Reference Data Contracts in Bristol

Reference Data
South West > Bristol

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 76 84
Rank change year-on-year - +8 +20
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 0 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol - 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.66% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £403 £389
25th Percentile - £408 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £419 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -11.84% -8.65%
75th Percentile - £433 £488
90th Percentile - £439 -
South West median daily rate - £419 £475
% change year-on-year - -11.84% +40.22%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 199 302 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 30.66% 27.18% 26.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 120 189
10th Percentile £263 £300 £319
25th Percentile £363 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -4.55% +7.21%
75th Percentile £560 £638 £650
90th Percentile £600 £701 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -4.11% -0.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 121 46
10th Percentile £6.00 £36.25 -
25th Percentile £15.48 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £18.51 £70.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -73.56% +614.29% -76.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £69.00
90th Percentile £79.48 £75.00 £79.88
South West median hourly rate £21.01 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -61.80% - +30.95%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Bristol

Reference Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Reference Data in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Reference Data in Bristol