Stakeholder Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Stakeholder Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 13 22
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 -11
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 71 70 72
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 11.87% 10.62% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.86% 11.84% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 40 44
10th Percentile £373 £361 £383
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% -8.15% -
75th Percentile £538 £525 £603
90th Percentile £600 £581 £638
Scotland median daily rate £500 £471 £525
% change year-on-year +6.10% -10.24% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £23.60 - -
25th Percentile £26.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile £31.20 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 - £59.03
% change year-on-year - - +423.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Stakeholder Management 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 552 591 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.31% 89.68% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 307 528
10th Percentile £225 £205 £212
25th Percentile £411 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
% change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Stakeholder Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in Edinburgh

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Stakeholder Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (7.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) CMS
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.23%) Trello
3 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.41%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.94%) Azure
2 10 (14.08%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.04%) GCP
5 5 (7.04%) OCI
6 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.82%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.82%) Lucidchart
7 2 (2.82%) SaaS
8 1 (1.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.41%) Serverless
8 1 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (16.90%) JIRA
General
1 43 (60.56%) Social Skills
2 34 (47.89%) Finance
3 17 (23.94%) Banking
4 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
5 8 (11.27%) Retail
6 7 (9.86%) Retail Banking
7 6 (8.45%) Legal
8 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (4.23%) Billing
11 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.41%) Back Office
12 1 (1.41%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (23.94%) Project Manager
2 12 (16.90%) Analyst
3 8 (11.27%) Business Analyst
3 8 (11.27%) Lead
4 5 (7.04%) Implementation Manager
4 5 (7.04%) Implementation Project Manager
4 5 (7.04%) Project Implementation Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Implementation Specialist
5 4 (5.63%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Senior
5 4 (5.63%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Agile Scrum Master
6 3 (4.23%) Consultant
6 3 (4.23%) HR Manager
6 3 (4.23%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Scrum Master
7 2 (2.82%) Designer
7 2 (2.82%) Information Assurance Officer
7 2 (2.82%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) FastAPI
2 2 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.41%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.41%) boto
3 1 (1.41%) Hugging Face
3 1 (1.41%) NumPy
3 1 (1.41%) Pandas
3 1 (1.41%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.41%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.41%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (8.45%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.23%) EPoS
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.41%) Derivative
5 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) Equities
5 1 (1.41%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.41%) Replication
5 1 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.41%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.41%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Windows
2 2 (2.82%) Android
2 2 (2.82%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.41%) Linux
3 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.70%) Agile
2 16 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (22.54%) Project Management
3 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (15.49%) Migration
6 10 (14.08%) Data Protection
7 9 (12.68%) Decision-Making
7 9 (12.68%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.27%) AI
8 8 (11.27%) Change Management
8 8 (11.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 7 (9.86%) Project Governance
10 6 (8.45%) Business Analysis
10 6 (8.45%) Coaching
10 6 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (8.45%) Data Governance
10 6 (8.45%) Data Migration
10 6 (8.45%) DevOps
10 6 (8.45%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) Python
2 3 (4.23%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.41%) Bash
3 1 (1.41%) Perl
3 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.04%) Degree
2 3 (4.23%) MCP
3 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.82%) PMP
4 1 (1.41%) AAT
4 1 (1.41%) ACCA
4 1 (1.41%) APMG
4 1 (1.41%) CIMA
4 1 (1.41%) CISA
4 1 (1.41%) CISM
4 1 (1.41%) CISSP
4 1 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) COBIT
1 5 (7.04%) Data Quality
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
1 5 (7.04%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (4.23%) PMO
3 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.41%) NIST
3 1 (1.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Ansible
1 5 (7.04%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) Grafana
2 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.27%) Oracle
3 4 (5.63%) CheckPoint
3 4 (5.63%) Dell
3 4 (5.63%) Dynatrace
3 4 (5.63%) F5
3 4 (5.63%) HP
3 4 (5.63%) SAP
4 3 (4.23%) CA Agile Central
4 3 (4.23%) Spotify
5 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.82%) Workday
6 1 (1.41%) Informatica
6 1 (1.41%) Pega
6 1 (1.41%) Planview
6 1 (1.41%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.41%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.41%) Sage
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.41%) Talend