Data Steward Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Data Steward
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Data Steward daily rate in Bedfordshire is £441, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Steward 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 - -
75th Percentile £454 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £546 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 209 156 210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.98% 97.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 65 141
10th Percentile £179 £180 £313
25th Percentile £416 £325 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% - -
75th Percentile £600 £581 £550
90th Percentile £650 £665 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 5
10th Percentile £37.50 £46.30 £32.50
25th Percentile £65.75 £55.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +18.18% +5.11%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £91.90 £67.70 £60.80
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.84% +6.74% +124.63%

Data Steward
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Data Steward job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Data Steward
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Steward within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 2 £441 -
Data Steward
East of England

Data Steward Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Data Steward contract 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 contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Data Steward in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 2 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation

Data Steward Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aviation
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 2 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality