Reference Data Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Reference Data
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £465 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £660 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - £613
% change year-on-year - - +28.95%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 436 483 585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.62% 28.60% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 249 383
10th Percentile £290 £281 £250
25th Percentile £381 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £694 £710
South East median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 23
10th Percentile £32.05 £18.94 £21.05
25th Percentile £42.50 £27.69 £39.17
Median hourly rate £58.00 £52.37 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -17.52% -25.29%
75th Percentile £87.25 £61.36 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £70.03 £78.20
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £53.94
% change year-on-year -42.37% +6.33% +124.73%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Reference Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Berkshire

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Reference Data

Reference Data
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Reference Data in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Reference Data in Berkshire

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Reference Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Reference Data

Reference Data
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 1 £500 - 1
Wokingham - 1 £463 - 1
Reference Data
South East

Reference Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Reference Data Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) DAMA
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Reference Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lineage
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (33.33%) Degree