Reference Data Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Reference Data Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Reference Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 106 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data Management 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.034% 0.067% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.072% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,426 1,383 2,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.15% 92.63% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,606 838 1,292
10th Percentile £300 £299 £213
25th Percentile £400 £412 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.50% -0.20% -1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 57 168
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £27.69 £14.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -28.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.50 £63.72
90th Percentile £99.00 £78.31 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +96.43% -41.05% -4.04%

Reference Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Reference Data Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Reference Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Reference Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Reference Data Management

Reference Data Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Berkshire -27 1 £500 -
Reference Data Management
South East

Reference Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality