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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 20 43
Rank change year-on-year -6 +23 +13
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 64 38 22
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.89% 6.71% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.18% 7.71% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 29 16
10th Percentile £334 £400 £348
25th Percentile £425 £406 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -11.90% -
75th Percentile £670 £501 £638
90th Percentile £728 £550 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £510 £475 £523
% change year-on-year +7.37% -9.09% -0.48%
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 782 493 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.18% 87.10% 79.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 330 417
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 £579 £575 £594
90th Percentile £685 £689 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £478 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 44 32
10th Percentile £18.04 - £13.33
25th Percentile £24.75 £12.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £17.44 £25.33
Median % change year-on-year +152.14% -31.15% +5.52%
75th Percentile £75.00 £22.49 £41.75
90th Percentile - £26.51 £56.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +51.07% +18.42% -24.75%

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 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 (17.19%) Confluence
2 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.56%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.56%) Navisworks
5 1 (1.56%) ProjectWise
5 1 (1.56%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.56%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.56%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.38%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) AWS
3 9 (14.06%) GCP
4 7 (10.94%) GitHub
4 7 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.56%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.56%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.56%) Miro
7 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) Slack
7 1 (1.56%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.56%) Firewall
1 1 (1.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (7.81%) Power BI
3 3 (4.69%) Tableau
4 2 (3.13%) Looker
5 1 (1.56%) Base SAS
5 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.56%) Metadata
5 1 (1.56%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) JIRA
2 10 (15.63%) Git
3 9 (14.06%) JMeter
4 7 (10.94%) Cucumber
4 7 (10.94%) GitLab
4 7 (10.94%) Jenkins
4 7 (10.94%) JUnit
4 7 (10.94%) Selenium
4 7 (10.94%) WebDriver
5 2 (3.13%) Yeoman
General
1 32 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Public Sector
3 12 (18.75%) Finance
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Banking
6 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Local Government
6 3 (4.69%) Marketing
6 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Automotive
7 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Senior
2 8 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 7 (10.94%) Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Automation Tester
3 7 (10.94%) Senior Automation Tester
3 7 (10.94%) Senior Tester
3 7 (10.94%) Tester
4 6 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Architect
5 5 (7.81%) Consultant
6 4 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Lead
6 4 (6.25%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Data Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Data Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (3.13%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) Spring
1 7 (10.94%) WireMock
2 2 (3.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Distributed Architecture
1 7 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.56%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.56%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.56%) Photography
4 1 (1.56%) PMI
4 1 (1.56%) Social Media
4 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) Agile
2 19 (29.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (23.44%) Workshop Facilitation
4 12 (18.75%) CI/CD
5 11 (17.19%) Change Management
5 11 (17.19%) Validation
6 10 (15.63%) Microservices
7 9 (14.06%) Load Testing
7 9 (14.06%) Performance Testing
7 9 (14.06%) Stress Testing
7 9 (14.06%) Test Automation
8 8 (12.50%) Analytics
8 8 (12.50%) DevOps
8 8 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.94%) BDD
9 7 (10.94%) Data Validation
9 7 (10.94%) Migration
9 7 (10.94%) TDD
9 7 (10.94%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) SQL
3 1 (1.56%) Bicep
3 1 (1.56%) Java
3 1 (1.56%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.56%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 17 (26.56%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.94%) Degree
4 4 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.69%) CISM
5 3 (4.69%) CISSP
5 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.69%) PMP
6 1 (1.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 4 (6.25%) GDPR
1 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.25%) PMO
2 3 (4.69%) NIST
3 2 (3.13%) ISO 19650
3 2 (3.13%) NCSC
3 2 (3.13%) QA
4 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.56%) Basel III
4 1 (1.56%) GRC
4 1 (1.56%) P3O
4 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (10.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) Grafana
1 7 (10.94%) Kubernetes
1 7 (10.94%) Prometheus
2 4 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) SAP
3 4 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.13%) Adobe
4 2 (3.13%) Dynatrace
4 2 (3.13%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) VMware
5 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.56%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco
5 1 (1.56%) Databricks
5 1 (1.56%) Google
5 1 (1.56%) NEC
5 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.56%) Splunk
5 1 (1.56%) Zscaler