Reference Data Contracts in Hertfordshire

Reference Data
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.25% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.75 - -
Median hourly rate £80.50 - -
75th Percentile £82.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 168 209 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 52.34% 25.06% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 80 174
10th Percentile £404 £262 £250
25th Percentile £478 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £464 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% -7.25% -
75th Percentile £655 £622 £638
90th Percentile £681 £701 £722
East of England median daily rate £520 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 60 33
10th Percentile £16.95 £29.60 £21.00
25th Percentile £51.00 £60.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -0.76% +22.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £73.40
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Hertfordshire

Reference Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Reference Data in Hertfordshire

Reference Data
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stevenage - 4 - -
Reference Data
East of England

Reference Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 4 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Conceptual Models
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 4 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared