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

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 16 22
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 7,889 3,095 2,480
As % of all contract jobs in England 16.89% 10.90% 7.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.79% 11.98% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,193 2,128 1,557
10th Percentile £388 £363 £363
25th Percentile £454 £447 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
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 266 66 59
10th Percentile £21.08 £23.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.21 £33.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £63.00 £47.49 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.67% -20.85% +26.74%
75th Percentile £83.62 £60.00 £74.38
90th Percentile £97.50 £77.50 £81.18
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.48 £60.00
% change year-on-year +31.65% -20.88% +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
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,860 25,825 27,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.91% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,043 16,388 16,768
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £640
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 3,134 1,632 1,057
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.82 £25.15 £41.16
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% -38.89% -7.52%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.19 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £25.08 £38.50
% change year-on-year +47.64% -34.87% -10.81%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 4,108 £563 +2.27% 2,188
North of England +9 1,204 £500 - 618
South East +13 1,050 £544 +3.57% 624
Midlands +6 688 £495 -1.10% 359
North West +5 598 £515 +3.00% 344
West Midlands +7 552 £475 -11.83% 226
Yorkshire +10 526 £500 +2.09% 207
South West +8 396 £550 - 228
East of England +18 252 £510 -5.12% 194
East Midlands -2 118 £525 +19.32% 133
North East +8 88 £501 -1.23% 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
1Agile30.5%2,406
2Continuous Improvement18.7%1,476
3Problem-Solving17.8%1,403
4Roadmaps17.1%1,349
5Migration14.4%1,138
6Stakeholder Engagement13.7%1,080
7Decision-Making13.6%1,070
8AI13.4%1,055
9Project Delivery12.2%965
10DevOps11.7%923
11Analytics11.6%916
12Project Management11.0%868
13Workshop Facilitation10.9%859
14Risk Management10.0%790
15Change Management9.9%782
16CI/CD9.9%781
17Requirements Gathering8.6%682
18User Acceptance Testing8.6%675
19Cybersecurity8.5%671
20Validation8.2%650