Reference Data Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Reference Data Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Reference Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 117 133
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +58
Contract jobs citing Reference Data Management 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.097% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.11% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £600 - -
Central London median daily rate £475 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Reference Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,667 1,895 2,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.55% 92.17% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 1,156 1,601
10th Percentile £338 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £759 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.84% +34.62% -35.80%

Reference Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Reference Data Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Reference Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Reference Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Reference Data Management

Reference Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Reference Data Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Reference Data Management in the City of London

Reference Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ERwin
1 1 (50.00%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modeller
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (50.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Conceptual Models
2 1 (50.00%) DAMA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Logical Data Model
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sparx