Data Stewardship Contracts in England

Data Stewardship
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Stewardship skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Stewardship over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 526 637
Rank change year-on-year +44 +111 +129
Contract jobs citing Data Stewardship 3 16 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.043% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.050% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 7
10th Percentile - £439 £470
25th Percentile - £522 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £550 £713
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -22.81% +29.55%
75th Percentile - - £722
90th Percentile - £754 £735
UK median daily rate £800 £550 £713
% change year-on-year +45.45% -22.81% +32.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Stewardship falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Stewardship
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Stewardship as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Stewardship in England

Data Stewardship
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Stewardship in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Stewardship in England

Data Stewardship
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Stewardship in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Stewardship in England

Data Stewardship
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Stewardship within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +31 2 £800 - 2
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Data Stewardship
UK

Data Stewardship
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Workday HCM
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Workday Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Workday Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) IT Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Continuity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Workday
2 1 (33.33%) IBM