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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,273 1,483 1,171
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.30% 11.06% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.28% 11.97% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,142 1,011 818
10th Percentile £400 £388 £373
25th Percentile £469 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% +1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £787 £750 £775
England median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.25 £33.77
25th Percentile £34.65 £31.81 £38.75
Median hourly rate £41.00 £43.79 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +3.03% +33.15%
75th Percentile £59.25 £55.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £73.38 £68.00 £68.25
England median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.00% -18.83% +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 17,903 12,394 14,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.46% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,241 10,033
10th Percentile £361 £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 £663 £675 £688
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 287 256 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +9 414 £600 +7.14% 364
West London +16 115 £520 -0.95% 76
South London +7 34 £550 -10.70% 19
North London +4 11 £450 -17.43% 4
East London -1 11 £638 -5.56% 36
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
1 165 (5.04%) Confluence
2 88 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.50%) CMS
4 28 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (0.73%) Apache
6 16 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
9 6 (0.18%) WordPress
10 4 (0.12%) Appian
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
11 3 (0.092%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.092%) Moodle
11 3 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.061%) Drupal
12 2 (0.061%) JBoss
12 2 (0.061%) nginx
12 2 (0.061%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 152 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 68 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
4 62 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
5 39 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.31%) Revit
6 10 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) Notion
9 3 (0.092%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.092%) Sketch
10 2 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.061%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.061%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.061%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.031%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.031%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.031%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 94 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
3 15 (0.46%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.43%) Finacle
5 13 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.31%) Endur
8 10 (0.31%) Magento
8 10 (0.31%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.27%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.27%) SAP HCM
10 8 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 6 (0.18%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 623 (19.03%) Azure
2 431 (13.17%) AWS
3 226 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 145 (4.43%) SaaS
5 144 (4.40%) GCP
6 140 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
7 111 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
8 102 (3.12%) Entra ID
9 88 (2.69%) GitHub
10 85 (2.60%) Snowflake
11 48 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 43 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
12 43 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
12 43 (1.31%) Serverless
13 38 (1.16%) Amazon S3
13 38 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
14 36 (1.10%) Figma
15 35 (1.07%) AWS CloudFormation
15 35 (1.07%) OCI
16 34 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.65%) Firewall
2 43 (1.31%) Network Security
3 32 (0.98%) DNS
4 28 (0.86%) WAN
5 19 (0.58%) VPN
6 18 (0.55%) LAN
7 16 (0.49%) DHCP
8 15 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.37%) BGP
10 12 (0.37%) Internet
11 11 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.34%) Wireless
12 10 (0.31%) 4G
12 10 (0.31%) 5G
12 10 (0.31%) SSL
13 8 (0.24%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
13 8 (0.24%) SAN
13 8 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (5.68%) Power BI
2 107 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 97 (2.96%) Metadata
4 60 (1.83%) Tableau
5 53 (1.62%) SQL Server
6 49 (1.50%) Data Lake
7 42 (1.28%) Delta Lake
8 37 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
9 31 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 28 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
12 21 (0.64%) Oracle Database
13 19 (0.58%) Big Data
14 18 (0.55%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.52%) BigQuery
16 16 (0.49%) MongoDB
17 13 (0.40%) Data Vault
17 13 (0.40%) Redis
18 12 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 334 (10.20%) JIRA
2 56 (1.71%) Git
3 54 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 32 (0.98%) GitLab
5 25 (0.76%) Selenium
6 19 (0.58%) Postman
7 12 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 12 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 10 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.31%) JMeter
9 9 (0.27%) ERwin
10 8 (0.24%) Maven
11 7 (0.21%) Appium
11 7 (0.21%) JUnit
11 7 (0.21%) LoadRunner
11 7 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.18%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.15%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
14 4 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 1,653 (50.50%) Social Skills
2 1,247 (38.10%) Finance
3 578 (17.66%) Analytical Skills
4 441 (13.47%) Banking
5 342 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 229 (7.00%) Retail
7 193 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
8 170 (5.19%) Marketing
9 166 (5.07%) Legal
10 127 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
11 113 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
12 85 (2.60%) Front Office
12 85 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
13 71 (2.17%) Manufacturing
14 70 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 70 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 65 (1.99%) Investment Banking
16 58 (1.77%) Local Government
17 55 (1.68%) Financial Institution
18 49 (1.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 520 (15.89%) Analyst
2 431 (13.17%) Lead
3 417 (12.74%) Architect
4 366 (11.18%) Project Manager
5 354 (10.82%) Business Analyst
6 339 (10.36%) Senior
7 198 (6.05%) Consultant
8 149 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
9 123 (3.76%) Senior Manager
10 114 (3.48%) Programme Manager
11 88 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
12 86 (2.63%) Developer
13 77 (2.35%) IT Manager
13 77 (2.35%) Product Manager
14 70 (2.14%) Technical Manager
15 68 (2.08%) Product Owner
16 66 (2.02%) Data Analyst
17 61 (1.86%) Senior Analyst
18 60 (1.83%) Data Architect
19 56 (1.71%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (4.22%) Terraform
2 105 (3.21%) REST
3 75 (2.29%) Middleware
4 49 (1.50%) Kafka
5 47 (1.44%) SOAP
6 38 (1.16%) .NET
7 34 (1.04%) PySpark
8 32 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
9 28 (0.86%) HTML
9 28 (0.86%) XML
10 26 (0.79%) JSON
11 25 (0.76%) CSS
12 24 (0.73%) OAuth
13 23 (0.70%) Web Services
14 21 (0.64%) SailPoint
15 17 (0.52%) Spring
15 17 (0.52%) Spring Boot
16 16 (0.49%) Playwright
16 16 (0.49%) React
17 15 (0.46%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 283 (8.65%) Product Ownership
2 212 (6.48%) Onboarding
3 137 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 86 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 72 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 67 (2.05%) Data Centre
6 67 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 66 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
8 64 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 60 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 58 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.74%) AI Agents
12 53 (1.62%) Virtual Team
13 46 (1.41%) FMCG
14 40 (1.22%) NHS
15 39 (1.19%) Security Posture
16 38 (1.16%) CMDB
17 35 (1.07%) Operational Technology
18 33 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
19 32 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 104 (3.18%) Windows
2 62 (1.89%) Linux
3 25 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.61%) Unix
5 15 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.37%) Android
8 8 (0.24%) VMS
8 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
12 4 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
13 3 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.061%) AIX
14 2 (0.061%) CentOS
14 2 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.031%) Solaris
15 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,056 (32.26%) Agile
2 552 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
3 524 (16.01%) Roadmaps
4 508 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 466 (14.24%) AI
6 461 (14.08%) Migration
7 439 (13.41%) Decision-Making
8 425 (12.99%) DevOps
9 422 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 416 (12.71%) Analytics
11 394 (12.04%) Project Management
12 361 (11.03%) Project Delivery
13 337 (10.30%) User Acceptance Testing
14 318 (9.72%) CI/CD
15 313 (9.56%) Workshop Facilitation
16 307 (9.38%) Change Management
17 285 (8.71%) Risk Management
18 275 (8.40%) Data Modelling
19 268 (8.19%) Validation
20 263 (8.04%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 351 (10.72%) SQL
2 220 (6.72%) Python
3 76 (2.32%) Java
4 65 (1.99%) PowerShell
5 55 (1.68%) JavaScript
6 38 (1.16%) C#
7 27 (0.82%) Bash
8 25 (0.76%) Bicep
9 21 (0.64%) TypeScript
10 20 (0.61%) Korn
11 18 (0.55%) R
12 14 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 10 (0.31%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.27%) Perl
14 9 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.27%) VBA
15 7 (0.21%) C++
16 6 (0.18%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 505 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 422 (12.89%) SC Cleared
3 196 (5.99%) Degree
4 167 (5.10%) PMP
5 142 (4.34%) PMI Certification
6 60 (1.83%) CISSP
7 54 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 53 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 51 (1.56%) DV Cleared
10 42 (1.28%) CISM
11 40 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 36 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 31 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 23 (0.70%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.61%) ISTQB
15 20 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
16 16 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 15 (0.46%) ACCA
17 15 (0.46%) CIMA
17 15 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 205 (6.26%) QA
3 153 (4.67%) PMO
4 102 (3.12%) GDPR
5 74 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.20%) NIST
7 64 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 53 (1.62%) GRC
9 43 (1.31%) SLA
10 24 (0.73%) NCSC
11 19 (0.58%) WCAG
12 17 (0.52%) ISO 20022
13 15 (0.46%) COBIT
13 15 (0.46%) SEPA
14 13 (0.40%) IFRS
14 13 (0.40%) PCI DSS
15 12 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.37%) MiFID
15 12 (0.37%) PSD2
15 12 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.32%) Docker
3 24 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.24%) NFS
7 7 (0.21%) vSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Postfix
9 4 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.12%) Varnish
9 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.092%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.031%) oVirt
12 1 (0.031%) RACF
12 1 (0.031%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 89 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 41 (1.25%) Ansible
3 34 (1.04%) Grafana
4 19 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 18 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.40%) SCCM
7 8 (0.24%) Argo
7 8 (0.24%) Control-M
8 7 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.15%) Puppet
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.092%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.092%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.092%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.061%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.061%) Kibana
13 2 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 478 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 230 (7.03%) SAP
3 178 (5.44%) Oracle
4 149 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 148 (4.52%) Salesforce
6 116 (3.54%) Databricks
7 67 (2.05%) Google
8 54 (1.65%) Workday
9 38 (1.16%) IBM
10 36 (1.10%) Adobe
11 34 (1.04%) Cisco
11 34 (1.04%) Splunk
12 31 (0.95%) VMware
13 30 (0.92%) CyberArk
14 25 (0.76%) Informatica
15 23 (0.70%) Bloomberg
16 20 (0.61%) Ariba
16 20 (0.61%) Guidewire
17 19 (0.58%) Okta
18 18 (0.55%) Zscaler