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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 22 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 +13
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 63 33 24
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.80% 6.31% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.05% 7.21% 3.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 24 18
10th Percentile £338 £400 £371
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +3.69% -6.27% -3.57%
75th Percentile £650 £503 £638
90th Percentile £727 £581 £715
West Midlands median daily rate £508 £487 £516
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.67% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.30 - -
25th Percentile £23.58 - -
Median hourly rate £24.06 - -
75th Percentile £24.53 - -
90th Percentile £24.81 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £40.03 - -

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 783 458 619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.47% 87.57% 79.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 306 416
10th Percentile £313 £163 £231
25th Percentile £400 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £675 £689 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £484 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.89% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 38 39
10th Percentile £16.69 - £13.85
25th Percentile £22.31 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.44 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.75% -32.94% +23.99%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.82 £47.13
90th Percentile - £27.64 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £22.50
% change year-on-year +39.65% +8.18% -10.00%

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 2 July 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 11 (17.46%) Confluence
2 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.59%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Azure
2 13 (20.63%) AWS
3 9 (14.29%) GCP
4 7 (11.11%) GitHub
4 7 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (6.35%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.59%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.59%) Miro
7 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.59%) Slack
7 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.59%) Firewall
1 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.35%) Power BI
3 3 (4.76%) Tableau
4 2 (3.17%) Looker
5 1 (1.59%) Base SAS
5 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.59%) Metadata
5 1 (1.59%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 12 (19.05%) JIRA
2 10 (15.87%) Git
3 9 (14.29%) JMeter
4 7 (11.11%) Cucumber
4 7 (11.11%) GitLab
4 7 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (11.11%) JUnit
4 7 (11.11%) Selenium
4 7 (11.11%) WebDriver
5 2 (3.17%) Yeoman
General
1 32 (50.79%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.63%) Finance
2 13 (20.63%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Banking
5 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Local Government
5 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Retail
6 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Marketing
7 1 (1.59%) Automotive
7 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Senior
2 9 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 8 (12.70%) Analyst
4 7 (11.11%) Automation Tester
4 7 (11.11%) Senior Automation Tester
4 7 (11.11%) Senior Tester
4 7 (11.11%) Tester
5 6 (9.52%) Business Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Senior Manager
6 5 (7.94%) Consultant
7 4 (6.35%) Architect
7 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 4 (6.35%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Data Consultant
8 3 (4.76%) Data Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Lead
8 3 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Gen AI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) Spring
1 7 (11.11%) WireMock
2 2 (3.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Distributed Architecture
1 7 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.59%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.59%) NHS
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Photography
5 1 (1.59%) PMI
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.68%) Agile
2 19 (30.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (25.40%) Workshop Facilitation
4 12 (19.05%) CI/CD
5 11 (17.46%) Change Management
6 10 (15.87%) Microservices
6 10 (15.87%) Validation
7 9 (14.29%) Load Testing
7 9 (14.29%) Performance Testing
7 9 (14.29%) Stress Testing
7 9 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 8 (12.70%) DevOps
8 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (12.70%) Waterfall
9 7 (11.11%) Analytics
9 7 (11.11%) BDD
9 7 (11.11%) Data Validation
9 7 (11.11%) Migration
9 7 (11.11%) TDD
9 7 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) Python
2 3 (4.76%) SQL
3 1 (1.59%) Bicep
3 1 (1.59%) Java
3 1 (1.59%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.59%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (26.98%) SC Cleared
1 17 (26.98%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) Degree
3 4 (6.35%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.76%) CISM
4 3 (4.76%) CISSP
4 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.76%) PMP
5 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
1 4 (6.35%) GDPR
1 4 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.35%) PMO
2 3 (4.76%) NIST
3 2 (3.17%) NCSC
3 2 (3.17%) QA
4 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.59%) Basel III
4 1 (1.59%) GRC
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.59%) P3O
4 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (11.11%) Grafana
1 7 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 7 (11.11%) Prometheus
2 4 (6.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) SAP
3 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.17%) Adobe
4 2 (3.17%) Dynatrace
4 2 (3.17%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.17%) Oracle
4 2 (3.17%) VMware
5 1 (1.59%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) Databricks
5 1 (1.59%) Google
5 1 (1.59%) NEC
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.59%) Splunk
5 1 (1.59%) Zscaler