Reference Data Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Reference Data Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Reference Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 341 468
Rank change year-on-year +44 +127 +156
Contract jobs citing Reference Data Management 7 4 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.026% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.030% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - £503 £675
25th Percentile - £506 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £750
Median % change year-on-year - -30.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £569 £775
90th Percentile - £588 £820
UK median daily rate £838 £525 £700
% change year-on-year +59.52% -25.00% +35.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Reference Data Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Reference Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Reference Data Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Reference Data Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Reference Data Management.

Reference Data Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Reference Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Lake
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Back Office
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Data Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Data Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Kafka
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Reference Data
2 3 (42.86%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Management
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Data Governance
3 4 (57.14%) Master Data Management
4 3 (42.86%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
5 2 (28.57%) Data Security
5 2 (28.57%) Data Sharing
5 2 (28.57%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) PMI Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft