Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in London

Stakeholder Engagement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 25 148
Rank change year-on-year -1 +123 +27
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 1,774 1,004 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.77% 7.50% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.87% 8.11% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,231 685 187
10th Percentile £380 £386 £404
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £671 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
England median daily rate £550 £539 £550
% change year-on-year +2.09% -2.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 0
10th Percentile £26.51 £33.25 -
25th Percentile £41.00 £39.09 -
Median hourly rate £48.00 £47.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.56 -
90th Percentile £65.88 £72.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.40 £52.00 £58.05
% change year-on-year +25.77% -10.41% +2.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,982 12,382 14,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.49% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,765 8,174 9,384
10th Percentile £360 £334 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 244 181
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.06 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -17.80% -7.80%
75th Percentile £60.25 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.38 £64.93 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in London

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London -1 223 £555 -6.72% 162
West London +14 47 £725 +126.56% 25
South London -1 17 £546 +49.11% 13
East London +8 5 £500 -2.44% 10
North London -1 4 £550 - 3
Stakeholder Engagement
England

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 76 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 53 (2.99%) Confluence
3 26 (1.47%) CMS
4 23 (1.30%) Apache
4 23 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.56%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.23%) SAS
8 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.17%) Kentico
9 3 (0.17%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Drupal
10 2 (0.11%) IIS
10 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.056%) Appian
11 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.056%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.056%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.056%) Luigi
Applications
1 68 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.11%) Trello
10 1 (0.056%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.056%) InDesign
10 1 (0.056%) Notion
Business Applications
1 39 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.51%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.34%) Endur
7 6 (0.34%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.28%) iTrent
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.28%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 4 (0.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.23%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 357 (20.12%) Azure
2 243 (13.70%) AWS
3 199 (11.22%) Power Platform
4 96 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
6 72 (4.06%) GCP
7 62 (3.49%) Entra ID
8 55 (3.10%) GitHub
9 49 (2.76%) Power Automate
9 49 (2.76%) Snowflake
10 47 (2.65%) SaaS
11 41 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
12 40 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
13 39 (2.20%) Serverless
14 38 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
15 36 (2.03%) Amazon S3
16 33 (1.86%) PowerApps
17 29 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 28 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.69%) Network Security
2 16 (0.90%) Firewall
3 13 (0.73%) VPN
4 11 (0.62%) 5G
4 11 (0.62%) Internet
5 10 (0.56%) WAN
6 7 (0.39%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.39%) LAN
6 7 (0.39%) PSTN
6 7 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
6 7 (0.39%) VoIP
7 6 (0.34%) 4G
7 6 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.28%) 3GPP
8 5 (0.28%) DNS
8 5 (0.28%) NGN
8 5 (0.28%) tcpdump
8 5 (0.28%) Wireless
8 5 (0.28%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.23%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (8.91%) Power BI
2 75 (4.23%) Metadata
3 48 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.20%) Data Lake
5 33 (1.86%) SQL Server
6 25 (1.41%) Power Query
7 22 (1.24%) Tableau
8 18 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (0.85%) Star Schema
10 14 (0.79%) DynamoDB
10 14 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.73%) Big Data
11 13 (0.73%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.68%) Data Vault
12 12 (0.68%) Delta Lake
13 9 (0.51%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.45%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 101 (5.69%) JIRA
2 38 (2.14%) Git
3 28 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.35%) GitLab
5 11 (0.62%) Postman
5 11 (0.62%) Selenium
6 5 (0.28%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.28%) JMeter
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.28%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.23%) ERwin
7 4 (0.23%) Maven
7 4 (0.23%) Snyk
7 4 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.11%) Appium
9 2 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 833 (46.96%) Social Skills
2 534 (30.10%) Finance
3 328 (18.49%) Public Sector
4 281 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
5 159 (8.96%) Banking
6 119 (6.71%) Influencing Skills
7 81 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
8 72 (4.06%) Retail
9 68 (3.83%) Legal
10 66 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
11 53 (2.99%) Local Government
11 53 (2.99%) Marketing
12 48 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (2.09%) Investment Banking
14 36 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 34 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.63%) Manufacturing
17 23 (1.30%) Front Office
18 22 (1.24%) Law
19 18 (1.01%) Military
Job Titles
1 297 (16.74%) Analyst
2 257 (14.49%) Architect
3 219 (12.34%) Lead
4 208 (11.72%) Senior
5 188 (10.60%) Business Analyst
6 136 (7.67%) Project Manager
7 109 (6.14%) Consultant
8 103 (5.81%) Developer
9 80 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
10 58 (3.27%) Change Manager
11 54 (3.04%) Data Architect
12 51 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 46 (2.59%) Data Engineer
14 43 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
15 39 (2.20%) IT Manager
15 39 (2.20%) Senior Manager
16 37 (2.09%) Senior Business Analyst
17 35 (1.97%) Delivery Manager
18 34 (1.92%) Business Manager
19 32 (1.80%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (5.02%) Terraform
2 50 (2.82%) REST
3 35 (1.97%) PySpark
4 27 (1.52%) .NET
5 25 (1.41%) Kafka
6 24 (1.35%) React
7 23 (1.30%) Spring
7 23 (1.30%) XML
8 22 (1.24%) Middleware
9 20 (1.13%) JSON
9 20 (1.13%) SOAP
10 19 (1.07%) Spring Boot
11 16 (0.90%) Django
11 16 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
12 13 (0.73%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.73%) OpenID
12 13 (0.73%) RESTful
12 13 (0.73%) Web Services
13 12 (0.68%) OAuth
14 9 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 114 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 96 (5.41%) Cloud Native
4 47 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.59%) AI Agents
6 43 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 36 (2.03%) Security Posture
9 30 (1.69%) NHS
10 28 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 26 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
12 26 (1.47%) Operational Technology
13 22 (1.24%) CMDB
13 22 (1.24%) Taxonomies
14 17 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (0.85%) FMCG
15 15 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.59%) Windows
2 33 (1.86%) Linux
3 12 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.28%) Unix
5 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.23%) macOS
7 3 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.11%) Android
8 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.056%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.056%) SUSE
9 1 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (31.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 531 (29.93%) Agile
3 328 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 300 (16.91%) Decision-Making
5 291 (16.40%) AI
6 278 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
7 267 (15.05%) DevOps
8 266 (14.99%) Roadmaps
9 260 (14.66%) Migration
10 252 (14.21%) Workshop Facilitation
11 227 (12.80%) Analytics
12 213 (12.01%) Change Management
13 202 (11.39%) CI/CD
14 190 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
15 174 (9.81%) Project Delivery
15 174 (9.81%) Risk Management
16 167 (9.41%) Data Governance
17 159 (8.96%) Data Modelling
18 158 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
19 149 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 216 (12.18%) SQL
2 187 (10.54%) Python
3 55 (3.10%) Java
4 52 (2.93%) PowerShell
5 38 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 29 (1.63%) C#
7 28 (1.58%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.41%) Bash
8 25 (1.41%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.79%) Bicep
10 11 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.51%) Groovy
12 8 (0.45%) Scala
13 7 (0.39%) Korn
14 6 (0.34%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.28%) VBA
16 4 (0.23%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.17%) Go
Qualifications
1 408 (23.00%) Security Cleared
2 359 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 111 (6.26%) Degree
4 58 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 56 (3.16%) PMP
6 53 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 47 (2.65%) DV Cleared
8 46 (2.59%) CISSP
9 35 (1.97%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.47%) CISM
11 24 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.18%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (0.79%) APMG
16 13 (0.73%) CISA
16 13 (0.73%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 12 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 12 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (9.24%) Data Quality
2 80 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (4.06%) PMO
3 72 (4.06%) QA
4 70 (3.95%) NIST
5 64 (3.61%) GDPR
6 49 (2.76%) Accessibility
7 36 (2.03%) GRC
8 31 (1.75%) NCSC
9 21 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.56%) SLA
13 7 (0.39%) WCAG
14 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.28%) COBIT
15 5 (0.28%) IFRS
15 5 (0.28%) ITGC
15 5 (0.28%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (3.04%) Docker
2 41 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.056%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.056%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.24%) Ansible
4 14 (0.79%) Grafana
5 12 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.11%) Istio
8 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 2 (0.11%) QRadar
8 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.056%) Kibana
9 1 (0.056%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.056%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.056%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 353 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.96%) Databricks
3 81 (4.57%) Oracle
4 79 (4.45%) SAP
5 63 (3.55%) ServiceNow
6 57 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 44 (2.48%) Google
8 23 (1.30%) IBM
9 22 (1.24%) Splunk
10 20 (1.13%) Workday
11 17 (0.96%) CyberArk
12 12 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (0.68%) Okta
12 12 (0.68%) Qualys
12 12 (0.68%) VMware
13 11 (0.62%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.56%) Ariba
14 10 (0.56%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.56%) Informatica
14 10 (0.56%) MuleSoft