Reference Data Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Reference Data
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.04% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £70,000 - £70,000

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

Reference Data falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 92 187 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 31.94% 46.06% 46.81%
Number of salaries quoted 64 48 72
10th Percentile £27,250 £32,989 £25,075
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -8.26% -0.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £76,000 £97,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Reference Data
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Reference Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Reference Data

Reference Data
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 1 - -
Reference Data
East of England

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
2 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Pandas
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Semantic Web
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 3 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 3 (100.00%) RDF
1 3 (100.00%) Reference Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Development
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP