Data Steward
UK

The median Data Steward salary in the UK is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 981 1178
Rank change year-on-year +107 +197 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Steward 20 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.008% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.008% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile - £70,000 £49,750
25th Percentile £47,250 £79,375 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £90,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +65.14% +33.74%
75th Percentile £51,750 - £57,500
90th Percentile - £96,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Data Steward
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Steward in the UK

Data Steward
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Steward in the UK

Data Steward
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Steward within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +121 19 £49,500 -45.00% 6
UK excluding London - 15 £49,500 - 3
Work from Home +105 13 - - 4
North West - 8 £49,500 - 1
North of England - 8 £49,500 - 3
Midlands - 6 - - 1
West Midlands - 4 - - 1
East Midlands - 2 - -
London +119 1 - - 3
South East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 featuring Data Steward in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Data Governance
2 14 (70.00%) Data Quality
3 13 (65.00%) Analytics
4 12 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (60.00%) Influencing Skills
4 12 (60.00%) Cost Reduction
4 12 (60.00%) Project Management
4 12 (60.00%) Data Architecture
5 5 (25.00%) SAP
6 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (20.00%) Degree
6 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (15.00%) Data Management
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Finance
7 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.00%) ERP
8 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.00%) EAM
8 2 (10.00%) Primavera
8 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (10.00%) SAP PLM
8 2 (10.00%) PLM
8 2 (10.00%) SAP PM
8 2 (10.00%) Order Management
8 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving

Data Steward Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (5.00%) Documentum
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Primavera
1 2 (10.00%) SAP PLM
1 2 (10.00%) SAP PM
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 12 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (60.00%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 12 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Life Science
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Data Governance
2 13 (65.00%) Analytics
3 12 (60.00%) Cost Reduction
3 12 (60.00%) Data Architecture
3 12 (60.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Data Management
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
6 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (10.00%) EAM
6 2 (10.00%) Order Management
6 2 (10.00%) PLM
7 1 (5.00%) B2B
7 1 (5.00%) Benchmarking
7 1 (5.00%) CRM
7 1 (5.00%) Ontologies
7 1 (5.00%) Problem Management
7 1 (5.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (70.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Infor