Data Steward Contract Job Trends in Luton

Data Steward
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Data Steward daily rate in Luton is £441, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
2 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Steward 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 - -
75th Percentile £454 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £441 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 147 80 149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 93.02% 98.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 38 104
10th Percentile £206 £121 £404
25th Percentile £411 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £550
90th Percentile £650 £658 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £532 £500 £504
% change year-on-year +6.38% -0.74% +0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 4
10th Percentile £67.50 £51.41 £29.75
25th Percentile £80.00 £55.16 £44.38
Median hourly rate £88.00 £63.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +15.00% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £58.88
90th Percentile £92.50 £76.40 £61.35
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% +18.18% +5.11%

Data Steward
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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 Luton.

Data Steward job vacancy trend in Luton

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Luton 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 Luton 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
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