Reference Data Job Trends in Luton

Reference Data
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Luton 1.39% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Generic Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17 59 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Luton 23.61% 51.75% 52.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 29
10th Percentile £41,000 £31,750 £36,418
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% -21.74% -32.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £60,150 £62,000 £112,750
Bedfordshire median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -10.53% -15.56% +7.14%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Luton

Reference Data
Salary Trend in Luton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Reference Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Reference Data

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