Stakeholder Management Contract Job Trends in London

Stakeholder Management
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,072 1,512 1,174
As % of all contract jobs in London 15.24% 11.12% 7.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.11% 12.05% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,027 1,028 838
10th Percentile £400 £390 £386
25th Percentile £469 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 22 8
10th Percentile £27.55 £28.25 £30.13
25th Percentile £37.56 £33.00 £34.73
Median hourly rate £43.00 £44.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +5.29% +8.97%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.19 £60.31
90th Percentile £77.60 £64.03 £66.50
England median hourly rate £62.00 £53.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +15.89% -13.15% +34.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,950 12,547 14,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.04% 92.29% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,820 8,389 10,191
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 247 197
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.58 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -15.71% -15.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £62.70 £71.50
England median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in London

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in London over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in London

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in London over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in London

Stakeholder Management
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 Management within the London region over the 6 months to 6 August 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 +10 402 £600 +4.35% 345
West London +18 102 £520 -3.26% 82
South London -3 29 £600 -2.58% 27
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 2
East London -5 8 £675 +3.45% 28
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder Management
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
1 160 (5.21%) Confluence
2 81 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.50%) CMS
4 22 (0.72%) Apache
5 19 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 6 (0.20%) WordPress
11 5 (0.16%) Appian
12 4 (0.13%) Kentico
13 3 (0.098%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.098%) Palantir Foundry
14 2 (0.065%) Camunda
14 2 (0.065%) Drupal
14 2 (0.065%) JBoss
14 2 (0.065%) Moodle
14 2 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 143 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
4 62 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
5 44 (1.43%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.33%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.33%) Revit
6 10 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 4 (0.13%) Notion
9 3 (0.098%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.098%) Sketch
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.065%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.065%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.065%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.033%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.033%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 87 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.46%) Finacle
5 13 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.36%) Endur
7 11 (0.36%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.36%) SAP SD
8 10 (0.33%) Magento
8 10 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
12 6 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
12 6 (0.20%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 553 (18.00%) Azure
2 377 (12.27%) AWS
3 199 (6.48%) Power Platform
4 131 (4.26%) SaaS
5 123 (4.00%) GCP
6 118 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
8 91 (2.96%) Entra ID
9 75 (2.44%) GitHub
10 73 (2.38%) Snowflake
11 41 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
13 36 (1.17%) Amazon S3
14 35 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
14 35 (1.14%) OCI
15 34 (1.11%) Figma
16 33 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
16 33 (1.07%) Serverless
17 31 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.50%) Firewall
2 35 (1.14%) Network Security
3 30 (0.98%) DNS
4 26 (0.85%) WAN
5 18 (0.59%) VPN
6 17 (0.55%) LAN
7 15 (0.49%) DHCP
8 13 (0.42%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.36%) BGP
10 10 (0.33%) Internet
11 9 (0.29%) OSPF
11 9 (0.29%) SSL
11 9 (0.29%) Wireless
12 8 (0.26%) HTTP
12 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.23%) 4G
13 7 (0.23%) 5G
13 7 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
14 6 (0.20%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (5.37%) Power BI
2 94 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (2.51%) Metadata
4 56 (1.82%) Tableau
5 47 (1.53%) Data Lake
6 40 (1.30%) SQL Server
7 34 (1.11%) Delta Lake
8 28 (0.91%) Relational Database
9 21 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (0.68%) Big Data
10 20 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.55%) Oracle Database
12 16 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 13 (0.42%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.36%) Db2
15 11 (0.36%) Parquet
15 11 (0.36%) Power Query
15 11 (0.36%) RDBMS
16 10 (0.33%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 325 (10.58%) JIRA
2 45 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 44 (1.43%) Git
4 27 (0.88%) GitLab
5 19 (0.62%) Selenium
6 16 (0.52%) Postman
7 13 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 9 (0.29%) ERwin
8 9 (0.29%) JMeter
8 9 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
8 9 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.26%) Maven
9 8 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.23%) Appium
11 6 (0.20%) JUnit
12 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.16%) ER Studio
12 5 (0.16%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 1,532 (49.87%) Social Skills
2 1,199 (39.03%) Finance
3 533 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 421 (13.70%) Banking
5 310 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 217 (7.06%) Retail
7 185 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
8 160 (5.21%) Legal
9 156 (5.08%) Marketing
10 119 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
11 108 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
12 82 (2.67%) Front Office
13 78 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 65 (2.12%) Investment Banking
16 62 (2.02%) Financial Institution
16 62 (2.02%) Manufacturing
17 58 (1.89%) Telecoms
18 57 (1.86%) Local Government
19 47 (1.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 509 (16.57%) Analyst
2 395 (12.86%) Lead
3 369 (12.01%) Project Manager
4 361 (11.75%) Architect
5 360 (11.72%) Business Analyst
6 312 (10.16%) Senior
7 182 (5.92%) Consultant
8 147 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
9 123 (4.00%) Senior Manager
10 110 (3.58%) Programme Manager
11 92 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
12 78 (2.54%) IT Manager
13 72 (2.34%) Developer
14 71 (2.31%) Technical Manager
15 70 (2.28%) Product Manager
16 67 (2.18%) Product Owner
17 65 (2.12%) Data Analyst
18 57 (1.86%) Senior Project Manager
19 56 (1.82%) Senior Analyst
20 46 (1.50%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (2.77%) REST
2 68 (2.21%) Middleware
3 44 (1.43%) SOAP
4 33 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
5 32 (1.04%) Kafka
6 29 (0.94%) .NET
6 29 (0.94%) PySpark
7 26 (0.85%) HTML
8 24 (0.78%) CSS
9 23 (0.75%) JSON
9 23 (0.75%) SailPoint
9 23 (0.75%) XML
10 21 (0.68%) Web Services
11 20 (0.65%) OAuth
12 16 (0.52%) React
13 15 (0.49%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.46%) Playwright
15 13 (0.42%) Spring
16 12 (0.39%) Node.js
16 12 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 267 (8.69%) Product Ownership
2 198 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 109 (3.55%) Cloud Native
4 82 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 78 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 64 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 61 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
8 60 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 56 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 54 (1.76%) Virtual Team
11 49 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
12 46 (1.50%) AI Agents
13 44 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
13 44 (1.43%) FMCG
14 38 (1.24%) NHS
15 34 (1.11%) CMDB
16 33 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
17 32 (1.04%) Operational Technology
17 32 (1.04%) Security Posture
18 27 (0.88%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 99 (3.22%) Windows
2 50 (1.63%) Linux
3 21 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.46%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.46%) Unix
5 13 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.39%) Android
7 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.098%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.098%) VMS
12 2 (0.065%) AIX
12 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.033%) CentOS
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,001 (32.58%) Agile
2 496 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
3 477 (15.53%) Roadmaps
4 467 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 430 (14.00%) Migration
6 418 (13.61%) Decision-Making
7 406 (13.22%) AI
8 402 (13.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 379 (12.34%) Analytics
9 379 (12.34%) Project Management
10 369 (12.01%) DevOps
11 338 (11.00%) Project Delivery
12 320 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
13 290 (9.44%) Change Management
14 274 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
15 272 (8.85%) Risk Management
16 263 (8.56%) CI/CD
17 261 (8.50%) Validation
18 246 (8.01%) User Stories
19 244 (7.94%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 313 (10.19%) SQL
2 198 (6.45%) Python
3 57 (1.86%) Java
4 51 (1.66%) PowerShell
5 43 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 30 (0.98%) C#
7 22 (0.72%) Bash
8 19 (0.62%) Bicep
9 17 (0.55%) Korn
10 16 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.46%) R
12 13 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.29%) VBA
15 8 (0.26%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.26%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.23%) Perl
17 5 (0.16%) C++
17 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 446 (14.52%) Security Cleared
2 373 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 184 (5.99%) Degree
4 162 (5.27%) PMP
5 139 (4.52%) PMI Certification
6 63 (2.05%) CISSP
7 54 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 50 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 44 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 43 (1.40%) CISM
11 28 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 27 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (0.52%) CRISC
16 15 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (0.46%) ACCA
18 13 (0.42%) CIMA
18 13 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (7.42%) Data Quality
2 182 (5.92%) QA
3 146 (4.75%) PMO
4 100 (3.26%) GDPR
5 73 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 71 (2.31%) NIST
7 58 (1.89%) Accessibility
8 54 (1.76%) GRC
9 50 (1.63%) SLA
10 23 (0.75%) NCSC
11 19 (0.62%) COBIT
12 17 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.55%) WCAG
13 15 (0.49%) ISO 20022
13 15 (0.49%) SEPA
14 14 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 13 (0.42%) MiFID
15 13 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 13 (0.42%) Solvency II
16 12 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 78 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.28%) Docker
3 19 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.26%) NFS
7 6 (0.20%) Postfix
8 4 (0.13%) Varnish
8 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.098%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.098%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.033%) RACF
Systems Management
1 111 (3.61%) Terraform
2 75 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.14%) Ansible
4 24 (0.78%) Grafana
5 17 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.39%) SCCM
8 8 (0.26%) Argo
9 7 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.20%) Control-M
11 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.13%) Puppet
13 3 (0.098%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.065%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.065%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 414 (13.48%) Microsoft
2 224 (7.29%) SAP
3 160 (5.21%) Oracle
4 145 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 143 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 89 (2.90%) Databricks
7 60 (1.95%) Google
8 53 (1.73%) Workday
9 33 (1.07%) Adobe
9 33 (1.07%) IBM
10 30 (0.98%) CyberArk
11 28 (0.91%) Cisco
11 28 (0.91%) Splunk
12 26 (0.85%) VMware
13 22 (0.72%) Ariba
14 20 (0.65%) Guidewire
14 20 (0.65%) MuleSoft
15 19 (0.62%) Okta
15 19 (0.62%) Zscaler
16 18 (0.59%) Informatica