Reference Data Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Reference Data
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	40	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Reference Data	3	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire	0.84%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	2.94%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£580	-	-
25^th Percentile	£588	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£613	-	-
75^th Percentile	£650	-	-
90^th Percentile	£665	-	-
East of England median daily rate	£625	-	£588
% change year-on-year	-	-	+5.86%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

Reference Data falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	102	67	41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire	28.41%	28.88%	24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted	39	34	17
10^th Percentile	£74	£108	£318
25^th Percentile	£238	£425	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£438	£510	£525
Median % change year-on-year	-14.22%	-2.86%	-
75^th Percentile	£554	£600	£700
90^th Percentile	£590	£646	-
East of England median daily rate	£488	£500	£475
% change year-on-year	-2.50%	+5.26%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	37	14	6
10^th Percentile	£33.00	£57.00	£30.56
25^th Percentile	£61.00	£68.25	£37.02
Median hourly rate	£63.00	£82.50	£60.95
Median % change year-on-year	-23.64%	+35.36%	+10.82%
75^th Percentile	£74.00	£88.56	£67.03
90^th Percentile	£80.60	£91.75	£74.63
East of England median hourly rate	£63.00	£42.50	£61.00
% change year-on-year	+48.24%	-30.33%	-6.15%

Reference Data Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Reference Data relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Reference Data Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Reference Data.

Reference Data Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Luton	-	3	£613	-	2
Reference Data East of England

Reference Data Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Reference Data also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region citing Reference Data.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AWS	100.0%	3
1	Data Architecture	100.0%	3
1	Data Engineering	100.0%	3
1	Data Modelling	100.0%	3
1	Databricks	100.0%	3
1	Delta Lake	100.0%	3
1	Demand Forecasting	100.0%	3
1	Event-Driven	100.0%	3
1	Information Architecture	100.0%	3
1	Integration Patterns	100.0%	3
1	Lakehouse	100.0%	3
1	Logical Data Model	100.0%	3
1	Physical Data Model	100.0%	3
1	Planning and Forecasting	100.0%	3
1	Supply Chain Planning	100.0%	3
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	3
17	Batch Processing	66.7%	2
17	Data Governance	66.7%	2
17	Data Ingestion	66.7%	2
17	Data Integration	66.7%	2
17	Data Quality	66.7%	2
17	Decision-Making	66.7%	2
17	Dimensional Modelling	66.7%	2
17	Event-Driven Architecture	66.7%	2
17	Master Data Management	66.7%	2
17	Metadata	66.7%	2
17	Metadata Management	66.7%	2
17	Performance Optimisation	66.7%	2
29	Agile	33.3%	1
29	Architectural Patterns	33.3%	1

Reference Data Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Structures	33.3%	1
1	Management Information System	33.3%	1