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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,779 1,198 1,490
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.54% 8.50% 8.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.72% 9.42% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 742 1,062
10th Percentile £388 £393 £411
25th Percentile £463 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £674 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £787 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 12
10th Percentile £17.64 £31.40 £25.54
25th Percentile £27.75 - £39.86
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -31.71% -18.24%
75th Percentile £56.48 £39.04 £61.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £62.25 £71.75
England median hourly rate £46.47 £57.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year -19.19% +13.80% -3.38%

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 12,967 12,718 16,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.24% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,128 11,528
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 155 254
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £16.78
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £54.03
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £43.84
% change year-on-year -27.63% -20.73% +25.25%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +9 260 £550 -8.33% 108
West London +4 28 £500 +10.50% 23
East London - 6 £675 - 24
South London -32 5 £601 +0.08% 16
North London +5 4 £600 +48.15% 2
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
1 104 (5.85%) Confluence
2 36 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.79%) CMS
4 12 (0.67%) Appian
5 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.34%) Camunda
7 5 (0.28%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
9 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.056%) Documentum
Applications
1 87 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 44 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
3 43 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (2.30%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.79%) Trello
6 8 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.056%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.056%) Notion
Business Applications
1 74 (4.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.12%) Endur
4 17 (0.96%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.45%) Loan IQ
6 8 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.34%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.34%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.28%) SAP IBP
10 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 266 (14.95%) Azure
2 160 (8.99%) AWS
3 141 (7.93%) Power Platform
4 58 (3.26%) GCP
5 57 (3.20%) SaaS
6 55 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (1.57%) Power Automate
8 28 (1.57%) Snowflake
9 24 (1.35%) Entra ID
10 21 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (1.18%) GitHub
11 20 (1.12%) PowerApps
11 20 (1.12%) Serverless
12 16 (0.90%) OCI
12 16 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.79%) Collibra
14 14 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.25%) Firewall
2 19 (1.07%) WAN
3 13 (0.73%) LAN
3 13 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 12 (0.67%) DNS
4 12 (0.67%) Network Security
5 11 (0.62%) VPN
6 9 (0.51%) BGP
7 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.39%) Broadband
8 7 (0.39%) VoIP
9 6 (0.34%) Internet
9 6 (0.34%) MPLS
9 6 (0.34%) OSPF
10 5 (0.28%) CTI
10 5 (0.28%) DHCP
10 5 (0.28%) Intranet
11 4 (0.22%) 5G
11 4 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.25%) Power BI
2 41 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (2.25%) Metadata
4 39 (2.19%) Tableau
5 19 (1.07%) Data Lake
6 14 (0.79%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.56%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.45%) Big Data
9 8 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (0.34%) Redis
11 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.28%) MySQL
11 5 (0.28%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.22%) DB2
Development Applications
1 205 (11.52%) JIRA
2 20 (1.12%) GitLab
3 19 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.90%) Git
5 7 (0.39%) MLflow
6 6 (0.34%) SpecFlow
7 5 (0.28%) Selenium
8 4 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.22%) Axure RP
8 4 (0.22%) Gradle
8 4 (0.22%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) TestRail
10 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.11%) ERwin
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.056%) TestComplete
General
1 947 (53.23%) Social Skills
2 690 (38.79%) Finance
3 289 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 205 (11.52%) Banking
5 160 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.00%) Marketing
7 84 (4.72%) Retail
8 81 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 73 (4.10%) Legal
10 70 (3.93%) Front Office
11 59 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
12 58 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (2.64%) Investment Banking
14 46 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
15 45 (2.53%) Financial Institution
16 39 (2.19%) Manufacturing
17 37 (2.08%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 30 (1.69%) Law
19 25 (1.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 385 (21.64%) Analyst
2 294 (16.53%) Business Analyst
3 272 (15.29%) Project Manager
4 207 (11.64%) Lead
5 164 (9.22%) Architect
6 157 (8.83%) Senior
7 131 (7.36%) Consultant
8 67 (3.77%) Senior Manager
9 65 (3.65%) Programme Manager
10 60 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
11 53 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
12 50 (2.81%) Data Analyst
13 48 (2.70%) Developer
14 46 (2.59%) Senior Business Analyst
15 44 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
16 43 (2.42%) IT Manager
17 39 (2.19%) Product Manager
18 38 (2.14%) Change Manager
18 38 (2.14%) Technical Analyst
19 34 (1.91%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.85%) REST
2 22 (1.24%) Kafka
2 22 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.07%) .NET
4 18 (1.01%) Middleware
5 14 (0.79%) OAuth
6 13 (0.73%) HTML
6 13 (0.73%) Pandas
6 13 (0.73%) RESTful
6 13 (0.73%) Web Services
7 11 (0.62%) NumPy
7 11 (0.62%) scikit-learn
7 11 (0.62%) SOAP
8 9 (0.51%) OpenID
8 9 (0.51%) PyTorch
8 9 (0.51%) TensorFlow
8 9 (0.51%) XML
9 8 (0.45%) ADO
9 8 (0.45%) CSS
9 8 (0.45%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.31%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.16%) Onboarding
3 50 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
4 49 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 49 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 48 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 46 (2.59%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 33 (1.85%) PMI
9 25 (1.41%) Reinsurance
10 23 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.18%) Fixed Income
13 20 (1.12%) Derivative
13 20 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 19 (1.07%) Life Science
15 18 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
17 16 (0.90%) NHS
18 15 (0.84%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.97%) Windows
2 15 (0.84%) Linux
3 14 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.51%) Unix
5 5 (0.28%) VMS
6 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (32.60%) Agile
2 330 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (17.37%) Project Management
4 235 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 228 (12.82%) Migration
6 219 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 213 (11.97%) Roadmaps
8 193 (10.85%) Project Delivery
9 191 (10.74%) Change Management
10 173 (9.72%) Analytics
11 170 (9.56%) Decision-Making
12 164 (9.22%) Risk Management
13 159 (8.94%) Workshop Facilitation
14 156 (8.77%) Requirements Gathering
15 152 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
16 151 (8.49%) AI
17 146 (8.21%) Scrum
18 144 (8.09%) Data Modelling
19 141 (7.93%) DevOps
20 137 (7.70%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 172 (9.67%) SQL
2 128 (7.20%) Python
3 40 (2.25%) Java
4 30 (1.69%) C#
5 26 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.29%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.84%) R
8 14 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (0.51%) Korn
10 8 (0.45%) Bash
11 6 (0.34%) C++
11 6 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.34%) VBA
12 5 (0.28%) Bicep
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 216 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 170 (9.56%) SC Cleared
3 167 (9.39%) Degree
4 112 (6.30%) PMI Certification
5 94 (5.28%) PMP
6 37 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.57%) CISSP
8 25 (1.41%) CBAP
9 24 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (0.79%) CISM
10 14 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.67%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.62%) CIMA
14 10 (0.56%) ACCA
14 10 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.45%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (7.14%) QA
2 107 (6.01%) GDPR
3 88 (4.95%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.54%) PMO
5 53 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.25%) NIST
7 32 (1.80%) GRC
7 32 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 22 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 16 (0.90%) NCSC
10 15 (0.84%) SLA
11 13 (0.73%) IFRS
12 12 (0.67%) MiFID
13 10 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (0.45%) EMIR
14 8 (0.45%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 7 (0.39%) ISO 20022
15 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 29 (1.63%) Docker
2 19 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.056%) Firmware
4 1 (0.056%) IAG
4 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.91%) Terraform
3 8 (0.45%) Ansible
3 8 (0.45%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.17%) Argo
6 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Consul
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.056%) Grafana
8 1 (0.056%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.056%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.056%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.056%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 215 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 165 (9.27%) SAP
3 81 (4.55%) Oracle
4 79 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 65 (3.65%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.81%) Workday
7 44 (2.47%) Databricks
8 33 (1.85%) Google
9 20 (1.12%) Ariba
10 17 (0.96%) Adobe
10 17 (0.96%) Cisco
11 15 (0.84%) Bloomberg
11 15 (0.84%) Informatica
11 15 (0.84%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.79%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.79%) IBM
12 14 (0.79%) Planview
13 13 (0.73%) CyberArk
13 13 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.67%) Guidewire