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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 26 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +17
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 61 23 26
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.59% 4.52% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.82% 5.16% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 14 20
10th Percentile £347 £405 £406
25th Percentile £416 £418 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £488 £469
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +4.05% -10.71%
75th Percentile £642 £538 £638
90th Percentile £726 £705 £705
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.53% +0.10% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
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 780 446 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.32% 87.62% 80.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 298 408
10th Percentile £313 £163 £235
25th Percentile £401 £375 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +1.89% -5.94%
75th Percentile £587 £592 £577
90th Percentile £687 £689 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 43
10th Percentile £14.46 - £13.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.05 £17.44 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.59% -32.94% +25.57%
75th Percentile £69.06 £26.51 £47.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £29.91 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +54.15% -2.00% -

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 11 June 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 (18.03%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.92%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.28%) NEC Housing
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.64%) Aareon QL
2 1 (1.64%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (1.64%) OPENHousing
2 1 (1.64%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 18 (29.51%) Azure
2 11 (18.03%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) GCP
3 7 (11.48%) GitHub
3 7 (11.48%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.64%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.64%) Miro
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Slack
5 1 (1.64%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.64%) Firewall
1 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) Base SAS
3 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.64%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) JIRA
2 10 (16.39%) Git
3 9 (14.75%) JMeter
4 7 (11.48%) Cucumber
4 7 (11.48%) GitLab
4 7 (11.48%) Jenkins
4 7 (11.48%) JUnit
4 7 (11.48%) Selenium
4 7 (11.48%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.59%) Finance
3 11 (18.03%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.20%) Local Government
6 4 (6.56%) Banking
7 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Retail
8 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Automotive
9 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Law
9 1 (1.64%) Legal
9 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.64%) Marketing
9 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Senior
2 10 (16.39%) Analyst
2 10 (16.39%) Project Manager
3 8 (13.11%) Business Analyst
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 5 (8.20%) Consultant
5 5 (8.20%) Senior Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Technical Manager
8 2 (3.28%) Change Consultant
8 2 (3.28%) Contracts Manager
8 2 (3.28%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) Spring
1 7 (11.48%) WireMock
2 2 (3.28%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Distributed Architecture
1 7 (11.48%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (9.84%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.56%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.64%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.64%) NHS
6 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.64%) Photography
6 1 (1.64%) PMI
6 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (39.34%) Agile
2 17 (27.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (22.95%) Workshop Facilitation
4 12 (19.67%) CI/CD
5 10 (16.39%) Microservices
6 9 (14.75%) Change Management
6 9 (14.75%) Load Testing
6 9 (14.75%) Performance Testing
6 9 (14.75%) Stress Testing
6 9 (14.75%) Test Automation
6 9 (14.75%) Validation
7 8 (13.11%) DevOps
7 8 (13.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
8 7 (11.48%) BDD
8 7 (11.48%) Data Validation
8 7 (11.48%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (11.48%) Observability
8 7 (11.48%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.92%) Python
2 2 (3.28%) SQL
3 1 (1.64%) Bicep
3 1 (1.64%) Java
3 1 (1.64%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) SC Cleared
1 16 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.84%) Degree
3 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.92%) CISM
4 3 (4.92%) CISSP
4 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.92%) PMP
5 1 (1.64%) AAT
5 1 (1.64%) ACCA
5 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.64%) CIMA
5 1 (1.64%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) GDPR
2 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.56%) PMO
3 3 (4.92%) NIST
4 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.28%) NCSC
5 1 (1.64%) Basel III
5 1 (1.64%) GRC
5 1 (1.64%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.64%) P3O
5 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 7 (11.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Grafana
1 7 (11.48%) Kubernetes
1 7 (11.48%) Prometheus
2 4 (6.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) SAP
3 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.28%) Adobe
4 2 (3.28%) Dynatrace
4 2 (3.28%) NEC
4 2 (3.28%) Oracle
4 2 (3.28%) VMware
5 1 (1.64%) Aareon
5 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.64%) Capita
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco
5 1 (1.64%) Civica
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%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.64%) Splunk