Data Stewardship Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Stewardship
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Stewardship skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 172 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Stewardship 9 12 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.34% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.37% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 0
10th Percentile - £50,250 -
25th Percentile £66,250 £59,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £63,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,375 -
90th Percentile - £71,250 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 -
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,198 3,231 5,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 77.51% 92.26% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,877 1,713 4,217
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Data Stewardship
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Stewardship relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Data Stewardship job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Stewardship
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Stewardship.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Stewardship

Data Stewardship
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Stewardship within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
Coventry - 4 £67,500 -
Warwickshire +9 2 - -
Data Stewardship
England

Data Stewardship
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (44.44%) Metadata
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
1 5 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (55.56%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Business Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Data Business Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Data Governance Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Data Governance Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Data Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Governance Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Master Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Master Data Management
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) BPMN
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Regulatory Change
2 5 (55.56%) UML
2 5 (55.56%) Use Case
2 5 (55.56%) User Stories
2 5 (55.56%) Waterfall
2 5 (55.56%) Workflow
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Data Governance
3 4 (44.44%) Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Data Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Metadata Management
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Technology Enablement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) IBM