Reference Data Contract Job Trends 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 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.092% - 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% - 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.18%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate - - £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 300 128 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 27.57% 24.85% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 70 152
10th Percentile £255 £197 £300
25th Percentile £405 £333 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £472 £544
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -13.20% +8.75%
75th Percentile £551 £562 £650
90th Percentile £625 £669 £710
South West median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 19 67
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.51 £32.75
25th Percentile £53.53 £49.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +14.55% +461.22%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.74 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £56.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +40.63% +196.30%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Bristol

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality