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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 27 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 +24
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 67 50 23
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 7.53% 7.81% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.18% 8.53% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 43 14
10th Percentile £366 £400 £227
25th Percentile £405 £417 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £487 £519
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% -6.12% +9.21%
75th Percentile £656 £575 £578
90th Percentile £725 £625 £701
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £531 £523
% change year-on-year -5.84% +1.63% -3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £23.11 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 - -

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 730 586 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.02% 91.56% 83.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 387 392
10th Percentile £300 £249 £200
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £649 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 10
10th Percentile £13.46 £12.62 £19.65
25th Percentile £19.51 £12.78 £22.33
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -59.42% +55.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £54.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.51 £57.53
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £23.05 £23.89
% change year-on-year -0.22% -3.52% -13.13%

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 9 October 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 4 (5.97%) Confluence
2 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.49%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.49%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) Navisworks
3 1 (1.49%) ProjectWise
3 1 (1.49%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) Azure
2 8 (11.94%) Power Platform
3 6 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.97%) AWS
5 2 (2.99%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.99%) GCP
5 2 (2.99%) IaaS
5 2 (2.99%) OCI
5 2 (2.99%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 2 (2.99%) PaaS
5 2 (2.99%) SaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.49%) Figma
6 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.49%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (1.49%) Firewall
1 1 (1.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) Power BI
2 3 (4.48%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.99%) Looker
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.99%) Tableau
4 1 (1.49%) Base SAS
4 1 (1.49%) Metadata
4 1 (1.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
2 2 (2.99%) Yeoman
3 1 (1.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.49%) Bitbucket
General
1 32 (47.76%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.88%) Finance
3 15 (22.39%) Public Sector
4 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Banking
6 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.48%) Marketing
7 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Local Government
8 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Legal
9 1 (1.49%) Military
9 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (14.93%) Architect
2 8 (11.94%) Analyst
2 8 (11.94%) Business Analyst
3 7 (10.45%) Consultant
4 6 (8.96%) Developer
4 6 (8.96%) Lead
4 6 (8.96%) Senior
5 5 (7.46%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 4 (5.97%) Security Consultant
6 4 (5.97%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.48%) .NET Developer
7 3 (4.48%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (4.48%) Change Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Data Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (4.48%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) REST
2 3 (4.48%) .NET
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.99%) React
3 2 (2.99%) SOAP
4 1 (1.49%) DAO
4 1 (1.49%) OAuth
4 1 (1.49%) OpenID
4 1 (1.49%) SAML
4 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.48%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.49%) CMDB
5 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Photography
5 1 (1.49%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Social Media
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) Agile
2 15 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (16.42%) Migration
5 9 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (13.43%) Roadmaps
5 9 (13.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (11.94%) Analytics
6 8 (11.94%) Data Modelling
6 8 (11.94%) DevOps
6 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (11.94%) Process Improvement
6 8 (11.94%) Waterfall
7 7 (10.45%) Change Management
7 7 (10.45%) Data Migration
7 7 (10.45%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (10.45%) Service Management
8 6 (8.96%) AI
8 6 (8.96%) Data Protection
8 6 (8.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) C#
1 4 (5.97%) SQL
2 2 (2.99%) Python
3 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 9 (13.43%) Degree
4 6 (8.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.48%) CISM
5 3 (4.48%) CISSP
6 2 (2.99%) APMG
6 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.99%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.99%) PMP
7 1 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.49%) PgMP
7 1 (1.49%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) GRC
1 6 (8.96%) NCSC
2 5 (7.46%) NIST
3 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.97%) PMO
3 4 (5.97%) QA
4 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.99%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.99%) GDPR
5 1 (1.49%) Basel III
5 1 (1.49%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.49%) P3O
5 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Ansible
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.49%) PowerCLI
1 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.49%) vMotion
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) Oracle
3 3 (4.48%) VMware
4 2 (2.99%) Adobe
4 2 (2.99%) OpenAI
4 2 (2.99%) SAP
5 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.49%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco
5 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow