Reference Data Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Reference Data Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Reference Data Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 113 119
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data Management 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.055% 0.052% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.064% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £675 £669
% change year-on-year -14.81% +0.93% +12.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,624 1,565 1,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.69% 81.77% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,038 1,005 1,184
10th Percentile £250 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £672 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 39 48
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.66 £14.42
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.25 £19.56
Median hourly rate £24.34 £26.13 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -5.00% +52.78%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.25 £44.69
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.65 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

Reference Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Reference Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data Management in the West Midlands

Reference Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Reference Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Reference Data Management

Reference Data Management
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Coventry - 1 £475 -
Reference Data Management
England

Reference Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management