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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 20 43
Rank change year-on-year -1 +23 +19
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 64 46 20
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 7.10% 7.94% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.56% 9.06% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 36 13
10th Percentile £382 £401 £226
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -3.53%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £550
90th Percentile £725 £600 £728
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £23.11 - -
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 748 508 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.02% 87.74% 81.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 335 388
10th Percentile £313 £177 £200
25th Percentile £400 £362 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £544 £638
90th Percentile £675 £638 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £492 £508
% change year-on-year -3.46% -3.05% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 50 15
10th Percentile £13.45 - £14.60
25th Percentile £19.34 £12.62 £20.88
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -53.41% +47.27%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.89 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.50 £24.34 £21.30
% change year-on-year +25.31% +14.30% -22.56%

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 27 August 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 7 (10.94%) Confluence
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.56%) Navisworks
4 1 (1.56%) ProjectWise
4 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 19 (29.69%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) AWS
3 6 (9.38%) GCP
3 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.25%) GitHub
4 4 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.56%) Figma
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.56%) Miro
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) Serverless
6 1 (1.56%) Snowflake
6 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 6 (9.38%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.13%) Looker
3 2 (3.13%) Tableau
4 1 (1.56%) Base SAS
4 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.56%) Metadata
4 1 (1.56%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) JIRA
2 7 (10.94%) Git
3 6 (9.38%) JMeter
4 4 (6.25%) Cucumber
4 4 (6.25%) GitLab
4 4 (6.25%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.25%) JUnit
4 4 (6.25%) Selenium
4 4 (6.25%) WebDriver
5 2 (3.13%) Yeoman
6 1 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (1.56%) Bitbucket
General
1 32 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.00%) Finance
3 15 (23.44%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Banking
6 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.69%) Local Government
6 3 (4.69%) Marketing
6 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Legal
8 1 (1.56%) Military
8 1 (1.56%) Retail
8 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (21.88%) Senior
2 8 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 7 (10.94%) Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Business Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Project Manager
4 5 (7.81%) Architect
4 5 (7.81%) Consultant
5 4 (6.25%) Automation Tester
5 4 (6.25%) Data Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Lead
5 4 (6.25%) Senior Automation Tester
5 4 (6.25%) Senior Tester
5 4 (6.25%) Tester
6 3 (4.69%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Change Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Data Consultant
6 3 (4.69%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) Spring
1 4 (6.25%) WireMock
2 3 (4.69%) Terraform
3 1 (1.56%) OAuth
3 1 (1.56%) OpenID
3 1 (1.56%) REST
3 1 (1.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.25%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) CMDB
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.56%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.56%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.56%) Photography
5 1 (1.56%) Social Media
5 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Agile
2 18 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
4 10 (15.63%) Analytics
4 10 (15.63%) Change Management
4 10 (15.63%) CI/CD
5 9 (14.06%) DevOps
5 9 (14.06%) Migration
5 9 (14.06%) Waterfall
6 8 (12.50%) Validation
7 7 (10.94%) Data Engineering
7 7 (10.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (9.38%) Load Testing
8 6 (9.38%) Microservices
8 6 (9.38%) Performance Testing
8 6 (9.38%) Stress Testing
8 6 (9.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (3.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.56%) Java
3 1 (1.56%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (23.44%) Security Cleared
2 14 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.06%) Degree
4 3 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.69%) CISM
4 3 (4.69%) CISSP
4 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.69%) PMP
5 2 (3.13%) APMG
6 1 (1.56%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.25%) PMO
3 3 (4.69%) GRC
3 3 (4.69%) NCSC
3 3 (4.69%) QA
4 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.13%) GDPR
4 2 (3.13%) NIST
5 1 (1.56%) Basel III
5 1 (1.56%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.56%) P3O
5 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Grafana
1 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 4 (6.25%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) SAP
2 4 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.13%) Adobe
3 2 (3.13%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.13%) OpenAI
3 2 (3.13%) Oracle
3 2 (3.13%) VMware
4 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.56%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco
4 1 (1.56%) Databricks
4 1 (1.56%) NEC
4 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.56%) Zscaler