Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Stakeholder Engagement
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 +17
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 19 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 5.00% 2.29% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 2.61% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 5
10th Percentile £300 £468 £322
25th Percentile £340 £493 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £563 £413
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +36.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £491 £766 £475
90th Percentile £635 £964 £550
South West median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.22 - -
25th Percentile £53.73 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile £88.75 - -
South West median hourly rate £54.36 - £56.49
% change year-on-year - - -28.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 331 306 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.11% 87.68% 86.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 195 226
10th Percentile £325 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £461 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £676 £700
90th Percentile £700 £750 £753
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 42
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.95 £26.93
25th Percentile £30.19 £32.52 -
Median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.22% +33.42% -15.27%
75th Percentile £68.00 £69.38 £78.27
90th Percentile £72.54 £72.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Gloucestershire

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Gloucestershire

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Gloucester -5 10 £425 -17.07% 33
Cheltenham +8 3 - - 30
Stakeholder Engagement
South West

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (5.26%) Confluence
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
1 1 (5.26%) nginx
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) DHCP
2 1 (5.26%) DNS
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Change Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Junior
4 1 (5.26%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) OAuth
1 1 (5.26%) OAuth2
1 1 (5.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.26%) Insider Threat
1 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.26%) PKI
1 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Agile
1 4 (21.05%) Migration
1 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
2 3 (15.79%) Change Management
2 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
2 3 (15.79%) ERP
2 3 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
3 2 (10.53%) AI
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (10.53%) ETL
3 2 (10.53%) ITIL
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) VMware