Stakeholder Management Contract Job Trends in England

Stakeholder Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 7,816 3,055 2,467
As % of all contract jobs in England 16.77% 10.85% 7.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.67% 11.94% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,145 2,099 1,545
10th Percentile £388 £363 £363
25th Percentile £454 £446 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £642
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 67 59
10th Percentile £21.01 £23.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -20.83% +26.74%
75th Percentile £82.88 £61.88 £74.38
90th Percentile £97.50 £77.50 £81.18
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £47.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year +30.56% -20.85% +17.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,732 25,595 27,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.23% 90.90% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,964 16,210 16,641
10th Percentile £325 £295 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £639
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,112 1,632 1,060
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -6.74%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.90 £67.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £37.24 £25.08 £39.50
% change year-on-year +48.51% -36.52% -7.06%

Stakeholder Management Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in England

Stakeholder Management Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Stakeholder Management Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in England over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in England

Stakeholder Management Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Stakeholder Management Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in England over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in England

Stakeholder Management Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Management within the England region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 4,086 £560 +1.82% 2,204
North of England +9 1,186 £500 - 617
South East +13 1,014 £549 +4.52% 658
Midlands +7 689 £495 -1.10% 371
North West +4 588 £525 +5.00% 330
West Midlands +9 552 £475 -12.28% 236
Yorkshire +10 522 £500 +1.63% 219
South West +7 394 £550 - 230
East of England +14 251 £510 -5.12% 199
East Midlands -3 119 £525 +19.32% 135
North East +5 84 £500 - 68
South Coast - 1 £450 -
Stakeholder Management
UK

Stakeholder Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile30.6%2,395
2Continuous Improvement18.6%1,450
3Problem-Solving17.7%1,384
4Roadmaps17.0%1,331
5Migration14.5%1,131
6Decision-Making13.6%1,062
6Stakeholder Engagement13.6%1,062
8AI13.3%1,043
9Project Delivery12.2%950
10DevOps11.7%917
11Analytics11.6%905
12Project Management11.0%860
13Workshop Facilitation10.8%847
14Risk Management9.9%775
15CI/CD9.9%773
16Change Management9.9%772
17Requirements Gathering8.7%678
18User Acceptance Testing8.6%669
19Cybersecurity8.5%661
20Validation8.3%645