Data Steward Jobs in England

Data Steward
UK > England

The median Data Steward salary in England is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 707 738 950
Rank change year-on-year +31 +212 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Steward 10 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.012% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.013% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile £35,400 £47,275 £45,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £47,313 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £49,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% -41.47% +54.55%
75th Percentile £62,397 £52,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £70,500 £52,425 -
UK median annual salary £54,793 £49,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year +10.14% -41.47% +54.55%

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 51,984 61,563 92,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 95.03% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 24,688 47,902 59,928
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,268 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.94% -8.33% -

Data Steward
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Data Steward in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Steward in England

Data Steward
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Steward in England.

Salary trend for Data Steward in England

Data Steward
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Steward in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Steward 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 1 February 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
South East - 6 £39,000 -
London +45 2 £68,750 - 1
North of England +12 2 £54,793 +10.69%
North West -13 2 £54,793 +10.69%
Data Steward
UK

Data Steward Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 February 2025, Data Steward job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Data Steward in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (40.00%) Data Stewardship
2 4 (40.00%) Master Data Management
2 4 (40.00%) Data Management
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Open Source
4 2 (20.00%) Big Data
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Life Science
4 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (20.00%) GDPR
4 2 (20.00%) Data Science
5 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (10.00%) Metadata
5 1 (10.00%) Transcriptomics
5 1 (10.00%) Genomics

Data Steward Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Big Data
2 1 (10.00%) Metadata
2 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Life Science
2 1 (10.00%) Genomics
2 1 (10.00%) Linked Data
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (40.00%) Data Management
1 4 (40.00%) Data Stewardship
1 4 (40.00%) Master Data Management
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 2 (20.00%) Data Science
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Transcriptomics
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) R
3 1 (10.00%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR