Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Stakeholder Engagement
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 40 41
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 61 13 25
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.79% 2.49% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 2.86% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 8 20
10th Percentile £351 £448 £378
25th Percentile £423 £464 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +5.51% -11.90%
75th Percentile £581 £591 £638
90th Percentile £672 £758 £705
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.29% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £43.44 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Stakeholder Engagement 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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 755 454 622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.98% 86.81% 83.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 328 412
10th Percentile £310 £174 £239
25th Percentile £405 £375 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.06%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 20 44
10th Percentile £12.82 - £13.20
25th Percentile £15.62 £12.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £19.34 £14.70 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.56% -46.06% +81.67%
75th Percentile £25.00 £29.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £32.86 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.37 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +52.06% -20.00% +26.98%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Birmingham over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Birmingham

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (19.67%) Confluence
2 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.28%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.28%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.64%) Aareon QL
2 1 (1.64%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (1.64%) OPENHousing
2 1 (1.64%) Orchard Housing
2 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (31.15%) Azure
2 13 (21.31%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) GCP
3 7 (11.48%) GitHub
3 7 (11.48%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (6.56%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.92%) OpenShift
6 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.28%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.64%) Miro
7 1 (1.64%) Slack
7 1 (1.64%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.56%) Power BI
3 2 (3.28%) Metadata
4 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) JIRA
2 11 (18.03%) Git
3 9 (14.75%) JMeter
4 8 (13.11%) GitLab
4 8 (13.11%) Jenkins
4 8 (13.11%) Selenium
5 7 (11.48%) Cucumber
5 7 (11.48%) JUnit
5 7 (11.48%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (52.46%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Finance
3 10 (16.39%) Public Sector
4 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Legal
6 3 (4.92%) Banking
6 3 (4.92%) Local Government
7 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.64%) Automotive
8 1 (1.64%) Law
8 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Senior
2 11 (18.03%) Analyst
3 10 (16.39%) Project Manager
4 7 (11.48%) Automation Tester
4 7 (11.48%) Senior Automation Tester
4 7 (11.48%) Senior Tester
4 7 (11.48%) Tester
5 6 (9.84%) Architect
5 6 (9.84%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Technical Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Test Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Performance Test Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Platform Manager
8 2 (3.28%) Programme Manager
8 2 (3.28%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) Spring
1 7 (11.48%) WireMock
2 3 (4.92%) Middleware
3 2 (3.28%) REST
4 1 (1.64%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Distributed Architecture
1 7 (11.48%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.92%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.64%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Linux
1 3 (4.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (44.26%) Agile
2 14 (22.95%) CI/CD
3 13 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (18.03%) Change Management
4 11 (18.03%) Workshop Facilitation
5 10 (16.39%) Microservices
5 10 (16.39%) Test Automation
6 9 (14.75%) DevOps
6 9 (14.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 9 (14.75%) Load Testing
6 9 (14.75%) Performance Testing
6 9 (14.75%) Stress Testing
6 9 (14.75%) Validation
7 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (13.11%) Test Strategy
7 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
8 7 (11.48%) Analytics
8 7 (11.48%) BDD
8 7 (11.48%) Data Validation
8 7 (11.48%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.48%) Python
2 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.28%) SQL
4 1 (1.64%) Bicep
4 1 (1.64%) Java
4 1 (1.64%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (27.87%) Security Cleared
2 16 (26.23%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.84%) Degree
4 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.92%) PMP
6 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.64%) AAT
7 1 (1.64%) ACCA
7 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.64%) CIMA
7 1 (1.64%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) PMO
2 3 (4.92%) GDPR
3 2 (3.28%) QA
4 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.64%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.64%) NIST
4 1 (1.64%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (13.11%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (11.48%) Grafana
2 7 (11.48%) Prometheus
3 4 (6.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) SAP
3 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.56%) Splunk
4 2 (3.28%) Dynatrace
4 2 (3.28%) Informatica
4 2 (3.28%) NEC
5 1 (1.64%) Aareon
5 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.64%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.64%) Capita
5 1 (1.64%) Civica
5 1 (1.64%) Databricks
5 1 (1.64%) Foundry
5 1 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) Northgate
5 1 (1.64%) Oneserve
5 1 (1.64%) Orchard
5 1 (1.64%) Sage
5 1 (1.64%) VMware