Reference Data Job Trends in Plymouth

Reference Data
Devon > Plymouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Plymouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 1.81% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,350 - -
75th Percentile £67,825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £64,350 - -

All Generic Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 38 18 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 22.89% 28.13% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 49
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,483 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.38% -22.22% +0.75%
75th Percentile £67,725 £58,886 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,908 £65,272 -
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,048
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.02% +9.53%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Reference Data job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Reference Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata Repository
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Data Design
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 3 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 3 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery