 (4.28%) IBM
6 16 (3.80%) Facebook
7 15 (3.56%) Sony
8 10 (2.38%) SAP
9 5 (1.19%) ESRI
10 4 (0.95%) Adobe
10 4 (0.95%) Talend
11 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.48%) Allen-Bradley
12 2 (0.48%) Cisco
12 2 (0.48%) iManage
12 2 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.48%) Siemens