Reference Data Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Reference Data
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.28% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £488 - -

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 61 52 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 17.13% 28.11% 44.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 40
10th Percentile £450 £236 £360
25th Percentile £492 £470 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £550 £581
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -5.38% +22.37%
75th Percentile £656 £569 £700
90th Percentile £675 £690 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 33
10th Percentile £15.72 £32.94 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £47.75 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £61.95 £63.88 £84.26
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.82% +4.27%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001