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 citing Stakeholder Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 8,100 3,213 2,450
As % of all contract jobs in England 17.55% 11.02% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.46% 12.15% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,308 2,211 1,545
10th Percentile £385 £363 £363
25th Percentile £454 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £642
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £545
% change year-on-year +4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 72 56
10th Percentile £21.08 £23.20 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £63.00 £47.49 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.67% -20.85% +18.75%
75th Percentile £85.00 £63.81 £64.73
90th Percentile £92.50 £79.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £47.48 £58.30
% change year-on-year +31.12% -18.57% +11.05%

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 citing process or methodology skills in England.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 39,592 26,442 26,986
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 85.79% 90.66% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,766 16,786 16,470
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
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 3,267 1,710 986
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.69 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.87 £20.03
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £39.59
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -36.47% -11.03%
75th Percentile £66.46 £44.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £34.94 £25.15 £36.08
% change year-on-year +38.91% -30.30% -17.81%

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 31 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 for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in England over the 6 months to 31 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 31 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 4,234 £560 +1.82% 487
North of England +11 1,206 £500 - 222
South East +11 1,101 £544 +3.57% 263
Midlands +6 707 £500 - 160
North West +5 603 £515 +3.00% 133
West Midlands +8 571 £481 -8.38% 111
Yorkshire +10 522 £500 +2.56% 67
South West +9 402 £550 - 143
East of England +15 265 £525 +0.48% 78
East Midlands -1 119 £517 +16.67% 49
North East +10 88 £500 +5.26% 22
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
1Agile30.3%2,453
2Continuous Improvement19.0%1,543
3Problem-Solving17.8%1,445
4Roadmaps17.2%1,395
5Migration14.3%1,160
6Stakeholder Engagement14.0%1,131
7Decision-Making13.7%1,108
8AI13.4%1,084
9Project Delivery12.3%1,000
10Analytics11.8%953
11DevOps11.5%929
12Workshop Facilitation11.1%899
13Project Management11.0%891
14Change Management10.0%807
14Risk Management10.0%807
16CI/CD9.8%793
17Requirements Gathering8.9%721
18User Acceptance Testing8.6%696
19Cybersecurity8.4%684
20Validation8.2%666