Reference Data Job Trends in Staffordshire

Reference Data
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in permanent job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median annual salary - £65,400 -

All Generic Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 370 248 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 54.33% 28.25% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 116 125 112
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,900 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +11.11% +7.78%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £63,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +14.82%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Staffordshire

Reference Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking