Reference Data Contract Job Trends 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 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.74% 0.85% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 2.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £575 - £650
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 -
Median hourly rate £80.50 £80.50 -
75th Percentile £83.13 £82.25 -
90th Percentile £83.65 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.50 £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 226 138 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 27.90% 38.87% 23.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 64 77
10th Percentile £160 £358 £258
25th Percentile £350 £463 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £544 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% +20.83% -10.00%
75th Percentile £581 £652 £563
90th Percentile £710 £684 £660
East of England median daily rate £492 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 36 59
10th Percentile £16.18 £16.95 £53.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £26.81 £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% +13.04%
75th Percentile £82.25 £81.54 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.19 £65.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -61.25% +9.24% +5.78%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Reference Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Reference Data

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 21 June 2026. 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 -6 5 - -
Watford - 1 £575 -
Reference Data
East of England

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Metadata
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Publishing
2 2 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Perl Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Perl Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Data Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Data Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (83.33%) Metadata Management
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) Java
1 5 (83.33%) Perl
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared