Reference Data Job Trends in the East of England

Reference Data
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.073% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% - -
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 - - -
England median annual salary £64,350 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -24.29% +6.25% -3.03%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,343 1,417 840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 32.84% 37.91% 44.09%
Number of salaries quoted 630 593 558
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,250 £28,525
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £37,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in the East of England

Reference Data
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Reference Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Reference Data

Reference Data
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bedfordshire - 3 £70,000 -
Reference Data
England

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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