Data Steward Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Steward
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Steward daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 342 476
Rank change year-on-year +52 +134 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Data Steward 14 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.020% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.021% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £259 £429 -
25th Percentile £310 £445 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £494 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% - -
75th Percentile £375 £545 -
90th Percentile - £563 -
UK median daily rate £350 £325 -
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Steward
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Data Steward in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Steward trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Steward
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Steward.

Data Steward daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Steward
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Steward over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Data Steward daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Steward Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Steward contract 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 contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Data Steward in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Data Management
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (92.86%) E-Commerce
3 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
4 9 (64.29%) Data Quality
5 8 (57.14%) Information Management
5 8 (57.14%) Product Information Management
6 7 (50.00%) ERP
7 6 (42.86%) Retail
7 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
8 5 (35.71%) Power Query
8 5 (35.71%) Salsify
8 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
8 5 (35.71%) Informatica
9 4 (28.57%) Data Mapping
10 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
11 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
12 1 (7.14%) Metadata
12 1 (7.14%) SQL
12 1 (7.14%) SAP
12 1 (7.14%) Validation
12 1 (7.14%) CMS
12 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
12 1 (7.14%) Project Management
12 1 (7.14%) Quality Management
12 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
12 1 (7.14%) ETL
12 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
12 1 (7.14%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (7.14%) JIRA

Data Steward Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Salsify
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Power Query
2 1 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Data Management
2 13 (92.86%) E-Commerce
3 8 (57.14%) Information Management
3 8 (57.14%) Product Information Management
4 7 (50.00%) ERP
5 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
6 4 (28.57%) Data Mapping
7 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
8 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
8 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
8 1 (7.14%) Data Transformation
8 1 (7.14%) ETL
8 1 (7.14%) Metadata Management
8 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (7.14%) Project Management
8 1 (7.14%) Quality Management
8 1 (7.14%) Scorecard
8 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Informatica
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) SAP