Reference Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Reference Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Reference Data Analyst daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 532 597
Rank change year-on-year +22 +65 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Reference Data Analyst 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.006% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.007% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £604
25th Percentile - £675 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £750 £688
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £825 £741
90th Percentile - - £746
UK median daily rate £400 £750 £688
% change year-on-year -46.67% +9.09% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,200 29,920 39,877
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 92.95% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,237 18,584 27,824
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,419 1,377
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.84 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Reference Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Reference Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data Analyst in England

Reference Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Reference Data Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Reference Data Analyst job vacancies in England

Reference Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Reference Data Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Reference Data Analyst job vacancies in England

Reference Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London +20 1 £400 -46.67%
Reference Data Analyst
UK

Reference Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 September 2025, Reference Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Reference Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Reference Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality