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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,189 1,226 1,317
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.65% 9.68% 7.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.19% 10.56% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,464 834 957
10th Percentile £390 £400 £406
25th Percentile £468 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £670
90th Percentile £784 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £549 £550
% change year-on-year -4.37% -0.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 17
10th Percentile £28.42 £34.96 £23.88
25th Percentile £38.00 £38.25 £30.16
Median hourly rate £52.50 £49.25 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% +11.93% -29.80%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £70.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £42.89 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -28.52% +23.08% -13.67%

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 15,430 11,609 15,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.20% 91.65% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,356 7,870 11,343
10th Percentile £352 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £760 £801 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 168 332
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.54 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.86 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +10 310 £600 -0.04% 204
West London -8 28 £550 +20.88% 26
South London -28 20 £590 -1.67% 6
East London 0 6 £675 +3.45% 12
North London +4 5 £519 +28.09% 4
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
1 136 (6.21%) Confluence
2 54 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.14%) CMS
4 17 (0.78%) Appian
5 15 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.50%) Apache
7 6 (0.27%) Camunda
7 6 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.27%) SAS
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.091%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.091%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.091%) Sitefinity
11 2 (0.091%) WordPress
12 1 (0.046%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 97 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (2.83%) Microsoft Project
3 50 (2.28%) MS Visio
4 46 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.41%) Trello
8 6 (0.27%) Sketch
8 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.091%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.091%) InVision
11 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.046%) Revit
11 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.01%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.64%) Endur
5 12 (0.55%) Loan IQ
6 11 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 10 (0.46%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
9 7 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
9 7 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.32%) SAP HR
10 6 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.27%) SAP HCM
11 5 (0.23%) Actimize
11 5 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 345 (15.76%) Azure
2 228 (10.42%) AWS
3 119 (5.44%) Power Platform
4 83 (3.79%) GCP
5 80 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (2.33%) SaaS
8 38 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 36 (1.64%) Snowflake
10 31 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (1.28%) GitHub
13 26 (1.19%) Figma
14 23 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 22 (1.01%) OpenShift
15 22 (1.01%) Serverless
16 21 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
17 20 (0.91%) OCI
18 19 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.60%) Firewall
2 27 (1.23%) WAN
3 23 (1.05%) Network Security
4 20 (0.91%) LAN
5 17 (0.78%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.69%) BGP
7 14 (0.64%) DNS
7 14 (0.64%) VPN
8 11 (0.50%) OSPF
9 10 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.41%) MPLS
11 7 (0.32%) Broadband
11 7 (0.32%) Intranet
11 7 (0.32%) VoIP
12 6 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.27%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.23%) 5G
13 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (4.52%) Power BI
2 57 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (2.42%) Metadata
4 36 (1.64%) Tableau
5 28 (1.28%) Data Lake
6 25 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.73%) Big Data
9 13 (0.59%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.41%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.41%) Pinecone
11 9 (0.41%) Power Query
12 8 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.32%) Delta Lake
13 7 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
14 6 (0.27%) MySQL
14 6 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 242 (11.06%) JIRA
2 33 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 21 (0.96%) Git
4 19 (0.87%) GitLab
5 11 (0.50%) Selenium
6 10 (0.46%) MLflow
7 9 (0.41%) SpecFlow
8 8 (0.37%) Postman
8 8 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.32%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.27%) ERwin
10 6 (0.27%) JMeter
10 6 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.23%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.23%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.18%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.18%) Snyk
13 3 (0.14%) JUnit
13 3 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 1,088 (49.70%) Social Skills
2 878 (40.11%) Finance
3 349 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (12.11%) Banking
5 212 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 121 (5.53%) Influencing Skills
7 103 (4.71%) Retail
8 100 (4.57%) Marketing
9 94 (4.29%) Legal
10 87 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
11 72 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
12 71 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
13 68 (3.11%) Financial Institution
14 63 (2.88%) Front Office
15 50 (2.28%) Investment Banking
16 42 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 42 (1.92%) Telecoms
17 40 (1.83%) Law
18 30 (1.37%) Billing
19 28 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 423 (19.32%) Analyst
2 338 (15.44%) Business Analyst
3 328 (14.98%) Project Manager
4 281 (12.84%) Lead
5 219 (10.00%) Senior
6 215 (9.82%) Architect
7 120 (5.48%) Consultant
8 92 (4.20%) Senior Manager
9 86 (3.93%) Programme Manager
10 79 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
11 68 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
12 63 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
13 61 (2.79%) IT Manager
14 59 (2.70%) Data Analyst
15 51 (2.33%) Senior Business Analyst
16 50 (2.28%) Change Manager
17 47 (2.15%) Product Manager
17 47 (2.15%) Test Manager
18 44 (2.01%) Senior Project Manager
19 43 (1.96%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.47%) REST
2 41 (1.87%) Middleware
3 25 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 25 (1.14%) SOAP
4 23 (1.05%) Kafka
5 21 (0.96%) Web Services
6 18 (0.82%) .NET
6 18 (0.82%) OpenID
6 18 (0.82%) Pandas
7 17 (0.78%) NumPy
7 17 (0.78%) OAuth
7 17 (0.78%) PyTorch
7 17 (0.78%) RESTful
7 17 (0.78%) TensorFlow
8 16 (0.73%) SAML
9 15 (0.69%) Hugging Face
9 15 (0.69%) Playwright
10 14 (0.64%) LDAP
10 14 (0.64%) scikit-learn
10 14 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 120 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 84 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
4 67 (3.06%) Cloud Native
5 57 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
6 51 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 42 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 41 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.28%) NHS
11 26 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.14%) PMI
13 23 (1.05%) Derivative
14 22 (1.01%) Reinsurance
15 21 (0.96%) FMCG
15 21 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 19 (0.87%) Fixed Income
16 19 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
17 17 (0.78%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.38%) Windows
2 22 (1.01%) Linux
3 13 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.37%) Unix
4 8 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.32%) VMS
6 5 (0.23%) Android
6 5 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.091%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) AIX
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (33.17%) Agile
2 349 (15.94%) Project Management
3 337 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
4 319 (14.57%) Migration
5 307 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 274 (12.52%) Roadmaps
7 257 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 244 (11.15%) Decision-Making
9 233 (10.64%) DevOps
10 228 (10.42%) Project Delivery
11 222 (10.14%) Change Management
12 208 (9.50%) AI
13 203 (9.27%) Analytics
14 200 (9.14%) User Acceptance Testing
15 193 (8.82%) Risk Management
16 186 (8.50%) Data Modelling
17 183 (8.36%) Scrum
18 181 (8.27%) Validation
19 179 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
20 170 (7.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 194 (8.86%) SQL
2 137 (6.26%) Python
3 37 (1.69%) Java
4 33 (1.51%) C#
5 24 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.05%) PowerShell
7 18 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 15 (0.69%) R
9 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.37%) Bash
10 8 (0.37%) Korn
10 8 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.23%) C++
12 5 (0.23%) VBA
13 4 (0.18%) ABAP
13 4 (0.18%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.18%) Bicep
14 3 (0.14%) Ruby
15 2 (0.091%) X++
Qualifications
1 343 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 287 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 159 (7.26%) Degree
4 123 (5.62%) PMP
5 118 (5.39%) PMI Certification
6 43 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.37%) CISSP
8 28 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.05%) CBAP
11 19 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 18 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 18 (0.82%) CISM
13 15 (0.69%) IIBA
13 15 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.64%) ACCA
15 13 (0.59%) CIMA
16 12 (0.55%) APMP
17 11 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
18 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (7.49%) QA
2 151 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 116 (5.30%) GDPR
4 89 (4.07%) PMO
5 67 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 63 (2.88%) NIST
7 42 (1.92%) GRC
8 35 (1.60%) SLA
9 30 (1.37%) NCSC
10 28 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 25 (1.14%) PCI DSS
12 21 (0.96%) Accessibility
13 18 (0.82%) IFRS
14 14 (0.64%) MiFID
15 12 (0.55%) COBIT
16 10 (0.46%) IFRS 17
16 10 (0.46%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.46%) Solvency II
17 9 (0.41%) HL7
18 7 (0.32%) EMIR
System Software
1 46 (2.10%) Docker
2 27 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.23%) NFS
5 3 (0.14%) Postfix
5 3 (0.14%) Varnish
5 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.091%) Sendmail
6 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.091%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.046%) Firmware
7 1 (0.046%) NLBS
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.046%) RACF
7 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 64 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.10%) Terraform
3 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.37%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) RSA Archer
7 6 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.23%) Grafana
8 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.18%) SCCM
9 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.091%) Consul
10 2 (0.091%) Control-M
10 2 (0.091%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.091%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.091%) Packer
10 2 (0.091%) vMotion
11 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.046%) Puppet
Vendors
1 227 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 175 (7.99%) SAP
3 110 (5.03%) Oracle
4 108 (4.93%) ServiceNow
5 106 (4.84%) Salesforce
6 54 (2.47%) Workday
7 46 (2.10%) Databricks
8 39 (1.78%) Google
9 35 (1.60%) CyberArk
10 22 (1.01%) Ariba
11 21 (0.96%) Cisco
11 21 (0.96%) Splunk
12 20 (0.91%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.87%) Adobe
13 19 (0.87%) IBM
14 18 (0.82%) Informatica
15 17 (0.78%) VMware
16 16 (0.73%) Murex
17 14 (0.64%) Conga
17 14 (0.64%) Guidewire