Data Steward Job Trends in England

Data Steward
UK > England

The median Data Steward salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 680 648
Rank change year-on-year +75 -32 +339
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Steward 9 19 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.018% 0.036% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.039% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile - £30,000 £51,500
25th Percentile - £33,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £39,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.90% -43.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile - £58,595 £72,500
90th Percentile - £70,375 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £39,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +51.90% -34.17% -29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 45,987 49,051 41,744
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 93.74% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 28,714 26,856 32,612
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,872
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £43,226
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

Data Steward
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Steward' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Steward job vacancy trend in England

Data Steward
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Data Steward job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Data Steward job vacancies in England

Data Steward
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Steward within the England region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
London +77 7 £60,000 -12.73%
South East +26 2 - -
Data Steward
UK

Data Steward Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Data Steward job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Data Steward in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 7 (77.78%) AI
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Data Analysis
2 7 (77.78%) Data Stewardship
2 7 (77.78%) KYC
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (77.78%) Performance Metrics
2 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) Workflow
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Master Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (22.22%) Metadata
3 2 (22.22%) Veeva

Data Steward Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Metadata
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
1 7 (77.78%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (22.22%) Life Science
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 7 (77.78%) AI
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Data Analysis
2 7 (77.78%) Data Stewardship
2 7 (77.78%) KYC
2 7 (77.78%) Performance Metrics
2 7 (77.78%) Workflow
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Master Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Quality