Reference Data Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Reference Data
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 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 West Sussex 0.35% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 80 69 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 27.68% 47.26% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 34 57
10th Percentile £263 £193 £290
25th Percentile £319 £225 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £406 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -9.72% -14.29%
75th Percentile £605 £592 £563
90th Percentile £725 £714 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.00 £16.95 £36.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £18.82 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +192.24% -51.12% +73.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.21 £40.25
90th Percentile - £85.50 -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.83% +1.05% -3.14%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Reference Data

Reference Data
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex 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
Horsham - 1 - -
Reference Data
South East

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Ataccama
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ERwin
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft