Reference Data Job Trends in Hampshire

Reference Data
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.029% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - - £82,500
% change year-on-year - - -17.50%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 755 367 1,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 22.13% 23.23% 31.24%
Number of salaries quoted 465 239 881
10th Percentile £28,700 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £54,737 £49,070
% change year-on-year -8.65% +11.55% -10.78%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Reference Data
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Reference Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Reference Data

Reference Data
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Reference Data
South East

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle