Reference Data Jobs in Central London

Reference Data
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 195 235
Rank change year-on-year +44 +40 +37
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 8 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.34% 0.079% 0.059%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £34,000 £109,750 -
25th Percentile £35,500 £113,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £122,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -64.49% +155.21% -31.43%
75th Percentile £85,625 £128,125 -
90th Percentile £108,250 £129,250 -
London median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £78,192
% change year-on-year -5.56% +15.10% -8.01%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 967 1,310 2,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 41.11% 34.66% 40.78%
Number of salaries quoted 637 964 1,719
10th Percentile £42,000 £38,975 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £103,125
90th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £120,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £76,391
% change year-on-year +6.67% -1.82% +1.85%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Reference Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Central London

Reference Data
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Reference Data in Central London.

Salary trend for Reference Data in Central London

Reference Data
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reference Data in Central London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Reference Data in Central London

Reference Data
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
City of London +43 8 £43,500 -64.49% 3
Reference Data
London

Reference Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Banking Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Graduate
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Process Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Equities
2 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
3 1 (12.50%) Derivative
3 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Unix
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Rocky
2 2 (25.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (25.00%) Data Lineage
2 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Reference Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Bash
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
3 1 (12.50%) FactSet
3 1 (12.50%) Refinitiv
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow