Reference Data Jobs in Scotland

Reference Data
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 152 207
Rank change year-on-year -4 +55 -48
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 6 138 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.20% 2.06% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 4.30% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £45,500
25th Percentile - £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,500 £62,500
75th Percentile - £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £82,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.12% +17.86% -12.50%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 727 3,208 1,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.33% 47.84% 40.80%
Number of salaries quoted 375 837 781
10th Percentile £35,400 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,094 £39,347 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,519 £89,472
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Reference Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Scotland

Reference Data
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Reference Data in Scotland.

Salary trend for Reference Data in Scotland

Reference Data
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Glasgow +63 4 - - 2
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Reference Data
UK

Reference Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Big Data
1 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Java Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Kafka
1 3 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 2 (33.33%) gRPC
2 2 (33.33%) React
2 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Replication
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Operational Stability
3 3 (50.00%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) Business Agility
4 2 (33.33%) Concurrent Programming
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (33.33%) High Availability
4 2 (33.33%) Microservices
4 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) SOA
4 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle