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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,839 1,175 1,490
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.66% 8.52% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.92% 9.42% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,227 728 1,080
10th Percentile £375 £388 £410
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £668 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 14
10th Percentile £17.22 £31.40 £26.55
25th Percentile £23.87 - £33.16
Median hourly rate £40.62 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.04% -30.00% -19.79%
75th Percentile £56.72 £39.04 £59.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £59.10 £70.25
England median hourly rate £44.75 £56.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -20.80% +13.00% -4.39%

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 13,214 12,475 16,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.00% 90.45% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,766 7,927 11,738
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 320
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.66 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -16.08%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.84
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +10 266 £575 -4.17% 95
West London +4 26 £500 +11.11% 32
East London - 7 £720 - 20
South London -26 6 £600 - 21
North London +6 4 £600 +48.15% 1
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
1 105 (5.71%) Confluence
2 35 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.92%) CMS
4 13 (0.71%) Appian
5 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.33%) Camunda
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.11%) Kentico
10 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.11%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 83 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.39%) MS Visio
4 41 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.65%) Trello
6 8 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.33%) 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 (0.054%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 69 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 19 (1.03%) Endur
5 11 (0.60%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.54%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.44%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.33%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.27%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.22%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
11 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 285 (15.50%) Azure
2 166 (9.03%) AWS
3 139 (7.56%) Power Platform
4 60 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
5 56 (3.05%) GCP
5 56 (3.05%) SaaS
6 42 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (1.63%) Snowflake
8 28 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 28 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 27 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.41%) GitHub
11 25 (1.36%) OpenShift
12 23 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 20 (1.09%) Serverless
14 19 (1.03%) PowerApps
15 16 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.82%) Azure AI
16 15 (0.82%) Collibra
16 15 (0.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.23%) Firewall
2 22 (1.20%) WAN
3 16 (0.87%) SD-WAN
4 14 (0.76%) LAN
4 14 (0.76%) Network Security
5 13 (0.71%) DNS
6 11 (0.60%) BGP
6 11 (0.60%) VPN
7 10 (0.54%) MPLS
8 8 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.38%) Broadband
9 7 (0.38%) OSPF
9 7 (0.38%) VoIP
10 6 (0.33%) Internet
11 5 (0.27%) 5G
11 5 (0.27%) CTI
11 5 (0.27%) DHCP
11 5 (0.27%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.27%) Intranet
11 5 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.01%) Power BI
2 43 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (2.23%) Metadata
4 38 (2.07%) Tableau
5 20 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 16 (0.87%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (0.49%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.44%) Big Data
9 8 (0.44%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (0.33%) Power Query
10 6 (0.33%) Redis
11 5 (0.27%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.27%) MySQL
11 5 (0.27%) Pinecone
11 5 (0.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 209 (11.36%) JIRA
2 29 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.09%) GitLab
4 15 (0.82%) Git
5 7 (0.38%) MLflow
5 7 (0.38%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.22%) Axure RP
6 4 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.16%) Selenium
7 3 (0.16%) TestRail
8 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.11%) ERwin
8 2 (0.11%) Gradle
8 2 (0.11%) LSMW
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.054%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.054%) JMeter
9 1 (0.054%) Maven
General
1 989 (53.78%) Social Skills
2 722 (39.26%) Finance
3 297 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
4 215 (11.69%) Banking
5 167 (9.08%) Public Sector
6 91 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
7 86 (4.68%) Marketing
8 85 (4.62%) Retail
9 75 (4.08%) Legal
10 70 (3.81%) Front Office
11 63 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
12 61 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
13 59 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
14 48 (2.61%) Investment Banking
15 44 (2.39%) Financial Institution
15 44 (2.39%) Manufacturing
16 43 (2.34%) Telecoms
17 32 (1.74%) Law
18 31 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 28 (1.52%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 409 (22.24%) Analyst
2 309 (16.80%) Business Analyst
3 275 (14.95%) Project Manager
4 220 (11.96%) Lead
5 183 (9.95%) Architect
6 177 (9.62%) Senior
7 130 (7.07%) Consultant
8 73 (3.97%) Senior Manager
9 63 (3.43%) Programme Manager
10 61 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
11 60 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
12 53 (2.88%) Data Analyst
13 51 (2.77%) Delivery Manager
13 51 (2.77%) Senior Business Analyst
14 48 (2.61%) IT Manager
15 47 (2.56%) Developer
16 43 (2.34%) Change Manager
17 39 (2.12%) Product Manager
18 36 (1.96%) Senior Project Manager
18 36 (1.96%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.90%) REST
2 22 (1.20%) Kafka
2 22 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 21 (1.14%) .NET
4 20 (1.09%) Middleware
5 19 (1.03%) OpenID
6 17 (0.92%) SAML
7 15 (0.82%) LDAP
7 15 (0.82%) OAuth
7 15 (0.82%) Pandas
8 14 (0.76%) RESTful
8 14 (0.76%) Web Services
9 13 (0.71%) NumPy
10 12 (0.65%) HTML
10 12 (0.65%) scikit-learn
10 12 (0.65%) SOAP
11 11 (0.60%) PyTorch
11 11 (0.60%) TensorFlow
12 10 (0.54%) Hugging Face
12 10 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.07%) Product Ownership
2 85 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.15%) Cloud Native
4 54 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 52 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
6 52 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.63%) PMI
9 24 (1.31%) Reinsurance
10 22 (1.20%) Derivative
10 22 (1.20%) Fixed Income
10 22 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.03%) Life Science
12 19 (1.03%) NHS
13 17 (0.92%) Data Structures
13 17 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.01%) Windows
2 16 (0.87%) Linux
3 15 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.49%) Unix
5 6 (0.33%) VMS
6 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (32.84%) Agile
2 336 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
3 316 (17.18%) Project Management
4 245 (13.32%) Migration
5 241 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 229 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 210 (11.42%) Roadmaps
8 200 (10.88%) Project Delivery
9 191 (10.39%) Change Management
10 180 (9.79%) Analytics
11 175 (9.52%) Risk Management
12 173 (9.41%) Decision-Making
13 170 (9.24%) Requirements Gathering
14 163 (8.86%) DevOps
15 162 (8.81%) Workshop Facilitation
16 159 (8.65%) AI
17 154 (8.37%) Data Modelling
18 152 (8.27%) Business Intelligence
19 144 (7.83%) Scrum
19 144 (7.83%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 180 (9.79%) SQL
2 132 (7.18%) Python
3 36 (1.96%) Java
4 32 (1.74%) C#
5 27 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.25%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.76%) R
9 9 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.44%) Bash
10 8 (0.44%) Korn
11 6 (0.33%) C++
11 6 (0.33%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.27%) Bicep
12 5 (0.27%) VBA
13 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.11%) Perl
14 2 (0.11%) Ruby
14 2 (0.11%) VB
15 1 (0.054%) X++
Qualifications
1 248 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 199 (10.82%) SC Cleared
3 173 (9.41%) Degree
4 114 (6.20%) PMI Certification
5 102 (5.55%) PMP
6 40 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.58%) CBAP
8 28 (1.52%) CISSP
9 27 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.82%) CISM
12 14 (0.76%) ISTQB
13 13 (0.71%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.71%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.71%) IIBA
14 11 (0.60%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.60%) CIMA
15 10 (0.54%) ACCA
15 10 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.34%) QA
2 108 (5.87%) GDPR
3 97 (5.27%) Data Quality
4 71 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 62 (3.37%) PMO
6 53 (2.88%) NIST
7 36 (1.96%) GRC
8 34 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 28 (1.52%) NCSC
10 25 (1.36%) Accessibility
10 25 (1.36%) PCI DSS
11 18 (0.98%) SLA
12 16 (0.87%) IFRS
13 11 (0.60%) MiFID
14 10 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 9 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.49%) IFRS 17
16 8 (0.44%) HIPAA
16 8 (0.44%) ISO 20022
17 7 (0.38%) Solvency II
System Software
1 31 (1.69%) Docker
2 21 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.054%) Firmware
5 1 (0.054%) IAG
5 1 (0.054%) NFS
5 1 (0.054%) NLBS
5 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.90%) Terraform
3 10 (0.54%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.44%) Ansible
4 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Consul
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.054%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.054%) Grafana
8 1 (0.054%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.054%) Opsview
8 1 (0.054%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.054%) SCCM
8 1 (0.054%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.054%) vMotion
Vendors
1 222 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 159 (8.65%) SAP
3 80 (4.35%) Oracle
4 76 (4.13%) Salesforce
5 71 (3.86%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.83%) Workday
7 44 (2.39%) Databricks
8 30 (1.63%) Google
9 27 (1.47%) CyberArk
10 19 (1.03%) Cisco
11 18 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.92%) Ariba
12 17 (0.92%) Fortinet
12 17 (0.92%) Informatica
13 16 (0.87%) Adobe
14 15 (0.82%) Splunk
15 14 (0.76%) Guidewire
15 14 (0.76%) IBM
15 14 (0.76%) Murex
16 13 (0.71%) Nokia