Reference Data Jobs in the City of London

Reference Data
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 175 225
Rank change year-on-year +46 +50 +38
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 8 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.41% 0.12% 0.090%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 0.34% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £34,000 £86,500 £56,900
25th Percentile £35,500 £94,375 £70,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £115,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -62.17% +21.05% +58.33%
75th Percentile £85,625 £126,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,250 £128,500 -
Central London median annual salary £43,500 £115,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -62.17% +21.05% +58.33%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 811 1,167 1,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.48% 34.83% 40.86%
Number of salaries quoted 604 869 1,506
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £54,703 £51,000 £58,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -
75th Percentile £103,000 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £117,500 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in the City of London

Reference Data
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Reference Data in the City of London.

Salary trend for Reference Data in the City of London

Reference Data
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reference Data in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Reference Data in the City of London

Reference Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Graduate
4 1 (12.50%) Graduate Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Graduate Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Process Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Process Mapping Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Services 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%) 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 Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Data Science
2 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
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